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Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act or the SMART Act Amends subpart 1 (Accountability) of part A of title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to revise the program allotting grants to states to develop and administer state academic content and achievement standards and assessments of student progress toward those standards. Requires each state to use such grant to: develop and administer such assessments and further align them with the state's academic content standards, ensure that students with limited English proficiency and disabled students are provided with appropriate accommodations to improve their inclusion in the assessments, develop state assessment systems aligned to content standards that support systems of continuous improvement, support local educational agencies (LEAs) in identifying uses of assessment data, and carry out certain other activities to improve the quality and use of state assessments. Revises the program awarding competitive grants to states to enhance assessment instruments. Requires each grantee that has not yet received a grant under such program to use the grant to: carry out audits of the state assessment system and ensure that LEAs carry out audits of local assessments; prepare and carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards. Requires a state that has previously received such a grant to use a new grant to: carry out a state plan, in coordination with LEAs, to improve and streamline state and local assessment systems; and award subgrants to LEAs to improve the quality and use of local assessments and their alignment with state academic content standards. Directs the Secretary to provide technical assistance to states to improve their understanding of existing flexibility in the design and implementation of high-quality, streamlined state assessment systems to measure student progress toward state academic achievement standards. Reauthorizes appropriations for the National Assessment of Educational Progress and the revised subpart 1 grant programs.
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2015 · third_quarter · Energy/Nuclear
Energy Cost & Access, including Outer Continental Shelf (no specific bill) Alternative Fuel Tax Parity (H.R. 1665, S. 344, S. 197) Hydraulic Fracturing (no specific bill) Keystone pipeline approval (H.R. 3) Energy Savings and Industrial Competitiveness Act of 2015 (S. 720)
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Introduced in Senate
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Client expense: $50,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Food & Drug Administration (FDA), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), SENATE, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR)
2015 · first_quarter · Education
Alexander ESEA discussion draft amendments to HR 5 appropriations Background checks BEST Act briefing on HEA budget Charter schools Child nutrition and freshman visit College Affordability common core CORE Act CTE DC scholarship fund EDU Education education legislation education science Educator Background Checks ESEA ESEA / General Issues/Conversations esea amendments ESEA and background checks ESEA and Gradespan ESEA and SMART Act ESEA and teachers ESEA Reauthorization ESEA, budget ESEA, child nutrition, student privacy, FERPA ESEA, Excise Tax ESEA, fiscal issues ESEA, HR 5 ESEA-testing ESP of the Year Every Child Achieves Act FAFSA Floor calendar for-profit task force legislation Freshman visit Gradespan testing Great Teachers Act H.R. 452; H.R. 551 H.R. 5 H.R. 551 IDEA Full Funding Act of 2015 H.R.717 : All Students Count Act of 2015 HEA High School Redesign higher education HR 1519 HR 2/Secure Rural Schools HR 408 HR 4172 HR 452, Gradespan testing HR 5 amendments HR 5 and HR 408 HR 5: Student Success Act HR 56 HR 848 HR, budget resolution IDEA Full Funding Act Native American education NEA's Read Across America opportunity dashboard Paraeducators amendment to HR5 Portability Possible amendment to HR 5 prof dev reading Rules Committee rural education S 37 S 729 S. 696 S.178 S.197: SMART Act S.317: PRE-K Act S.Con.Res.11: appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025. Secure Rural Schools SMART Act STEM student loans Student Testing Improvement and Accountability Act Swearing In Reception Teacher briefing teacher evaluation Teacher issues Teaching Continuum TEST Act Title III funding Vouchers White House Community Colleges proposal
Client expense: $605,000 · Firm income: Not reported
Government targets: Federal Communications Commission (FCC), HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Housing & Urban Development, Dept of (HUD), Labor, Dept of (DOL), Natl Economic Council (NEC), SENATE, White House Office
2015 · first_quarter · Education
S227, Strengthening Education through Research Act (SETRA; S197, Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act(SMART Act); HR 5, Student Success Act; HR 408, Support Making Assessment Reliable and Timely Act (SMART Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $20,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Education
HR 5 -- Student Success Act, specifically Title II provisions related to principal professional learning Draft Senate legislation to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act S. 197 and HR 408 -- the SMART Act
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: $10,000
Government targets: HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SENATE
2015 · first_quarter · Education
S227, Strengthening Education through Research Act (SETRA; S197, Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely Act(SMART Act); HR 5, Student Success Act; HR 408, Support Making Assessment Reliable and Timely Act (SMART Act)
Client expense: Not reported · Firm income: Not reported
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