American History and Civics Achievement Act

Summary

American History and Civics Achievement Act - Amends the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to direct the Commissioner for Education Statistics to give a priority to conducting national assessments of student achievement in history at least once every four years in grades 4, 8, and 12. Requires the Commissioner to conduct, in at least ten geographically diverse states, trial state academic assessments of student achievement in: (1) U.S. history in grades 8 and 12; and (2) civics in grades 8 and 12. Directs the National Assessment of Educational Progress governing board to select the participating states.

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Timeline

1. 16 May 2007

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 16 May 2007

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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Versions

• Introduced in Senate · 16 May 2007 · Official file

Documents

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• Introduced in Senate (text)

  Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 May 2007

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• Introduced in Senate (PDF)

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• Introduced in Senate

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Sponsors

• Sen. Alexander, Lamar [R-TN] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
• · sshr00 · Standing

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