INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2015-2016 Session
House Bill 653 (Public) Filed Monday, April 13, 2015
AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO ADMINISTER THE ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT IN A SAMPLE OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOLS.
Intro. by Blackwell, Stam, Meyer, Bryan.
Status: Ref To Com On Education - K-12 (House Action) (Apr 14 2015)

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  • Bill H 653 (2015-2016)
    Summary date: Apr 15 2015 - View Summary

    Directs the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to use appropriated funds for the 2015-16 fiscal year to join and participate in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). PISA, a triennial international survey of certain skills and knowledge of 15 year old's, will be administered to an independent sample of 15-year-old students in approximately 50 schools throughout North Carolina in the fall of the 2015-16 school year. Directs DPI to report results of the survey to the 2016 session of the General Assembly.

    Amends GS 115C-174.11(c)(2), concerning testing for grades three through twelve, to allow participation in the above PISA. 

    Education, Elementary and Secondary Education, Government, State Agencies, Department of Public Instruction
    GS 115C
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