Bill Summary for H 653 (2015-2016)
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Apr 15 2015
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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.
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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.