Bill Summaries: H653 (2015-2016 Session)

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  • 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.