Pub. L. 105-78, tit. III, sec. 305

Sec. 305. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law, no funds provided to the Department of Education or to an applicable program (as defined in section 400(c)(1) of the General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1221(c)(1)), in this Act or in any other Act in fiscal year 1998, may be used to field test, pilot test, implement, administer or distribute in any way, any national tests. (b) Exception.—Subsection (a) shall not apply to the Third International Math and Science Study or the National Assessment of Educational Progress.