Pub. L. 105-78, tit. III, sec. 306

Sec. 306. (a) Study.—The National Academy of Sciences, in consultation with the National Governors Association, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the White House, the National Assessment Governing Board, and the Congress, shall conduct a feasibility study to determine if an equivalency scale can be developed that would allow test scores from commercially available standardized tests and State assessments to be compared with each other and the National Assessment of Educational Progress. (b) Report of Findings to Congress.—(1) The National Academy of Sciences shall submit a written report to the White House, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate not later than September 1, 1998. (2) The National Academy of Sciences shall submit an interim report no later than June 15, 1998.