RESCHEDULING OF THE NAEP MANDATED BIENNIAL 4TH AND 8TH GRADE ASSESSMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF THE MANDATED QUADRENNIAL 12TH GRADE ASSESSMENT.

SEC. 104. [20 U.S.C. 9622 note] RESCHEDULING OF THE NAEP MANDATED BIENNIAL 4TH AND 8TH GRADE ASSESSMENT AND ALIGNMENT OF THE MANDATED QUADRENNIAL 12TH GRADE ASSESSMENT. (a) Current Assessment Administration Rescheduling.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and due to the public health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19— (1) the biennial 4th and 8th grade reading and mathematics assessments scheduled to be conducted during the 2020-2021 school year in accordance with paragraphs (2)(B) and (3)(A)(i) of section 303(b) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)) and, as practicable and subject to the discretion of the National Assessment Governing Board, the Trial Urban District Assessment, shall be conducted during the 2021-2022 school year; and (2) the next quadrennial 12th grade reading and mathematics assessments carried out in accordance with section 303(b)(2)(C) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(C)) after the date of enactment of this section, shall be conducted during the 2023-2024 school year. (b) Future Assessment Administration.—In accordance with section 303(b)(2)(B) of the National Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (20 U.S.C. 9622(b)(2)(B)), the next biennial assessments following the 2021-2022 administration, as authorized under subsection (a), shall occur in the 2023-2024 school year and, as practicable and subject to the discretion of the National Assessment Governing Board, the next Trial Urban District Assessment following the 2021-2022 administration, as authorized under subsection (a), shall occur in the 2023-2024 school year.