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 108 STAT. 3602 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 "(2) EXAMINATION.—The assessment shall examine how well schools, local educational agencies, and States are— "(A) progressing toward the goal of all children served under this title reaching the State's challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards; and "(B) accomplishing the purpose set forth in section 1001(d) to achieve the goal described in paragraph (1), including— "(i) ensuring challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards for all children served under this title and aligning the efforts of States, local educational agencies, and schools to help such children reach such standards; "(ii) providing children served under this title an enriched and accelerated educational program through schoolwide programs or through additional services that increase the amount and quality of instructional time that such children receive; "(iii) promoting schoolwide reform and access for all children served under this title to effective instructional strategies and challenging academic content; "(iv) significantly upgrading the quality of the curriculum and instruction by providing staff in participating schools with substantial opportunities for professional development; "(v) using and evaluating the usefulness of opportunity-to-leam standards or strategies in improving learning in schools receiving assistance under this part; "(vi) coordinating services provided under all parts of this title with each other, with other educational and pupil services, including preschool services, and, to the extent feasible, with health and social service programs funded from other sources; "(vii) affording parents of children served under this title meaningful opportunities to participate in the education of their children at home and at school, such as the provision of family literacy services; "(viii) distributing resources to areas where needs are greatest; "(ix) improving accountability, as well as teaching and learning, by making assessments under this title congruent with State assessment systems; and "(x) providing greater decisionmaking authority and flexibility to schools in exchange for greater responsibility for student performance. "(3) NAEP INFORMATION. — Where feasible, the Secretary shall use information gathered from a variety of sources, including the National Assessment of Educational Progress, State evaluations, and available research studies, in carrying out this subsection. "(4) INTERIM AND FINAL REPORTS. — The Secretary shall submit to the President and the appropriate committees of the Congress an interim report by January 1, 1996, summarizing the preliminary findings of the assessment and a final report of the findings of the assessment by January 1, 1998. " (b) STUDIES AND DATA COLLECTION.—

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