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 PUBLIC LAW 105-244 —OCT. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1633 "(9) Information on the extent to which teachers or prospective teachers in each State are required to take examinations or other assessments of their subject matter knowledge in the area or areas in which the teachers provide instruction, the standards established for passing any such assessments, and the extent to which teachers or prospective teachers are required to receive a passing score on such assessments in order to teach in specific subject areas or grade levels. "(c) INITIAL REPORT.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —Each State that receives funds under this Act, not later than 6 months of the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and in a uniform and comprehensible manner, shall submit to the Secretary the information described in paragraphs (1), (5), and (6) of subsection (b). Such information shall be compiled by the Secretary and submitted to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives not later than 9 months after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998. " (2) CONSTRUCTION. —Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a State to gather information that is not in the possession of the State or the teacher preparation programs in the State, or readily available to the State or teacher preparation programs. " (d) REPORT OF THE SECRETARY ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHER PREPARATION.— "(1) REPORT CARD. — The Secretary shall provide to Congress, and publish and make widely available, a report card on teacher qualifications and preparation in the United States, including all the information reported in paragraphs (1) through (9) of subsection (b). Such report shall identify States for which eligible States and eligible partnerships received a grant under this title. Such report shall be so provided, published and made available not later than 2 years 6 months after the date of enactment of the Higher Education Amendments of 1998 and Einnually thereafter. "(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.— The Secretary shall report to Congress— "(A) a comparison of States' efforts to improve teaching quality; and "(B) regarding the national mean and median scores on any standardized test that is used in more than 1 State for teacher certification or licensure. "(3) SPECIAL RULE. —In the case of teacher preparation programs with fewer than 10 graduates taking any single initial teacher certification or licensure assessment during an academic year, the Secretary shall collect and publish information with respect to an average pass rate on State certification or licensure assessments taken over a 3-year period. "(e) COORDINATION.— The Secretary, to the extent practicable, shall coordinate the information collected and published under this title among States for individuals who took State teacher certification or licensure assessments in a State other than the State in which the individual received the individual's most recent degree. "(f) INSTITUTIONAL REPORT CARDS ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHER PREPARATION. — i Deadline. Records. Publication. Public information. Records. Publication. Records. Publication.

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