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 PUBLIC LAW 95-561—NOV. 1, 1978

92 STAT. 2353

remain unexpired. No member shall be appointed to serve more than two consecutive terms. "(3) The Assessment Policy Committee established by paragraph Duties. (2) shall be responsible for the design of the National Assessment, including the selection of the learning areas to be assessed, the development and selection of goal statements and assessment items, the assessment methodology, the form and content of the reporting and dissemination of assessment results, and studies to evaluate and improve the form and utilization of the National Assessment. "(4) Each learning area assessment shall have ^oal statements devised through a national consensus approach, providing for active participation of teachers, curriculum specialists, subject matter specialists, local school administrators, parents, and concerned members of the general public. All items selected for use in the assessment shall Review. be reviewed to exclude items which might reflect racial, sex, cultural, or regional bias. "(5) Participation in the National Assessment by State and local educational agencies selected as part of a sample of such agencies shall be voluntary. "(6) The Director of the Institute shall provide for a review of the Review, comments National Assessment at least once every three years. This review shall and report to provide an opportunity for public comment on the conduct and use- Congress. fulness of National Assessment and shall result in a report to the Congress and to the Nation on the findings and recommendations, if any, stemming from the review. " (7) There are authorized to be appropriated $10,500,000 for each Appropriation fiscal year ending prior to October 1, 1983, to carry out the provisions authorization. of this subsection.". NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION STATISTICS

SEC. 1243. (a) Section 406(g) of the General Education Provisions Act (as redesignated by section 1212(c)) is amended by striking out Ante, p. 2341. "October 1, 1978" both places it appears therein, and by inserting instead "October 1, 1983". (b)(1) Section 408(a) of such Act is amended by inserting "or by 20 USC 1221e-3. delegation of authority pursuant to law" immediately after "vested in him by law". (2) Section 408(a)(1) of that Act is amended by inserting after "operation of" a comma and the following: "and governing the applicable programs administered by". GENERAL AUTHORITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEADS OF EDUCATION AGENCIES

SEC. 1244. Section 408 of the General Education Provisions Act is further amended by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as subsections (c) and (d), respectively, and by inserting immediately after subsection (a) the following new subsection: "(b) The administrative head of an education agency shall ensure that, in contracting under the authority of this section for the services of independent persons in the competitive review of grant applications, all such persons are qualified, by education and experience, to perform such services. The qualifications of such persons and the terms of such contracts, other than information which identify such person, shall be readily made available to the public". (4) Section 408(d) of such Act (as redesignated by paragraph (3) of this subsection) is amended by striking out "For the purposes of

Gjntracts, qualifications and terms, public availability.

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