PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994
108 STAT. 3527
statewide assessments that will assess the performance of complex skills and challenging subject matter.
"(B) For any year in which a State uses transitional assessments, the State shall devise a procedure for identifying local
educational agencies under paragraphs (3) and (7) of section
1116(d), and schools under paragraphs (1) and (7) of section
1116(c), that rely on accurate information about the academic
progress of each such local educational agency and school.
"(8) REQUIREMENT. —Each State plan shall describe—
"(A) how the State educational agency will help each
local educational agency and school affected by the State
plan develop the capacity to comply with each of the
requirements of sections 1112(c)(1)(D), 1114(b), and 1115(c)
that is applicable to such agency or school; and
"(B) such other factors the State deems appropriate
(which may include opportunity-to-leam standards or
strategies developed under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act) to proviae students an opportunity to achieve the
knowledge and skills described in the challenging content
standards adopted by the State.
"(c) OTHER PROVISIONS TO SUPPORT TEACHING AND LEARNING.—
Each State plan shall contain assurances that—
"(1)(A) the State educational agency will implement a system of school support teams under section 1117(c), including
provision of necessarj' professional development for those teams;
"(B) the State educational agency will work with other
agencies, including educational service agencies or other local
consortia, and institutions to provide technical assistance to
local educational agencies and schools to carry out the State
educational agency's responsibilities under this part, including
technical assistance in providing professional development
under section 1119 and technical assistance under section 1117;
and
"(C)(i) where educational service agencies exist, the State
educational agency will consider providing professional development and technical assistance through such agencies; and
"(ii) where educational service agencies do not exist, the
State educational agency will consider providing professional
development and technical assistance through other cooperative
agreements such as through a consortium of local educational
agencies;
"(2) the State educational agency will notify local educational agencies and the public of the standards and assessments developed under this section, and of the authority to
operate schoolwide programs, and will fulfill the State educational agency's responsibilities regarding local educational
agency improvement and school improvement under section
1116, including such corrective actions as are necessary;
"(3) the State educational agency will provide the least
restrictive and burdensome regulations for local educational
agencies and individual schools participating in a program
assisted under this part;
"(4) the State educational agency will encourage the use
of funds from other Federal, State, and local sources for
schoolwide reform in schoolwide programs under section 1114;
"(5) the Committee of Practitioners established under section 1603(b) will be substantially involved in the development
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