Education
Washington, D.C. – Highlighting the need to eliminate low-quality and unnecessary assessments from our nation’s classrooms, Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (WI) introduced the“Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely” (SMART) Act today.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) joined Education Secretary Arne Duncan at a Washington, D.C. elementary school today to emphasize the need to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). The law, which was last reauthorized in 2001 with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act, outlines federal education policy and provides funding for certain programs in the nation’s public schools.
Congresswoman Bonamici praised the growing momentum to renew the law, and she applauded Secretary Duncan for calling for reauthorization.
Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) and Congressman Jim Gerlach (PA-06) introduced the “Support Making Assessments Reliable and Timely” (SMART) Act today to address the proliferation of unnecessary tests in our nation’s classrooms.