To amend section 1111(d) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 regarding the cross-tabulation of student data.

SA 2120. Ms. WARREN (for herself and Mr. Gardner) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 2089 submitted by Mr.
Alexander (for himself and Mrs. Murray) to the bill S. 1177, to
reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to
ensure that every child achieves; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 75, strike line 1 and all that follows through line
4 on page 76 and insert the following:
``(iii) Technical assistance.--Upon request by a State or
local educational agency, the Secretary shall provide
technical assistance to States and local educational agencies
in collecting, cross-tabulating, or disaggregating data in
order to meet the requirements of this paragraph.
``(C) Minimum requirements.--Each State report card
required under this subsection shall include the following
information:
``(i) A clear and concise description of the State's
accountability system under subsection (b)(3), including the
goals for all students and for each of the categories of
students, as defined in subsection (b)(3)(A), the indicators
used in the accountability system to evaluate school
performance described in subsection (b)(3)(B), and the
weights of the indicators used in the accountability system
to evaluate school performance.
``(ii) Information on student achievement on the academic
assessments described in subsection (b)(2) at each level of
achievement, as determined by the State under subsection
(b)(1), for all students and disaggregated and cross-
tabulated in accordance with the following:

``(I) Such information shall be disaggregated by each
category of students described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xi),
homeless status, and status as a child in foster care and,
within each category of students described in subsection
(b)(2)(B)(xi), cross-tabulated by--

``(aa) each major racial and ethnic group, gender, English
proficiency, and children with or without disabilities; and
``(bb) any other category of students that the State
chooses to include.

``(II) The disaggregation or cross-tabulation for a
category described in sub clause (I) shall not be required in
a case in which the number of students in the category is
insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or
the results of such disaggregation or cross-tabulation would
reveal personally identifiable information about an
individual student.

``(iii) For all students and disaggregated by each category
of students described in subsection (b)(2)(B)(xi), the
percentage of students assessed and not assessed.
``(iv)(I) For all students, and disaggregated and cross-
tabulated in accordance with subclauses (II) and (III)--

``(aa) information on the performance on the other academic
indicator under subsection (b)(3)(B)(ii)(II)(aa) used by the
State in the State accountability system; and
``(bb) high school graduation rates, including 4-year
adjusted cohort graduation rates and, at the State's
discretion, extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rates.

``(II) The information described in sub clause (I) shall be
disaggregated by each of the categories of students, as
defined in subsection (b)(3)(A), and, within each such
disaggregation category, cross-tabulated by--

``(aa) each major racial and ethnic group, gender, English
proficiency, and children with or without disabilities; and
``(bb) any other category of students that the State
chooses to include.

``(III) The disaggregation or cross-tabulation for a
category described in sub clause (II) shall not be required
in a case in which the number of students in the category is
insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or
the results of such disaggregation or cross-tabulation would
reveal personally identifiable information about an
individual student.
On page 89, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:
``(5) Cross-tabulation provisions.--
``(A) Cross-tabulation data not used for accountability.--
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require
groups of students obtained by cross-tabulating data under
this subsection to be considered categories of students under
subsection (b)(3)(A) for purposes of the State accountability
system under subsection (b)(3) or section 1114.
``(B) Cross-tabulated data implementation.--Information
obtained by cross-tabulating data under this subsection shall
be widely accessible to the public in accordance with
paragraph (1)(B)(i)(III) and, upon request, by any additional
public means that the State determines.
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