1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; appropriating money to evaluate student assessment and 
1.3 	achievement.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATIONS; STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT STUDIES.
 1.6 		Subdivision 1.Department of Education. The sums indicated in this section are 
1.7 	appropriated from the general fund to the Department of Education for the fiscal years 
1.8 	designated.
1.9 		Subd. 2. Student assessment benchmark study.   For a benchmark study of student 
1.10 	assessments:

1.11		$
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	2007
	
1.12 	This appropriation is for the department to contract with ACHIEVE for a benchmark 
1.13 	study of Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments Second Edition (MCA-IIs) in 9th grade 
1.14 	writing, 10th grade reading, and 11th grade mathematics. The provisions of Minnesota 
1.15 	Statutes, chapter 16C, as they relate to competitive bidding do not apply to this contract. 
1.16 		Subd. 3. International comparative achievement study.  For an international 
1.17 	comparative study of student achievement:

1.18		$
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	.....
	2007
	
1.19 	This appropriation is for the department to contract with Boston College for 
1.20 	Minnesota 4th and 8th grade students to participate in the TIMSS International assessment 
1.21 	of student achievement in mathematics and science. School districts must apply to 
1.22 	participate in the study on a form and in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. The 
1.23 	commissioner may select districts to participate if more districts than those applying are 
2.1 	needed for the study. The provisions of Minnesota Statutes, chapter 16C, as they relate to 
2.2 	competitive bidding do not apply to this contract.