20 U.S.C. § 1232j : US Code - Section 1232J: Prohibition on federally sponsored testing

Search 20 U.S.C. § 1232j : US Code - Section 1232J: Prohibition on federally sponsored testing

(a) General prohibition
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal law and except as
provided in subsection (b) of this section, no funds provided to
the Department of Education or to an applicable program, may be
used to pilot test, field test, implement, administer or distribute
in any way any federally sponsored national test in reading,
mathematics, or any other subject that is not specifically and
explicitly provided for in authorizing legislation enacted into
law.
(b) Exceptions
Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to the Third
International Mathematics and Science Study or other international
comparative assessments developed under the authority of section
9543(a)(6) of this title and administered to only a representative
sample of pupils in the United States and in foreign nations.