17Funding agreements—national student assessments

#### 17 Funding agreements—national student assessments National student assessments (1) For the purposes of this section, the regulations may prescribe assessments (national student assessments) against specified educational standards, including (but not limited to) an assessment against national standards in reading, writing, language conventions and numeracy for students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9 at school. Requirement for national student assessments (2) A funding agreement for a non‑systemic school, or for an approved school system, must require the relevant authority for the school or system to ensure that each national student assessment specified in the regulations as applying to the school (or to the schools in the system) is carried out: (a) no later than a day or days (if any) determined by the Minister; and (b) as prescribed by the regulations. > Note: The regulations may provide that the assessments are to be carried out only for schools of a particular class, and may make different provisions for assessments at schools of different classes (see subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901). (3) Without limiting subsection (2), regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may require a national student assessment to be carried out: (a) for the students specified in the regulations; and (b) in a way prescribed by the regulations; and (c) with the frequency prescribed by the regulations. > Note: The regulations may provide that any particular assessment is to be carried out only for students of a particular class, and may make different provisions for students of different classes (see subsection 33(3A) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901). Applying, adopting or incorporating matter contained in other instruments (4) Despite subsection 14(2) of the Legislation Act 2003, regulations made for the purposes of this section may make provision in relation to a matter by applying, adopting or incorporating, with or without modification, any matter contained in any other instrument or other writing as in force or existing from time to time.