Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to implement a pilot program to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success; adds an additional method by which a student who is not proficient in ELA, as determined by the student's achieving a performance level rating of “approaching” on the ELA portion of the student's most recent TCAP test, may be promoted. - Amends TCA Title 49.

SB 2317 deletes outdated language in Tennessee's education code about the format of standardized tests (TCAP) administered during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, specifically removing Section 49-6-6013, which contained obsolete requirements for assessment formats. This is a technical correction to update the state's education code, not a new policy. It directly affects how the state's assessment program is documented in law but does not change testing procedures or requirements. The bill is procedural and focuses solely on removing redundant language from the code.