Sec. 401. Research and evaluation
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The Institute of Education Sciences shall be the primary entity for conducting research on and evaluations of Federal education programs within the Department of Education to ensure the rigor and independence of such research and evaluation. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, may, for purposes of carrying out the activities described in paragraph (2)— reserve not more than 0.5 percent of the amount appropriated for each program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ), other than part A of title I of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq. ); and reserve not more than 0.25 percent of the amount appropriated for part A of title I of such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.).
Subject to subsection (d), the Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, may use the amounts reserved under paragraph
(1)to— carry out high-quality evaluations (consistent with the requirements of section 173(a) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 ( 20 U.S.C. 9563(a) ), as amended by this Act, and the evaluation plan described in subsection
(c)of this section) of programs authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ); increase the usefulness of such evaluations to promote continuous improvement of programs under such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ); and assist grantees of such programs in collecting and analyzing data and other activities related to conducting high-quality evaluations under subparagraph (A). The Secretary of Education shall disseminate evaluation findings, consistent with section 114(j) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 ( 20 U.S.C. 9514(j) ), as amended by this Act, of evaluations carried out under paragraph (2)(A). The Secretary of Education— may consolidate the funds reserved under paragraph
(1)for purposes of carrying out the activities under paragraph (2); and shall not be required to evaluate under paragraph (2)(A) each program authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ) each year. The Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall, on a biennial basis, develop, submit to Congress, and make publicly available an evaluation plan, that— describes the specific activities that will be carried out under subsection (b)(2) for the 2-year period applicable to the plan, and the timelines of such activities; and contains the results of the activities carried out under subsection (b)(2) for the most recent 2-year period. Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect part E of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6491 et seq. ) or section 173(b) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 ( 20 U.S.C. 9563(b) ), as amended by this Act.
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