Sec. 8. Research, evaluation, and dissemination
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The Secretaries shall enter into an agreement with the National Academy of Sciences, under which the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct a study and evaluation, including a report, on best practices that support the purposes of this Act, including best practices— for training early childhood educators and parents in detecting children’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional, or behavioral developmental issues that are associated with learning problems; for training and professional development for early childhood educators (including early childhood care and education program directors) in— strategies for engaging parents, especially working parents, in parent education activities; and culturally and linguistically appropriate approaches to discussing parenting, behavior management, and healthy child development, especially in areas with diverse populations of children and families; for training parent educators and early childhood educators in identifying and preventing child abuse and neglect; and for referring parents to community resources and services to address identified family needs.
The evaluation described in subsection
(a)shall carry out all of the following: Assess the impact of each local agency's program, using evidence of the program's outcomes, including— increased quality of parent education and engagement services within early childhood care and education programs; and improved child and family health, safety, and stability. Identify factors that foster or hinder the successful implementation of each local agency's program. Utilize the data on best practices, as described in subsection (a), to provide information to each local agency that can be used to drive program improvement. Generate and disseminate information about best practices, as described in subsection (a), that are associated with— increased quality of parent education and family engagement services within early childhood care and education programs; and improved child and family health, safety, and stability. The Secretaries shall work with the National Academy of Sciences to establish and approve a reporting schedule and a research, evaluation, and dissemination plan for the evaluation described in subsection (a). The Secretaries shall submit an annual report to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, on the lessons learned through programs funded under this Act.