Sec. 305. Data collection and evaluation
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Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this title shall require its evaluation partner to complete an independent, comprehensive, well-designed, and well-implemented evaluation that meets the standards of the What Works Clearinghouse after the third year of implementation of the grant to measure the effect of the practice, tool, strategy, or course on— growth in student achievement, as measured by high quality assessments that provide objective, valid, reliable measures of student academic growth and information on whether a student is on-track to graduate ready for college and career; costs and savings to the school partner; and at least one of the following:
Student achievement gaps. Graduation and dropout rates. College enrollment. College persistence. College completion. Placement in a living-wage job. Enhanced teacher or principal effectiveness as measured by valid, reliable, and multiple measures of student achievement and other appropriate measures. The Secretary shall— acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences— evaluate the implementation and impact of the activities supported under the grant program authorized under this section; and identify best practices; and disseminate, in consultation with the regional educational laboratories established under part D of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and comprehensive centers established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, research on best practices in school leadership.
An evaluation partner may use funds under this title to carry out an implementation evaluation designed to provide information that may be useful for schools, local educational agencies, States, consortia of schools, and charter school networks seeking to implement similar practices, tools, strategies, or courses in the future. Upon completion of an evaluation described in subsection (a), (b), or
(c)the evaluation partner shall— submit a report of the results of the evaluation to the Secretary; and make publicly available such results.