Sec. 5. Reports and evaluation
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Not less than once each year of a grant period of a grant awarded under section 4 to an eligible entity, the eligible entity shall submit a report to the Secretary, with respect to the most recent 1-year period, which shall include— in the case of an eligible entity that is a State educational agency, a description of the subgrants awarded by the eligible entity under section 4(f), and the results of the teacher support program assisted under the subgrants, including— the percentage increase or decrease with respect to— the teacher shortage, as measured by vacancies; novice teachers earning a high score on a performance-based assessment or another measure indicative of excellent teaching; teachers in residency or induction programs; teachers participating in leadership pathways; teacher turnover due to low salaries, as reported by teachers leaving the eligible entity; teachers employed by the eligible entity for not less than 3 years; teachers with a postsecondary degree in the subject area which they teach; and low-income students and minority students enrolled in schools who are taught by inexperienced, out-of-field, or ineffective teachers, as described in section 1111(g)(1)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; the number of teacher vacancies at the start of the school year; any change in diversity of the teacher workforce; the improvement in measures (which may include measures of student academic proficiency or growth as measured by standardized or formative assessments, or measures of new and beginning teachers’ skills) including how such measures relate to improving student learning; the reduction in beginning teacher turnover; the change in measures of teacher satisfaction; the average amount of time teachers spend each week collaborating with their peers, as reported by teachers; and any other information the Secretary may require; and in the case of an eligible entity that is not a State educational agency, the results of the teacher support programs assisted under the grant, including the metrics described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)of paragraph (1). Not later than 30 days after an eligible entity is awarded a grant under section 4, the eligible entity shall enter into a contract with an independent evaluator to conduct an evaluation of the teacher support programs carried out under the grant or under the subgrants awarded under the grant— during the third year of carrying out such program; and 1 year after the final year of such program. An evaluation of a teacher support program conducted under paragraph
(1)shall use the metrics the described in subparagraphs
(A)through
(H)of subsection (a)(1). Not later than 30 days after an evaluation is completed under paragraph (1), the eligible entity shall submit a report of such results to the Secretary, and to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives, the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Each report prepared by an eligible entity under this section shall be widely disseminated, including by posting such report on the website of the eligible entity and by posting the portion of the report applicable to an eligible recipient on the website of such eligible recipient.