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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1464 

To enable States to implement integrated statewide education longitudinal 

data systems. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2011 

Mr. BLUMENTHAL (for himself and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 

A BILL 

To enable States to implement integrated statewide education 

longitudinal data systems. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Measuring and Evalu5 ating Trends for Reliability, Integrity, and Continued Suc6 cess (METRICS) Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘METRICS Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 

8 In this Act: 

9 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘elemen10 tary school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘secondary 


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1 school’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State educational agen2 cy’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 

3 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 

4 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (2) ALIGNED STATEWIDE EDUCATION LONGITU6 DINAL DATA SYSTEMS.—The term ‘‘aligned state7 wide education longitudinal data systems’’ means 1 

8 or more statewide data systems that house and link 

9 the longitudinal data of individual students, includ10 ing such students’ early childhood, elementary 

11 school, secondary school, postsecondary education, 

12 and workforce data. 

13 (3) ELIGIBLE LOCAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligi14 ble local entity’’ means— 

15 (A) a high-need local educational agency; 

16 (B) a consortium of high-need local edu17 cational agencies; or 

18 (C) a high-need local educational agency or 

19 a consortium of high-need local educational 

20 agencies and an external partner. 

21 (4) ELIGIBLE STATE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligi22 ble State entity’’ means a State educational agency, 

23 which may partner with another public State agency, 

24 such as a State higher education agency, an early 

25 childhood agency, a State workforce agency, or a 


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1 multi-agency State group (such as a preschool 

2 through grade 20 (P–20) council). 

3 (5) EXTERNAL PARTNER.—The term ‘‘external 

4 partner’’ means an entity, such as a nonprofit orga5 nization, community-based organization, local edu6 cation fund, service organization, educational service 

7 agency, or institution of postsecondary education, 

8 that has demonstrated expertise and effectiveness in 

9 providing targeted support (such as data analysis, 

10 professional development, or the provision of non11 academic support and integrated student services) to 

12 local educational agencies, schools, or students that 

13 leads to improved teaching, learning, and outcomes 

14 for students, including students who are failing to 

15 make sufficient progress to graduate in the standard 

16 number of years or students who have dropped out 

17 of secondary school. 

18 (6) HIGH-NEED LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN19 CY.—The term ‘‘high-need local educational agency’’ 

20 means a local educational agency— 

21 (A) that serves not less than 10,000 chil22 dren who are from families with incomes below 

23 the poverty line; or 


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1 (B) for which not less than 20 percent of 

2 the children served by such agency are from 

3 families with incomes below the poverty line. 

4 (7) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘‘poverty line’’ 

5 means the poverty line (as defined and revised annu6 ally in accordance with section 673(2) of the Com7 munity Services Block Grant Act) applicable to a 

8 family of the size involved. 

9 SEC. 3. IMPROVING THE USE OF STATEWIDE LONGITU10 DINAL DATA SYSTEMS. 

11 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the funds appro12 priated under section 8 for a fiscal year, the Secretary 

13 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible State 

14 entities to enable such eligible State entities to improve 

15 access to, sharing of, and use of education data to improve 

16 student outcomes. 

17 (b) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under this sec18 tion shall be for a period of not more than 5 years. 

19 (c) APPLICATIONS.— 

20 (1) CONTENTS OF APPLICATION.—Each eligible 

21 State entity that desires to receive a grant under 

22 this section shall submit an application to the Sec23 retary at such time, in such manner, and containing 

24 such information as the Secretary may reasonably 

25 require. Such application shall include the following: 


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1 (A) A list of State agencies whose coopera2 tion will be necessary for the implementation of 

3 the grant program, and an assurance of sup4 port from— 

5 (i) each such agency; 

6 (ii) the chief State school officer; 

7 (iii) the Governor of the State; and 

8 (iv) any other entity that will com9 prise the eligible State entity. 

10 (B) A description of the State’s status re11 lating to each priority activity described in sub12 section (e)(2), including— 

13 (i) a demonstration that the State has 

14 implemented the priority activity; 

15 (ii) a demonstration that the State 

16 has, at the time of the application, received 

17 funding from another source and made 

18 plans for the implementation of the pri19 ority activity; or 

20 (iii) a statement that the State has 

21 not, at the time of the application, imple22 mented, or received funds to implement, 

23 the priority activity. 

24 (C) For each priority activity whose status 

25 is categorized under subparagraph (B)(iii), a 


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1 description of how the eligible State entity plans 

2 to use grant funds under this section to carry 

3 out such activity. 

4 (D) A description of how the eligible State 

5 entity plans to use grant funds to carry out the 

6 permissible activities described in subsection 

7 (e)(3), if the eligible State entity— 

8 (i) categorizes the status of many of 

9 the priority activities described in sub10 section (e)(2) under clause (i) or (ii) of 

11 subparagraph (B); and 

12 (ii) anticipates the possibility of hav13 ing remaining grant funds after ensuring 

14 implementation of each priority activity de15 scribed under subsection (e)(2). 

16 (E) A description of how activities funded 

17 under the grant program will— 

18 (i) support the State’s policy and re19 form goals; 

20 (ii) support alignment between State 

21 and local data systems; and 

22 (iii) support coordination with, or 

23 alignment or advancement of, related ac24 tivities that are funded through other Fed25 eral programs, including such programs 


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1 under section 208 of the Educational 

2 Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (20 

3 U.S.C. 9607), the American Recovery and 

4 Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

5 111–5), the Race to the Top fund under 

6 section 14006 of such Act, including the 

7 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge 

8 fund under sections 14005, 14006, and 

9 14013 of such Act (as amended by, and 

10 subject to the requirements of, section 

11 1832 of the Full-Year Continuing Appro12 priations Act, 2011 (Public Law 112–10)), 

13 and the Workforce Data Quality Initiative 

14 under section 171(c)(2) of the Workforce 

15 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

16 2916(c)(2)). 

17 (F) A budget that details how grant funds 

18 and other funding resources, including State 

19 and Federal funding, will be used to carry out 

20 the proposed activities. 

21 (G) An assurance of the State’s long-term 

22 financial commitment to— 

23 (i) implementing and supporting 

24 aligned statewide education longitudinal 

25 data systems; and 


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1 (ii) maintaining such systems after 

2 the end of the grant program. 

3 (H) A description of the indicators that 

4 the eligible State entity will use to determine— 

5 (i) if grant funds are being used effec6 tively; and 

7 (ii) the impact of grant funds on im8 proving teaching, learning, and student 

9 outcomes. 

10 (I) Any other information that the Sec11 retary may reasonably require. 

12 (2) FORM OF APPLICATION.—In establishing 

13 the application described under this subsection, the 

14 Secretary shall, where practicable, require each eligi15 ble State entity to provide a demonstration of the 

16 capabilities of any system that the eligible State en17 tity is, at the time of the application, using to track 

18 data, in lieu of a description of such capabilities. 

19 (d) AWARDING OF GRANTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 

21 this section, the Secretary shall— 

22 (A) use a peer review process, as described 

23 in paragraph (2); 

24 (B) select applications that demonstrate 

25 technical quality, validity, and reliability; 


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1 (C) promote multi-state collaboration; and 

2 (D) ensure that applications protect stu3 dent and educator privacy, including through 

4 compliance with the requirements of Federal, 

5 State, and local privacy laws (including section 

6 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

7 (commonly known as the ‘‘Family Educational 

8 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 

9 1232g)). 

10 (2) PEER REVIEW PROCESS.—The Secretary 

11 shall award grants under this section through a peer 

12 review process that, to the extent practicable, in13 cludes— 

14 (A) educators; 

15 (B) users and consumers of statewide lon16 gitudinal data systems, including representa17 tives of State educational agencies; 

18 (C) individuals with demonstrated tech19 nical expertise in data system construction, in20 tegration, or implementation; and 

21 (D) representatives of business and the 

22 workforce. 

23 (3) COMPETITIVE PRIORITIES.—In awarding 

24 grants under this section, the Secretary may give 

25 priority to eligible State entities that— 


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1 (A) propose to coordinate efforts with 

2 other State educational agencies; 

3 (B) propose to coordinate efforts with local 

4 educational agencies; 

5 (C) fulfill other criteria relating to the pur6 poses of this section, as determined by the Sec7 retary. 

8 (e) USES OF FUNDS.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

10 (A) REQUIREMENT RELATING TO PRIORITY

11 ACTIVITIES.—Each eligible State entity shall 

12 use grant funds to carry out the priority activi13 ties described in paragraph (2), before such en14 tity may use any remaining funds to carry out 

15 the permissible activities described in paragraph 

16 (3). 

17 (B) EXCEPTION.—An eligible State entity 

18 is deemed to satisfy the requirements of para19 graph (1) if such entity demonstrates that the 

20 State has funding for, and has in place, or has 

21 developed and is implementing a plan that will 

22 result in the existence of, aligned statewide edu23 cation longitudinal data systems and related ac24 tivities that meet the requirements of para25 graph (2). 


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1 (2) PRIORITY ACTIVITIES.—An eligible State 

2 entity receiving a grant under this section shall use 

3 grant funds to carry out the following activities: 

4 (A) Implementing aligned statewide edu5 cation longitudinal data systems that include 

6 the following: 

7 (i) With respect to preschool through 

8 grade 12 education and postsecondary edu9 cation— 

10 (I) a unique statewide student 

11 identifier that does not permit a stu12 dent to be individually identified by 

13 users of the system; 

14 (II) student-level enrollment, de15 mographic, and program participation 

16 information; 

17 (III) student-level information 

18 about the points at which students 

19 exit, transfer in, transfer out, drop 

20 out, or complete P–16 education pro21 grams; 

22 (IV) the capacity to communicate 

23 with higher education data systems; 

24 and 


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1 (V) a State data audit system as2 sessing data quality, validity, and reli3 ability. 

4 (ii) With respect to preschool through 

5 grade 12 education— 

6 (I) yearly test records of indi7 vidual students with respect to State 

8 assessments under section 1111(b)(3) 

9 of the Elementary and Secondary 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

11 6311(b)(3)); 

12 (II) information on students not 

13 tested by grade and subject; 

14 (III) a teacher identifier system 

15 with the ability to match teachers to 

16 students; 

17 (IV) student-level transcript in18 formation, including information on 

19 courses completed and grades earned; 

20 and 

21 (V) student-level college readi22 ness test scores. 

23 (iii) With respect to postsecondary 

24 education, data that provide— 


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1 (I) information regarding the ex2 tent to which students transition suc3 cessfully from secondary school to 

4 postsecondary education, including 

5 whether students enroll in remedial 

6 coursework; and 

7 (II) other information determined 

8 necessary to address alignment and 

9 adequate preparation for success in 

10 postsecondary education. 

11 (B) Establishing inter- and intra-agency 

12 governance strategies that define policies and 

13 procedures for the collection, access, and use of 

14 education data. 

15 (C) Establishing and implementing com16 prehensive policies and procedures to protect 

17 the privacy, security, and confidentiality of stu18 dent and educator data, including— 

19 (i) justifying that data being collected, 

20 stored, and shared are necessary, useful, 

21 accurate, and valid; 

22 (ii) limiting access to personally iden23 tifiable information to necessary and ap24 propriate individuals; 


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1 (iii) protecting shared data from inap2 propriate use; 

3 (iv) implementing a data security 

4 framework (including regular and com5 prehensive training and professional devel6 opment) for the use, dissemination, stor7 age, and maintenance of data; 

8 (v) providing parental and public no9 tice about data collection, information 

10 about data policies, and information relat11 ing to the accessibility and use of data; 

12 (vi) ensuring compliance with the re13 quirements of Federal, State and local pri14 vacy laws, including section 444 of the 

15 General Education Provisions Act (com16 monly known as the ‘‘Family Educational 

17 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’) (20 

18 U.S.C. 1232g); and 

19 (vii) aligning data policies and proce20 dures with best practices for data steward21 ship, including best practices identified by 

22 the Secretary. 

23 (D) Establishing the capacity to link edu24 cation data with workforce data. 


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1 (E) Enabling the matching of the teacher 

2 identifier described in subparagraph (A)(ii)(III) 

3 with information about certification or licensure 

4 and teacher preparation programs, including 

5 the development of linkages with pre-service 

6 programs that enable the matching of teacher 

7 certification and preparation programs to— 

8 (i) the postsecondary institutions at 

9 which teachers received their training; 

10 (ii) job placement; 

11 (iii) retention rates; and 

12 (iv) teacher impact on student aca13 demic achievement. 

14 (F) Enabling standardization of education 

15 data through the use of openly developed com16 mon education data standards. 

17 (G) Providing the State with the ability to 

18 meet Federal reporting requirements, including 

19 reporting requirements under the Elementary 

20 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

21 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the American Recovery 

22 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 

23 111–5), the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech24 nical Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 


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1 et seq.), and the Individuals with Disabilities 

2 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 

3 (3) PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES.—An eligible 

4 State entity receiving a grant under this section may 

5 use remaining grant funds, after ensuring the imple6 mentation of the priority activities described in para7 graph (2), to carry out activities that— 

8 (A) expand the ability of aligned statewide 

9 education longitudinal data systems to align 

10 data that covers the time a student enters pre11 school through the time that such student grad12 uates from secondary school or an institution of 

13 postsecondary education, and enters and spends 

14 time in the workforce; 

15 (B) improve opportunities to access, ana16 lyze, communicate about, and use data from 

17 aligned statewide education longitudinal data 

18 systems; or 

19 (C) build the capacity of teachers, school 

20 leaders, parents, students, researchers, external 

21 partners, and the public to use longitudinal 

22 data for effective decisionmaking. 

23 (f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 

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1 veloping integrated statewide education longitudinal data 

2 systems linking early childhood, elementary school, sec3 ondary school, postsecondary, or workforce data. 

4 SEC. 4. IMPROVING LOCAL USE OF DATA TO IMPROVE STU5 DENT OUTCOMES. 

6 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—From the funds appro7 priated under section 8 for a fiscal year, the Secretary 

8 shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible local 

9 entities to enable educators to improve access to, sharing 

10 of, and use of education data to improve student out11 comes. 

12 (b) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under this sec13 tion shall be for a period of not more than 5 years. 

14 (c) APPLICATIONS.—Each eligible local entity that 

15 desires to receive a grant under this section shall submit 

16 an application to the Secretary at such time, in such man17 ner, and containing such information as the Secretary may 

18 reasonably require. Such application shall include the fol19 lowing: 

20 (1) A memorandum of understanding between 

21 the State educational agency and the eligible local 

22 entity, which shall include— 

23 (A) a description of the State educational 

24 agency’s level of participation in the grant; 


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1 (B) an assurance that the State edu2 cational agency agrees to— 

3 (i) provide the eligible local entity 

4 with— 

5 (I) appropriate access to student 

6 data from State data systems; and 

7 (II) cooperation in efforts to 

8 align local educational agency data 

9 with data from State data systems; 

10 (ii) provide training to the eligible 

11 local entity to address the use of data col12 lection software, privacy policies, Federal, 

13 State, and local privacy laws (including 

14 section 444 of the General Education Pro15 visions Act (commonly known as the 

16 ‘‘Family Educational Rights and Privacy 

17 Act of 1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 1232g)), data 

18 integrity issues, reporting, planning, and 

19 processes; 

20 (C) a description of the State educational 

21 agency’s strategy for the dissemination of infor22 mation about the successes and challenges of 

23 the grant activities under this section; and 

24 (D) a description of how the State will 

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1 (B), including information about any grant 

2 funds that the eligible local entity will give to 

3 the State educational agency to carry out the 

4 activities described in such subparagraph. 

5 (2) A description of how the local educational 

6 agencies that are part of the eligible local entity, and 

7 any educators working for such agencies, submit 

8 data to, access, and use existing statewide education 

9 longitudinal data systems, at the time of the applica10 tion. 

11 (3) A description of the data systems used by 

12 the eligible local entity at the time of the applica13 tion. 

14 (4) A description of how activities funded under 

15 the grant will improve local access to, and use of, 

16 data that is, at the time of the application, provided 

17 by data systems at the local and State level. 

18 (5) A description of how the eligible local entity 

19 will use funds received under this section to carry 

20 out the proposed activities in order to improve teach21 ing, learning, and student outcomes. 

22 (6) A mechanism for soliciting the feedback of 

23 educators, school leaders, parents, and external part24 ners in developing, revising, and implementing plans 

25 and activities under this section. 


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1 (7) A description of how the eligible local entity 

2 will align the use of funds under this section with 

3 the technology plan of each local educational agency 

4 served under the grant. 

5 (8) A description of the indicators that the eli6 gible local entity will use to determine— 

7 (A) if grant funds are being used effec8 tively; and 

9 (B) the impact of grant funds on improv10 ing teaching, learning, and student outcomes. 

11 (9) Such other information as the Secretary 

12 may reasonably require. 

13 (d) AWARDING OF GRANTS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants under 

15 this section, the Secretary shall— 

16 (A) use a peer review process, as described 

17 in paragraph (2); 

18 (B) select applications that demonstrate 

19 technical quality, validity, and reliability; and 

20 (C) protect student and educator privacy, 

21 consistent with the requirements of Federal, 

22 State, and local privacy laws (including section 

23 444 of the General Education Provisions Act 

24 (commonly known as the ‘‘Family Educational 


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1 Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’) (20 U.S.C. 

2 1232g)). 

3 (2) PEER REVIEW PROCESS.—In awarding 

4 grants under this section, the Secretary shall, to the 

5 extent practicable, use a peer review process that— 

6 (A) ensures technical quality, validity, and 

7 reliability; 

8 (B) ensures that applications protect stu9 dent and educator privacy, consistent with the 

10 requirements of Federal, State, and local pri11 vacy laws (including section 444 of the General 

12 Education Provisions Act (commonly known as 

13 the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act 

14 of 1974) (20 U.S.C. 1232g)); and 

15 (C) includes— 

16 (i) educators; 

17 (ii) users and consumers of a local 

18 educational data systems; 

19 (iii) individuals with demonstrated 

20 technical expertise in data system con21 struction, integration, or implementation; 

22 and 

23 (iv) representatives of business and 

24 the workforce. 


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1 (3) CONSIDERATIONS.—In awarding grants 

2 under this section, the Secretary shall ensure, to the 

3 greatest extent possible, that grants are awarded to 

4 eligible local entities that are diverse in terms of ge5 ography, size, and location within an urban, rural, 

6 or suburban area. 

7 (e) USES OF FUNDS.— 

8 (1) REQUIRED USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible 

9 local entity receiving a grant under this section shall 

10 use grant funds to develop and implement a com11 prehensive plan for using data to improve teaching, 

12 learning, and student outcomes. Such plan shall in13 clude strategies designed to— 

14 (A) provide teachers, school leaders, par15 ents, students, researchers, external partners, 

16 and the public with access to student education 

17 data in a way that ensures the quality and in18 tegrity of data contained in data systems and 

19 respects student and educator privacy, including 

20 through compliance with the requirements of 

21 Federal, State, and local privacy laws (including 

22 section 444 of the General Education Provi23 sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g)); 

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1 school staff, parents, students, and external 

2 partners in a way that ensures the quality and 

3 integrity of data contained in data systems and 

4 respects student and educator privacy, including 

5 through compliance with the requirements of 

6 Federal, State, and local privacy laws (including 

7 section 444 of the General Education Provi8 sions Act (20 U.S.C. 1232g)); and 

9 (C) improve the ability of school leaders 

10 to— 

11 (i) use student data to guide school 

12 improvement efforts; and 

13 (ii) support classroom use of data 

14 through high-quality training and profes15 sional development; 

16 (D) improve the ability of teachers to ef17 fectively use student data through on-going, 

18 sustainable, and high-quality professional devel19 opment activities in order to ensure that edu20 cators have the capacity to— 

21 (i) analyze data and monitor academic 

22 outcomes; 

23 (ii) modify instructional activities as 

24 needed; and 

25 (iii) differentiate student instructions. 


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1 (2) ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible 

2 local entity receiving a grant under this section may 

3 use grant funds to carry out any of the following ac4 tivities: 

5 (A) Supplementing statewide longitudinal 

6 data systems existing at the time of the applica7 tion by improving local data systems through— 

8 (i) the collection of local data ele9 ments that support decisionmaking about 

10 school improvement; 

11 (ii) enhancing the ability of educators 

12 to manage, analyze, disaggregate, or report 

13 student, teacher, and school data; or 

14 (iii) standardization through use of 

15 openly developed common education data 

16 standards. 

17 (B) Using new assessment tools that pro18 vide timely data to educators, which can be 

19 used to identify the learning needs of individual 

20 students and guide appropriate, personalized in21 structional interventions. 

22 (C) Using external partners, central office 

23 staff, or data specialists in order to build educa24 tor capacity to effectively use data to improve 

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1 (D) Analyzing and disseminating best 

2 practices, strategies, and approaches regarding 

3 pedagogical advancement that will leverage the 

4 local educational agency’s or State educational 

5 agency’s data system to enhance teaching and 

6 learning, including opportunities for individual7 ized instruction. 

8 (E) Analyzing data and realigning existing 

9 resources to maximize impact on student 

10 achievement, including the use of early warning 

11 data to target resources. 

12 (F) Coordinating activities with other local 

13 agencies providing services to students. 

14 (G) Coordinating activities with educator 

15 preparation programs in order to build edu16 cators’ capacity to use data. 

17 SEC. 5. NATIONAL ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT EFFECTIVE 

18 DATA USE. 

19 From the funds appropriated under section 8 for a 

20 fiscal year, the Secretary may carry out the following na21 tional activities: 

22 (1) Providing technical and policy assistance to 

23 grantees and non-grantees in order to facilitate im24 plementation, and improve the quality of, student 

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1 ance to ensure the protection of personally identifi2 able information. 

3 (2) Identifying or promoting activities that im4 prove data coordination, quality, and use at the na5 tional, State, and local levels (including activities 

6 that improve the coordination, quality, and use of 

7 education data for Indian tribes, tribal organiza8 tions, and schools operated or funded by the Bureau 

9 of Indian Education). 

10 (3) Implementing innovative strategies to ad11 vance the use of data. 

12 (4) Conducting research on emerging trends 

13 and challenges relating to the collection and use of 

14 education data. 

15 (5) Awarding prizes (consistent with section 24 

16 of the Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act 

17 of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)). 

18 (6) Providing funding to support the innovative 

19 use of data for pilot programs, in order to identify 

20 and promote models of effective data use in emerg21 ing areas. 

22 SEC. 6. REPORT. 

23 Not later than 3 years after the Secretary awards a 

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1 mentation, actual costs, and effectiveness of the activities 

2 carried out through grants under this Act, including ef3 forts to protect student and educator privacy. 

4 SEC. 7. TRANSPARENCY. 

5 (a) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

7 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

8 shall make publicly available a comprehensive and 

9 searchable description of all reporting requirements 

10 of the Department that apply to State educational 

11 agencies, local educational agencies, or schools. Such 

12 description shall include, for each reporting require13 ment, the following information: 

14 (A) The definition of the required data ele15 ment or indicator. 

16 (B) The purpose of the particular data col17 lection. 

18 (C) The legislative or regulatory source of 

19 the reporting requirement. 

20 (D) The level of data (such as the State 

21 educational agency, local educational agency, in22 stitution of postsecondary education, or school). 

23 (E) The mechanism of data collection. 


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1 (F) Information about whether data relat2 ing to the reporting requirement is publicly 

3 available. 

4 (2) UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update the 

5 description required under subsection (a) annually. 

6 (b) ASSURANCE.—The Secretary shall ensure that if 

7 a new reporting requirement becomes effective, or if a re8 porting requirement is changed, on or after the date of 

9 enactment of this Act, each State shall have not less than 

10 90 days to comply with such requirement. 

11 SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

12 There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 

13 this Act $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and such sums 

14 as may be necessary for each succeeding fiscal year. 

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