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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3325 

To award grants to improve equality of access to technology-enabled education 

innovations and understanding of how partnerships of educational agencies and research institutions design and implement such innovations 

in ways that improve student outcomes, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 23, 2013 

Mr. HONDA (for himself, Ms. JACKSON LEE, and Mr. HOLT) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 

Workforce 

A BILL 

To award grants to improve equality of access to technologyenabled education innovations and understanding of how 

partnerships of educational agencies and research institutions design and implement such innovations in ways 

that improve student outcomes, and for other purposes. 

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 AND TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership 

6 Act’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings and purposes. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

TITLE I—TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED EDUCATION INNOVATION 

PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 

Sec. 101. Grants. 

Sec. 102. Report and evaluation. 

Sec. 103. National technology activities. 

TITLE II—TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION RESEARCH CENTERS. 

Sec. 201. Establishment of a Technology Innovation Partnership Coordinating 

Center. 

Sec. 202. Establishment of Advanced Learning Technology Research and Development Centers. 

TITLE III—AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS 

Sec. 301. Availability of funds. 

3 SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 

4 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

5 (1) Technology and the Internet have trans6 formed nearly every aspect of both the global econ7 omy and our daily lives. In a technology-rich world, 

8 no amount of memorizing information will make a 

9 student competitive in the global labor market. 

10 America needs an education system that supports 

11 students from all walks of life in becoming inquisi12 tive, resourceful thinkers who use technology to pur13 sue knowledge, collaborate across geographic and 

14 cultural boundaries, acquire new skills, and solve 

15 complex problems. 


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1 (2) Equality and equity of access is more than 

2 access to the same hardware, software, and 

3 broadband connections. It includes access to the best 

4 digital learning resources and access to teachers who 

5 know how to orchestrate the use of these resources 

6 in ways that inspire students and produce better 

7 learning outcomes. 

8 (3) Technology by itself will not improve stu9 dent outcomes. What is needed are carefully de10 signed innovations that include not just technology 

11 but also good learning content, effective instructional 

12 strategies, supports for teachers and school systems 

13 figuring out how to use the new approach, and the 

14 capacity to collect, analyze and reflect on data that 

15 will show whether or not the innovation is having the 

16 intended effects. 

17 (4) Effective learning technology implementa18 tions addressing the challenging aspects of language 

19 arts, mathematics and science that all students are 

20 expected to master. This will require partnerships 

21 among education agencies, education researchers, 

22 and technology developers with the common goal of 

23 harnessing technology to provide opportunities for 

24 deeper learning to students who would not otherwise 

25 experience them. 


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1 (b) PURPOSES.—The purpose of this Act is to— 

2 (1) accelerate the development of technology3 supported innovations that improve student learning 

4 and educational attainment; and 

5 (2) promote the use of technology-supported in6 novations that improve student outcomes in class7 rooms serving high-need students. 

8 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this Act: 

10 (1) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘local edu11 cational agency’’, ‘‘professional development’’, and 

12 ‘‘State educational agency’’ have the meanings given 

13 the terms in section 9101 of the Elementary and 

14 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

15 (2) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi16 ble partnership’’ means a partnership that— 

17 (A) shall include— 

18 (i) not less than one— 

19 (I) State educational agency; or 

20 (II) local educational agency; and 

21 (ii) not less than one research and 

22 evaluation partner, ; and 

23 (B) may include other necessary partner 

24 organizations, as determined by the Secretary 

25 (acting through the Office of Innovation and 


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1 Improvement), including technology developers 

2 or vendors, technical assistance providers, and 

3 education associations. 

4 (3) HIGH-NEED STUDENT.—The term ‘‘high5 need student’’ means— 

6 (A) a student from a family living below 

7 the poverty level for the most recent fiscal year 

8 for which satisfactory data are available; 

9 (B) English language learners; and 

10 (C) students with disabilities. 

11 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 

12 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 

13 meaning given the term in section 101(a) of the 

14 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001(a)). 

15 (5) META-ANALYSIS.—The term ‘‘meta-anal16 ysis’’ means a statistical technique for combining the 

17 results of multiple independent studies of the same 

18 or similar phenomena in order to provide a more 

19 precise estimate of the treatment effect. 

20 (6) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION COLLABO21 RATOR.—The term ‘‘research and evaluation collabo22 rator’’ means as an institution of higher education, 

23 a nonprofit research organization, or an established 

24 evaluator of educational programs that— 


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1 (A) is not a member of an eligible partner2 ship; 

3 (B) is independent of a State educational 

4 agency; and 

5 (C) has demonstrated capacity to— 

6 (i) conduct valid and objective social 

7 science research on the relationship be8 tween technology-enabled education innova9 tion programs and outcomes, mediated by 

10 qualities of implementation; and 

11 (ii) provide timely empirical feedback 

12 that contributes to improving technology13 enabled education innovation. 

14 (7) RESEARCH AND EVALUATION PARTNER.— 

15 The term ‘‘research and evaluation partner’’ means 

16 an institution of higher education or a nonprofit re17 search organization in an eligible partnership that is 

18 responsible for— 

19 (A) designing and conducting an evalua20 tion of the extent to which the partnership’s in21 novation leads to better outcomes for students; 

22 and 

23 (B) researching the way in which the inno24 vation is implemented in different settings and 

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1 tionship between implementation practices and 

2 differences in student outcomes. 

3 (8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

4 the Secretary of Education. 

5 (9) TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED EDUCATION INNO6 VATION PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘technology-enabled 

7 education innovation program’’ means an edu8 cational intervention that— 

9 (A) employs information technology, best 

10 available knowledge about how people learn, 

11 and an understanding of how programs are im12 plemented in education settings; and 

13 (B) may be implemented at scale with rea14 sonable costs, with the ratio of expected bene15 fits to costs being significantly superior to that 

16 for existing approaches. 

17 TITLE I—TECHNOLOGY-EN18 ABLED EDUCATION INNOVA19 TION PARTNERSHIP PRO20 GRAM. 

21 SEC. 101. GRANTS. 

22 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION.—From the amounts 

23 appropriated under section 103 after making a reservation 

24 under subsection (b) of such section, the Secretary of Edu25 cation is authorized to award grants, on a competitive 


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1 basis, to eligible partnerships to design, implement, refine, 

2 and scale technology-enabled education innovation pro3 grams. 

4 (b) APPLICATION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible partnership de6 siring a grant under this section shall submit an ap7 plication to the Secretary at such time, in such man8 ner, and accompanied by such information as the 

9 Secretary may require. 

10 (2) APPLICATION CONTENTS.—An application 

11 described in paragraph (1), shall, at a minimum— 

12 (A) include a description of how the eligi13 ble partnership proposes to use the grant funds 

14 to implement a technology-enabled education in15 novation program; 

16 (B) list the objectives of the technology-en17 abled education innovation program; 

18 (C) provide a budget for the use of the 

19 grant funds; 

20 (D) describe the evaluation plan and as21 sessment measures for the technology-enabled 

22 education innovation program; and 

23 (E) provide such additional assurances and 

24 information as the Secretary determines to be 

25 necessary. 


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1 (c) AWARDS.— 

2 (1) MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM GRANT

3 AMOUNT.—A grant awarded under this section shall 

4 be not less than $300,000 and not greater than 

5 $1,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

6 (2) DURATION.—A grant under this section 

7 shall be awarded for a period of 3 years. 

8 (3) EXTENSION.— 

9 (A) DURATION AND AMOUNT.—A grant 

10 awarded under this section may be extended for 

11 an additional 2 years in an amount determined 

12 appropriate by the Secretary. 

13 (B) PROGRESS AND PEER REVIEW.—An 

14 extension of a grant awarded to an eligible 

15 partnership under this section shall be contin16 gent upon evidence of progress and capacity for 

17 scaling the technology-enabled education inno18 vation program carried out by the partnership 

19 with the grant funds, as determined by a peer 

20 review process conducted by the Secretary. 

21 (d) PREFERENCE POINTS FOR MATCHING FUNDS.— 

22 The Secretary may award up to 10 percent in competitive 

23 preference points to an eligible partnership in which the 

24 State educational agency or local educational agency part25 ner provides 10 percent or more matching funds to cover 


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1 the cost of the activities funded by a grant awarded under 

2 this section. 

3 (e) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible partner4 ship that is awarded a grant under this section shall use 

5 such grant to carry out a technology-enabled education in6 novation program— 

7 (1) under which 75 percent or more of students 

8 taking part in such program attend a school in 

9 which 50 percent or more of the student body is eli10 gible for free or reduced-price lunches (under the 

11 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 1761)); and 

13 (2) that at a minimum— 

14 (A) uses technology to address curriculum 

15 content and instructional strategies that sup16 port science, language arts, or mathematics, in 

17 accordance with career and college ready stand18 ards and 21st century skills; 

19 (B) demonstrates that sufficient techno20 logical infrastructure (which may include 

21 connectivity, end user devices, servers, periph22 erals, or other technology directly related to the 

23 technology-enabled innovation) is, or will be, 

24 available in the schools participating in the 


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1 partnership grant to implement the innovation 

2 program successfully; 

3 (C) measures student learning outcomes 

4 aligned to the objectives of such innovation pro5 gram; and 

6 (D) provides teachers with professional de7 velopment to increase their knowledge and skill 

8 related to educational content, pedagogical tech9 niques, and how to use technology effectively in 

10 support of learning, which will enable teachers 

11 to have the skills and knowledge to implement 

12 the innovation program’s instructional strate13 gies with the intended level of frequency and 

14 with fidelity to the learning principles on which 

15 the innovation is based. 

16 SEC. 102. REPORT AND EVALUATION. 

17 (a) ANNUAL REPORT REQUIRED.—An eligible part18 nership shall submit an annual report to the Secretary de19 tailing— 

20 (1) all activities undertaken by the eligible part21 nership using grant funds; 

22 (2) student learning outcomes; and 

23 (3) refinements planned for the technology-en24 abled education innovation program based on anal25 ysis of student learning outcome data. 


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1 (b) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—Data used in the 

2 report shall be gathered and evaluated by a research and 

3 evaluation collaborator. 

4 (c) ALTERNATIVE MEASURES.— 

5 (1) ASSESSMENT.—Measures to evaluate under 

6 subsection (b) the academic achievement of students 

7 enrolled in a technology-enabled education innova8 tion program may include alternative measures such 

9 as student enrollment in advanced course options, 

10 consistent completion of homework, or other alter11 native measures that the Secretary may prescribe, 

12 except that if no suitable alternate measure exists to 

13 capture outcome data of national significance, an eli14 gible partnership may develop a new measure. 

15 (2) RELIABILITY.—Eligible partnership shall 

16 demonstrate that the alternative measures of aca17 demic achievement are reliable and valid for the pur18 pose for which such measures are used. 

19 (d) DATA SETS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years of 

21 carrying out the innovation program established 

22 under this section, an eligible partnership shall pro23 vide a data set containing student records to a Tech24 nology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership 

25 Coordinating Center established under section 201. 


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1 (2) DATA ELEMENTS.—A data set described in 

2 paragraph (1)— 

3 (A) shall contain— 

4 (i) a record with an assigned student 

5 number for each student participating in 

6 the innovation program carried out by the 

7 eligible partnership and— 

8 (I) information sufficient to de9 termine which innovations were expe10 rienced by the student and to analyze 

11 the quantitative education outcomes 

12 that were measured for that student; 

13 (II) student demographic data 

14 that will permit subgroup analyses, in15 cluding by gender, racial or ethnic 

16 group, disability status, economic dis17 advantage, English language pro18 ficiency, and migrant status; and 

19 (III) such other information that 

20 the Secretary may require based on 

21 the specifications determined under 

22 section 201(b)(1) and that is common 

23 to all technology-enabled education in24 novation programs; and 


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1 (B) may not include any personally identi2 fying information. 

3 SEC. 103. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES. 

4 From the amounts appropriated under section 4 to 

5 carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent 

6 for the support of national technology activities that share 

7 information across technology-enabled education innova8 tion programs funded under this title, such as support for 

9 better dissemination of information across such innovation 

10 programs to national audiences, by— 

11 (1) conducting a study of new approaches to 

12 using technology to enhance education outcomes as 

13 needed to support making policy around educational 

14 technology; 

15 (2) disseminating on the Internet for all State 

16 educational agencies and other interested parties 

17 findings concerning the conditions and practices as18 sociated with the use of technology in schools; and 

19 (3) providing technical assistance to assist 

20 State educational agencies and local educational 

21 agencies in applying research-based knowledge to 

22 implementing technology in schools. 


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1 TITLE II—TECHNOLOGY INNOVA2 TION RESEARCH CENTERS. 

3 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY INNOVA4 TION PARTNERSHIP COORDINATING CENTER. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.—The Secretary 

6 shall establish a Technology-Enabled Education Innova7 tion Partnership Coordinating Center for the purpose of 

8 creating and promoting use of a Web-accessible archive 

9 of the data sets gathered from eligible partnerships under 

10 section 102(d). 

11 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall direct the 

12 center established under subsection (a) to— 

13 (1) convene a panel of experts in learning tech14 nology, educational improvement, and research 

15 methods to specify a set of common data elements 

16 required to be submitted by eligible partnerships 

17 under section 102(d); 

18 (2) provide technical assistance to such eligible 

19 partnerships around data submission, data security, 

20 and privacy protection; 

21 (3) conduct meta-analyses and other syntheses 

22 of the data produced by such eligible partnerships; 

23 and 

24 (4) allow independent researchers access to the 

25 data. 


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1 SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVANCED LEARNING TECH2 NOLOGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 

3 CENTERS. 

4 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—The Secretary, 

5 in consultation with the Director of the National Science 

6 Foundation, shall establish and oversee one or more ad7 vanced learning technology research and development cen8 ters to address the priorities and grand challenges for 

9 learning technology set forth in the 2010 National Edu10 cation Technology Plan, Transforming American Edu11 cation: Learning Powered by Technology published by the 

12 Office of Educational Technology of the Department of 

13 Education. 

14 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—A center established under 

15 subsection (a), for the purpose of advancing learning tech16 nology evaluation and assessment, shall— 

17 (1) design and validate an integrated system for 

18 designing and implementing valid, reliable, and cost19 effective assessments of important college- and work20 relevant complex skills, such as critical thinking, 

21 problem solving, effective communication, collabora22 tion, creativity, and innovation, across academic dis23 ciplines; 

24 (2) design and validate an integrated approach 

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1 tively for multiple purposes across multiple learning 

2 platforms and data systems; and 

3 (3) report data to the Secretary on the designs 

4 and validations carried out under paragraphs (1) 

5 and (2) in an expedited manner and make such data 

6 publicly available within 1 year of carrying out such 

7 designs and validations. 

8 TITLE III—AVAILABILITY OF 

9 FUNDS 

10 SEC. 301. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 

11 For fiscal year 2014 and for each succeeding fiscal 

12 year not less than 10 percent of the amount appropriated 

13 for such fiscal year for the Office of Innovation and Im14 provement of the Department of Education shall be avail15 able to carry out this Act. 

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