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(iv) by inserting ‘‘of the Senate’’ after 
‘‘Pensions’’; 
(4) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting before the 
period, the following: ‘‘, except as required under 
section 1112(b)(1)(F) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6312(b)(1)(F))’’; 
(5) in subsection (e)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or age’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘be’’ and insert 
‘‘shall be’’; 
(II) by redesignating subclauses 
(I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), re-
spectively; and 
(III) in clause (ii) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘, or the age of 
the students, as the case may be’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘After the deter-
minations described in subparagraph 
(A), devising’’ and inserting ‘‘The As-
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sessment Board shall, in making the 
determination described in subpara-
graph (A), use’’; and 
(II) by inserting after ‘‘ap-
proach’’ the following: ‘‘, providing for 
the active participation of teachers, 
school leaders, curriculum specialists, 
local school administrators, parents, 
and concerned members of the general 
public’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (D), by inserting 
‘‘Assessment’’ before ‘‘Board’’; and 
(6) in subsection (g)(2)— 
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AFFAIRS’’ 
and inserting ‘‘EDUCATION’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Affairs’’ and inserting 
‘‘Education’’. 
SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS. 
Section 304 (20 U.S.C. 9623) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(1)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) DIRECTOR.—’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(2) STATE.—’’; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) (as 
so amended) as paragraphs (2) and (5), respectively; 
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(4) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated) the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘elementary 
school’, ‘local educational agency’, and ‘secondary 
school’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).’’; and 
(5) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so re-
designated), the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(3) SCHOOL LEADER.—The term ‘school lead-
er’ has the meaning given the term in section 102. 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Education.’’. 
SEC. 305. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 305(a) (20 U.S.C. 9624(a)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap-
propriated— 
‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2015— 
‘‘(A) $8,235,000 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
‘‘(B) $132,000,000 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress); 
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‘‘(2) for fiscal year 2016— 
‘‘(A) $8,251,470 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
‘‘(B) $132,264,000 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress); 
‘‘(3) for fiscal year 2017— 
‘‘(A) $8,433,002 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
‘‘(B) $135,173,808 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress); 
‘‘(4) for fiscal year 2018— 
‘‘(A) $8,635,395 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
‘‘(B) $138,417,979 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress); 
‘‘(5) for fiscal year 2019— 
‘‘(A) $8,868,550 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
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‘‘(B) $142,155,266 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress); and 
‘‘(6) for fiscal year 2020— 
‘‘(A) $9,001,578 to carry out section 302 
(relating to the National Assessment Governing 
Board); and 
‘‘(B) $144,287,595 to carry out section 
303 (relating to the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress).’’. 
TITLE IV—EVALUATION PLAN 
SEC. 401. RESEARCH AND EVALUATION. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—The Institute of Education 
Sciences shall be the primary entity for conducting re-
search on and evaluations of Federal education programs 
within the Department of Education to ensure the rigor 
and independence of such research and evaluation. 
(b) FLEXIBLE AUTHORITY.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Education, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Institute of Edu-
cation Sciences, may, for purposes of carrying out 
the activities described in paragraph (2)— 
(A) reserve not more than 0.5 percent of 
the amount appropriated for each program au-
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thorized under the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.), other than part A of title I of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.); and 
(B) reserve not more than 0.25 percent of 
the amount appropriated for part A of title I of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—Subject to sub-
section (d), the Secretary of Education, in consulta-
tion with the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences, may use the amounts reserved under para-
graph (1) to— 
(A) carry out high-quality evaluations 
(consistent with the requirements of section 
173(a) of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 
2002 (20 U.S.C. 9563(a)), as amended by this 
Act, and the evaluation plan described in sub-
section (c) of this section) of programs author-
ized under the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); 
(B) increase the usefulness of such evalua-
tions to promote continuous improvement of 
programs under such Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.); and 
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