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(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘of 
Education’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Chairman of the 
House’’ before ‘‘Committee on Education’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ after ‘‘Workforce’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘Chairman of the 
Senate’’ before ‘‘Committee on Health’’; 
and 
(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’’;
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(II) by redesignating subclauses 
(I) and (II) as clauses (i) and (ii), re-
spectively (and by moving the margins 
2 ems to the left); 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-
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)—
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(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.—’’; and 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) (as 
so amended) as paragraphs (2) and (5), respectively; 
(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.’’.
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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); 
‘‘(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);
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‘‘(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 
‘‘(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-
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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 in the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. et seq. 6301 et 
seq.) related to evaluation, the Secretary of Edu-
cation, in consultation with the Director of the Insti-
tute of Education Sciences— 
(A) may, for purposes of carrying out the 
activities described in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(i) reserve not more than 0.5 percent 
of the total amount of funds appropriated 
for each program authorized under the El-
ementary 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 section 1501 of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 6491); and 
(ii) reserve, in the manner described 
in subparagraph (B), an amount equal to 
not more than 0.1 percent of the total 
amount of funds appropriated for—
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(I) part A of title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.); 
and 
(II) section 1501 of such Act (20 
U.S.C. 6491); and 
(B) in reserving the amount described in 
subparagraph (A)(ii)— 
(i) shall reserve up to the total 
amount of funds appropriated for section 
1501 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491); 
and 
(ii) may, in a case in which the total 
amount of funds appropriated for such sec-
tion 1501 (20 U.S.C. 6491) is less than 
the amount described in subparagraph 
(A)(ii), reserve the amount of funds appro-
priated for part A of title I of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) that is needed for 
the sum of the total amount of funds ap-
propriated for such section 1501 (20 
U.S.C. 6491) and such amount of funds 
appropriated for such part A of title I (20
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U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) to equal the amount 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii). 
(2) AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES.—If funds are re-
served under paragraph (1)— 
(A) neither the Secretary of Education nor 
the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences shall— 
(i) carry out evaluations under section 
1501 of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6491); 
or 
(ii) reserve funds for evaluation activi-
ties under section 3111(c)(1)(C) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 6821); and 
(B) the Secretary of Education, in con-
sultation with the Director of the Institute of 
Education Sciences— 
(i) shall use the funds reserved under 
paragraph (1) to carry out high-quality 
evaluations (consistent with the require-
ments 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 subsection (c) 
of this section) of programs authorized
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under the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 
seq.); and 
(ii) may use the funds reserved under 
paragraph (1) to— 
(I) increase the usefulness of the 
evaluations conducted under clause (i) 
to promote continuous improvement of 
programs under the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6301 et seq.); or 
(II) assist grantees of such pro-
grams in collecting and analyzing data 
and other activities related to con-
ducting high-quality evaluations under 
clause (i). 
(3) DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation or the Director of the Institute of Education 
Sciences shall disseminate evaluation findings, con-
sistent with section 114(j) of the Education Sciences 
Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9514(j)), as amend-
ed by this Act, of evaluations carried out under 
paragraph (2)(B)(i).
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(4) CONSOLIDATION.—The Secretary of Edu-
cation, in consultation with the Director of the Insti-
tute of Education Sciences— 
(A) may consolidate the funds reserved 
under paragraph (1) for purposes of carrying 
out the activities under paragraph (2)(B); and 
(B) shall not be required to evaluate under 
paragraph (2)(B)(i) each program authorized 
under the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) each year. 
(c) EVALUATION PLAN.—The Director of the Insti-
tute of Education Sciences, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Education, shall, on a biennial basis, develop, 
submit to Congress, and make publicly available an eval-
uation plan, that— 
(1) describes the specific activities that will be 
carried out under subsection (b)(2)(B) for the 2-year 
period applicable to the plan, and the timelines of 
such activities; 
(2) contains the results of the activities carried 
out under subsection (b)(2)(B) for the most recent 
2-year period; and 
(3) describes how programs authorized under 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
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1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) will be regularly eval-
uated. 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect section 173(b) of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9563(b)), 
as amended by this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 8, 2014. 
Attest: 
Clerk.