(b) INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.—Data used in the 
report shall be gathered and evaluated by a research and 
evaluation collaborator. 
(c) ALTERNATIVE MEASURES.— 
(1) ASSESSMENT.—Measures to evaluate under 
subsection (b) the academic achievement of students 
enrolled in a technology-enabled education innova-
tion program may include alternative measures such 
as student enrollment in advanced course options, 
consistent completion of homework, or other alter-
native measures that the Secretary may prescribe, 
except that if no suitable alternate measure exists to 
capture outcome data of national significance, an eli-
gible partnership may develop a new measure. 
(2) RELIABILITY.—An eligible partnership shall 
demonstrate that the alternative measures of aca-
demic achievement are reliable and valid for the pur-
pose for which such measures are used. 
(d) DATA SETS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years of 
carrying out the innovation program established 
under this section, an eligible partnership shall pro-
vide a data set containing student records to a Tech-
nology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership 
Coordinating Center established under section 201. 
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(2) DATA ELEMENTS.—A data set described in 
paragraph (1)— 
(A) shall contain— 
(i) a record with an assigned student 
number for each student participating in 
the innovation program carried out by the 
eligible partnership and— 
(I) information sufficient to de-
termine which innovations were expe-
rienced by the student and to analyze 
the quantitative education outcomes 
that were measured for that student; 
(II) student demographic data 
that will permit subgroup analyses, in-
cluding by gender, racial or ethnic 
group, disability status, economic dis-
advantage, English language pro-
ficiency, and migrant status; and 
(III) such other information that 
the Secretary may require based on 
the specifications determined under 
section 201(b)(1) and that is common 
to all technology-enabled education in-
novation programs; and 
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(B) may not include any personally identi-
fying information. 
SEC. 103. NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY ACTIVITIES. 
From the amounts appropriated under section 4 to 
carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve 5 percent 
for the support of national technology activities that share 
information across technology-enabled education innova-
tion programs funded under this title, such as support for 
better dissemination of information across such innovation 
programs to national audiences, by— 
(1) conducting a study of new approaches to 
using technology to enhance education outcomes as 
needed to support making policy around educational 
technology; 
(2) disseminating on the Internet for all State 
educational agencies and other interested parties 
findings concerning the conditions and practices as-
sociated with the use of technology in schools; and 
(3) providing technical assistance to assist 
State educational agencies and local educational 
agencies in applying research-based knowledge to 
implementing technology in schools. 
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TITLE II—TECHNOLOGY INNOVA-
TION RESEARCH CENTERS. 
SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF A TECHNOLOGY INNOVA-
TION PARTNERSHIP COORDINATING CENTER. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTER.—The Secretary 
shall establish a Technology-Enabled Education Innova-
tion Partnership Coordinating Center for the purpose of 
creating and promoting use of a Web-accessible archive 
of the data sets gathered from eligible partnerships under 
section 102(d). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary shall direct the 
center established under subsection (a) to— 
(1) convene a panel of experts in learning tech-
nology, educational improvement, and research 
methods to specify a set of common data elements 
required to be submitted by eligible partnerships 
under section 102(d); 
(2) provide technical assistance to such eligible 
partnerships around data submission, data security, 
and privacy protection; 
(3) conduct meta-analyses and other syntheses 
of the data produced by such eligible partnerships; 
and 
(4) allow independent researchers access to the 
data. 
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SEC. 202. ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVANCED LEARNING TECH-
NOLOGY 
RESEARCH 
AND 
DEVELOPMENT 
CENTERS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTERS.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the Director of the National Science 
Foundation, shall establish and oversee one or more ad-
vanced learning technology research and development cen-
ters to address the priorities and grand challenges for 
learning technology set forth in the 2010 National Edu-
cation Technology Plan, Transforming American Edu-
cation: Learning Powered by Technology published by the 
Office of Educational Technology of the Department of 
Education. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—A center established under 
subsection (a), for the purpose of advancing learning tech-
nology evaluation and assessment, shall— 
(1) design and validate an integrated system for 
designing and implementing valid, reliable, and cost- 
effective assessments of important college- and work- 
relevant complex skills, such as critical thinking, 
problem solving, effective communication, collabora-
tion, creativity, and innovation, across academic dis-
ciplines; 
(2) design and validate an integrated approach 
for capturing, aggregating, mining, student learning, 
and financial data, and sharing content cost-effec-
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tively for multiple purposes across multiple learning 
platforms and data systems; and 
(3) report data to the Secretary on the designs 
and validations carried out under paragraphs (1) 
and (2) in an expedited manner and make such data 
publicly available within 1 year of carrying out such 
designs and validations. 
TITLE III—AVAILABILITY OF 
FUNDS 
SEC. 301. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
For fiscal year 2016 and for each succeeding fiscal 
year not less than 10 percent of the amount appropriated 
for such fiscal year for the Office of Innovation and Im-
provement of the Department of Education shall be avail-
able to carry out this Act. 
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