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(3) by striking ‘‘producing and maintaining, 
with the cooperation’’ and inserting ‘‘reviewing and 
improving, with the voluntary participation’’; 
(4) by striking ‘‘comparable and uniform’’ and 
inserting ‘‘data quality standards, which may include 
establishing voluntary guidelines to standardize’’; 
(5) by striking ‘‘adult education, and libraries,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and adult education’’; and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘No stu-
dent data shall be collected by the partnerships estab-
lished under this section, nor shall such partnerships 
establish a national student data system.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1 of the Act of November 5, 2002 (Public Law 
107–279; 116 Stat. 1940) is amended by striking the item 
relating to section 157 and inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 157. Cooperative education statistics partnerships.’’. 
PART D—NATIONAL CENTER FOR EDUCATION 
EVALUATION AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 171. ESTABLISHMENT. 
Section 171 (20 U.S.C. 9561) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), 
and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respec-
tively; 
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(C) in paragraph (1), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘of such pro-
grams’’ and all that follows through ‘‘science)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘and to evaluate the implementa-
tion of such programs’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (2), as redesignated by 
subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and wide dis-
semination of results of’’ and inserting ‘‘and, 
consistent with section 114(j), the wide dissemi-
nation and utilization of results of all’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (c). 
SEC. 172. COMMISSIONER FOR EDUCATION EVALUATION 
AND REGIONAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 172 (20 U.S.C. 9562) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(2) widely disseminate, consistent with section 
114(j), all information on scientifically valid research 
and statistics supported by the Institute and all sci-
entifically valid education evaluations supported by 
the Institute, particularly to State educational agen-
cies and local educational agencies, to institutions of 
higher education, to the public, the media, voluntary 
organizations, professional associations, and other 
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constituencies, especially with respect to the priorities 
described in section 115;’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, consistent with sec-
tion 114(j)’’ after ‘‘timely, and efficient 
manner’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘that shall include all 
topics covered in paragraph (2)(E)’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘development and dis-
semination’’ and inserting ‘‘development, 
dissemination, and utilization’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘the provision of tech-
nical assistance,’’; 
(D) in paragraph (5)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the semi-
colon; 
(E) in paragraph (6)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Director’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Board’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘preparation of a bien-
nial report’’ and inserting ‘‘preparation 
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and dissemination of each evaluation re-
port’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘119; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘116(d).’’; and 
(F) by striking paragraph (7); 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘all’’ before ‘‘information 
disseminated’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, which may include’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘of this Act)’’; 
(3) by striking subsection (c); 
(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); 
(5) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(c) PLAN.—The Evaluation and Regional Assistance 
Commissioner shall propose to the Director and, subject to 
the approval of the Director, implement a plan for the ac-
tivities of the National Center for Education Evaluation 
and Regional Assistance that— 
‘‘(1) is consistent with the priorities and mission 
of the Institute and the mission of the Center de-
scribed in section 171(b); 
‘‘(2) is carried out and, as appropriate, updated 
and modified, including through the use of the results 
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of the Center’s most recent evaluation report under 
section 116(d); and 
‘‘(3) describes how the Center will use the per-
formance management system described in section 185 
to assess and improve the activities of the Center. 
‘‘(d) GRANTS, CONTRACTS, AND COOPERATIVE AGREE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties 
under this part, the Evaluation and Regional Assist-
ance Commissioner may— 
‘‘(A) award grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements to eligible applicants to carry out the 
activities under this part; and 
‘‘(B) provide technical assistance. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBILITY.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘eligible applicant’ means an applicant that 
has the ability and capacity to carry out activities 
under this part. 
‘‘(3) ENTITIES TO CONDUCT EVALUATIONS.—In 
awarding grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements 
under paragraph (1) to carry out activities under sec-
tion 173, the Evaluation and Regional Assistance 
Commissioner shall make such awards to eligible ap-
plicants with the ability and capacity to conduct sci-
entifically valid education evaluations. 
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‘‘(4) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible applicant 
that wishes to receive a grant, contract, or coop-
erative agreement under paragraph (1) shall sub-
mit an application to the Evaluation and Re-
gional Assistance Commissioner at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Commissioner may require. 
‘‘(B) CONTENTS.—An application submitted 
under subparagraph (A) shall describe how the 
eligible applicant will address and demonstrate 
progress on the requirements of the performance 
management system described in section 185, 
with respect to the activities carried out under 
such grant, contract, or cooperative agreement. 
‘‘(5) DURATION.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the grants, contracts, and coopera-
tive agreements under paragraph (1) may be award-
ed, on a competitive basis, for a period of not more 
than 5 years, and may be renewed at the discretion 
of the Evaluation and Regional Assistance Commis-
sioner for an additional period of not more than 2 
years if the recipient demonstrates progress on the re-
quirements of the performance management system 
described in section 185, with respect to the activities 
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carried out under the grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement.’’; and 
(6) in subsection (e), as redesignated by para-
graph (4)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘There is 
established’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Re-
gional Assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘The Evalua-
tion and Regional Assistance Commissioner may 
establish’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘all’’ 
before ‘‘products’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B)(ii), by striking 
‘‘2002’’ and all that follows through the period 
and inserting ‘‘2002).’’. 
SEC. 173. EVALUATIONS. 
Section 173 (20 U.S.C. 9563) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting 
‘‘shall’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘evaluations’’ and inserting ‘‘high-quality 
evaluations, including impact evaluations 
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