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Title II — Technology innovation research centers.

H.R. 3325 · 113th Congress · Oct 23, 2013 · Lineage

II Technology innovation research centers.

Sec. 201 Establishment of a Technology Innovation Partnership Coordinating Center

(a)
Establishment of Center— The Secretary shall establish a Technology-Enabled Education Innovation 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 technology, 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.

Sec. 202 Establishment of Advanced Learning Technology 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 advanced learning technology research and development centers to address the priorities and grand challenges for learning technology set forth in the 2010 National Education Technology Plan, Transforming American Education: 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 technology 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, collaboration, creativity, and innovation, across academic disciplines;
(2)
design and validate an integrated approach for capturing, aggregating, mining, student learning, and financial data, and sharing content cost-effectively 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.