---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 6645"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "6645"
heading: "National evaluation and information dissemination"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/6645"
units:
  - "Chapter 70 — Strengthening and Improvement of Elementary and Secondary Schools"
  - "Subchapter II — Preparing, Training, and Recruiting High-Quality Teachers, Principals, or Other School Leaders"
  - "Part B — National Activities"
  - "Subpart 2 — literacy education for all, results for the nation"
---

# §6645. National evaluation and information dissemination

- (a) **National evaluation—** From funds reserved under [section 6642(b)(1) of this title](/usc/20/6642.md?p=b-1), the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences shall conduct a national evaluation of the grant and subgrant programs assisted under this subpart. Such evaluation shall include high-quality research that applies rigorous and systematic procedures to obtain valid knowledge relevant to the implementation and effect of the programs and shall directly coordinate with individual [State](/usc/20/6602.md?p=2) evaluations of the programs’ implementation and impact.
- (b) **Program improvement—** The [Secretary](/usc/20/7801.md?p=46) shall—
  - (1) provide the findings of the evaluation conducted under this section to [State educational agencies](/usc/20/7801.md?p=49) and subgrant recipients for use in program improvement;
  - (2) make such findings publicly available, including on the websites of the [Department](/usc/20/7801.md?p=13) and the Institute of Education Sciences;
  - (3) submit such findings to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives; and
  - (4) make publicly available, in a manner consistent with [paragraph (2)](#b-2), best practices for implementing [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) activities under this subpart, including [evidence-based](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A) activities, defined for the purpose of this paragraph as activities meeting the requirements of [section 7801(21)(A)(i) of this title](/usc/20/7801.md?p=21-A-i).

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2225, as added Pub. L. 114–95, title II, § 2002, Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1943.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 6645, Pub. L. 89–10, title II, § 2205, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3622; amended Pub. L. 104–208, div. A, title I, § 101(e) [title VII, § 709(b)(3)(A)], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–233, 3009–313, related to State applications, prior to its omission in the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107–110.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an Effective Date of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.