Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Act - Authorizes the Secretary of Education to award competitive, renewable grants to eligible partnerships to design, implement, refine, and scale technology-enabled education innovation programs.
Defines an "eligible partnership" as a partnership composed of at least one state or local educational agency (LEA) and at least one institution of higher education or nonprofit research organization working with the state or LEA as a research and evaluation partner.
Requires at least 75% of the students participating in each technology-enabled education innovation program to be attending schools in which at least 50% of the student body is eligible for free or reduced-price lunches under the school lunch program.
Requires an independent evaluation of each innovation program by a research and evaluation collaborator.
Directs each partnership to provide a data set containing the student records of innovation program participants to a Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership Coordinating Center that is created by the Secretary to: (1) conduct meta-analyses and other syntheses of such data, and (2) allow independent researchers access to the data.
Directs the Secretary to support national technology activities that provide the technology-enabled education innovation programs with information on, and technical assistance in, effectively implementing technology in schools.
Requires the Secretary to establish and oversee at least one advanced learning technology research and development center to address the priorities and grand challenges for learning technology set forth in the Department of Education's 2010 National Education Technology Plan.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3325 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3325
To award grants to improve equality of access to technology-enabled
education innovations and understanding of how partnerships of
educational agencies and research institutions design and implement
such innovations in ways that improve student outcomes, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 23, 2013
Mr. Honda (for himself, Ms. Jackson Lee, and Mr. Holt) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and
the Workforce
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A BILL
To award grants to improve equality of access to technology-enabled
education innovations and understanding of how partnerships of
educational agencies and research institutions design and implement
such innovations in ways that improve student outcomes, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Technology-Enabled
Education Innovation Partnership Act''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as
follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I--TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED EDUCATION INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
Sec. 101. Grants.
Sec. 102. Report and evaluation.
Sec. 103. National technology activities.
TITLE II--TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION RESEARCH CENTERS.
Sec. 201. Establishment of a Technology Innovation Partnership
Coordinating Center.
Sec. 202. Establishment of Advanced Learning Technology Research and
Development Centers.
TITLE III--AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
Sec. 301. Availability of funds.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.
(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
(1) Technology and the Internet have transformed nearly
every aspect of both the global economy and our daily lives. In
a technology-rich world, no amount of memorizing information
will make a student competitive in the global labor market.
America needs an education system that supports students from
all walks of life in becoming inquisitive, resourceful thinkers
who use technology to pursue knowledge, collaborate across
geographic and cultural boundaries, acquire new skills, and
solve complex problems.
(2) Equality and equity of access is more than access to
the same hardware, software, and broadband connections. It
includes access to the best digital learning resources and
access to teachers who know how to orchestrate the use of these
resources in ways that inspire students and produce better
learning outcomes.
(3) Technology by itself will not improve student outcomes.
What is needed are carefully designed innovations that include
not just technology but also good learning content, effective
instructional strategies, supports for teachers and school
systems figuring out how to use the new approach, and the
capacity to collect, analyze and reflect on data that will show
whether or not the innovation is having the intended effects.
(4) Effective learning technology implementations
addressing the challenging aspects of language arts,
mathematics and science that all students are expected to
master. This will require partnerships among education
agencies, education researchers, and technology developers with
the common goal of harnessing technology to provide
opportunities for deeper learning to students who would not
otherwise experience them.
(b) Purposes.--The purpose of this Act is to--
(1) accelerate the development of technology-supported
innovations that improve student learning and educational
attainment; and
(2) promote the use of technology-supported innovations
that improve student outcomes in classrooms serving high-need
students.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) ESEA terms.--The terms ``local educational agency'',
``professional development'', and ``State educational agency''
have the meanings given the terms in section 9101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(2) Eligible partnership.--The term ``eligible
partnership'' means a partnership that--
(A) shall include--
(i) not less than one--
(I) State educational agency; or
(II) local educational agency; and
(ii) not less than one research and
evaluation partner, ; and
(B) may include other necessary partner
organizations, as determined by the Secretary (acting
through the Office of Innovation and Improvement),
including technology developers or vendors, technical
assistance providers, and education associations.
(3) High-need student.--The term ``high-need student''
means--
(A) a student from a family living below the
poverty level for the most recent fiscal year for which
satisfactory data are available;
(B) English language learners; and
(C) students with disabilities.
(4) Institution of higher education.--The term
``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the
term in section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 1001(a)).
(5) Meta-analysis.--The term ``meta-analysis'' means a
statistical technique for combining the results of multiple
independent studies of the same or similar phenomena in order
to provide a more precise estimate of the treatment effect.
(6) Research and evaluation collaborator.--The term
``research and evaluation collaborator'' means as an
institution of higher education, a nonprofit research
organization, or an established evaluator of educational
programs that--
(A) is not a member of an eligible partnership;
(B) is independent of a State educational agency;
and
(C) has demonstrated capacity to--
(i) conduct valid and objective social
science research on the relationship between
technology-enabled education innovation
programs and outcomes, mediated by qualities of
implementation; and
(ii) provide timely empirical feedback that
contributes to improving technology-enabled
education innovation.
(7) Research and evaluation partner.--The term ``research
and evaluation partner'' means an institution of higher
education or a nonprofit research organization in an eligible
partnership that is responsible for--
(A) designing and conducting an evaluation of the
extent to which the partnership's innovation leads to
better outcomes for students; and
(B) researching the way in which the innovation is
implemented in different settings and with different
kinds of students, and the relationship between
implementation practices and differences in student
outcomes.
(8) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Education.
(9) Technology-enabled education innovation program.--The
term ``technology-enabled education innovation program'' means
an educational intervention that--
(A) employs information technology, best available
knowledge about how people learn, and an understanding
of how programs are implemented in education settings;
and
(B) may be implemented at scale with reasonable
costs, with the ratio of expected benefits to costs
being significantly superior to that for existing
approaches.
TITLE I--TECHNOLOGY-ENABLED EDUCATION INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM.
SEC. 101. GRANTS.
(a) Program Authorization.--From the amounts appropriated under
section 103 after making a reservation under subsection (b) of such
section, the Secretary of Education is authorized to award grants, on a
competitive basis, to eligible partnerships to design, implement,
refine, and scale technology-enabled education innovation programs.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--An eligible partnership desiring a grant
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary
at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such
information as the Secretary may require.
(2) Application contents.--An application described in
paragraph (1), shall, at a minimum--
(A) include a description of how the eligible
partnership proposes to use the grant funds to
implement a technology-enabled education innovation
program;
(B) list the objectives of the technology-enabled
education innovation program;
(C) provide a budget for the use of the grant
funds;
(D) describe the evaluation plan and assessment
measures for the technology-enabled education
innovation program; and
(E) provide such additional assurances and
information as the Secretary determines to be
necessary.
(c) Awards.--
(1) Minimum and maximum grant amount.--A grant awarded
under this section shall be not less than $300,000 and not
greater than $1,000,000 for each fiscal year.
(2) Duration.--A grant under this section shall be awarded
for a period of 3 years.
(3) Extension.--
(A) Duration and amount.--A grant awarded under
this section may be extended for an additional 2 years
in an amount determined appropriate by the Secretary.
(B) Progress and peer review.--An extension of a
grant awarded to an eligible partnership under this
section shall be contingent upon evidence of progress
and capacity for scaling the technology-enabled
education innovation program carried out by the
partnership with the grant funds, as determined by a
peer review process conducted by the Secretary.
(d) Preference Points for Matching Funds.--The Secretary may award
up to 10 percent in competitive preference points to an eligible
partnership in which the State educational agency or local educational
agency partner provides 10 percent or more matching funds to cover the
cost of the activities funded by a grant awarded under this section.
(e) Required Use of Funds.--An eligible partnership that is awarded
a grant under this section shall use such grant to carry out a
technology-enabled education innovation program--
(1) under which 75 percent or more of students taking part
in such program attend a school in which 50 percent or more of
the student body is eligible for free or reduced-price lunches
(under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1761)); and
(2) that at a minimum--
(A) uses technology to address curriculum content
and instructional strategies that support science,
language arts, or mathematics, in accordance with
career and college ready standards and 21st century
skills;
(B) demonstrates that sufficient technological
infrastructure (which may include connectivity, end
user devices, servers, peripherals, or other technology
directly related to the technology-enabled innovation)
is, or will be, available in the schools participating
in the partnership grant to implement the innovation
program successfully;
(C) measures student learning outcomes aligned to
the objectives of such innovation program; and
(D) provides teachers with professional development
to increase their knowledge and skill related to
educational content, pedagogical techniques, and how to
use technology effectively in support of learning,
which will enable teachers to have the skills and
knowledge to implement the innovation program's
instructional strategies with the intended level of
frequency and with fidelity to the learning principles
on which the innovation is based.
SEC. 102. REPORT AND EVALUATION.
(a) Annual Report Required.--An eligible partnership shall submit
an annual report to the Secretary detailing--
(1) all activities undertaken by the eligible partnership
using grant funds;
(2) student learning outcomes; and
(3) refinements planned for the technology-enabled
education innovation program based on analysis of student
learning outcome data.
(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 innovation program may include alternative
measures such as student enrollment in advanced course options,
consistent completion of homework, or other alternative
measures that the Secretary may prescribe, except that if no
suitable alternate measure exists to capture outcome data of
national significance, an eligible partnership may develop a
new measure.
(2) Reliability.--Eligible partnership shall demonstrate
that the alternative measures of academic achievement are
reliable and valid for the purpose 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 provide a data set containing student records
to a Technology-Enabled Education Innovation Partnership
Coordinating Center established under section 201.
(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
determine which innovations were
experienced 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,
including by gender, racial or ethnic
group, disability status, economic
disadvantage, English language
proficiency, 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 innovation
programs; and
(B) may not include any personally identifying
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 innovation 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 associated 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.
TITLE 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.
TITLE III--AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 301. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
For fiscal year 2014 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 Improvement of the Department of Education
shall be available to carry out this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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