§1022g — Title 20 Education | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary must make sure States and colleges use fair ways to report teacher data and that those reporting methods do not reveal people’s private information. If a State does not use content tests to show that teachers in core subjects (including those certified through alternate routes) meet State certification rules, or to show special education teachers for elementary and secondary schools meet required qualifications, the Secretary will, when possible, get similar data from States, school districts, colleges, or other groups that test teachers and will use that data for rules about assessments, pass rates, and scaled scores. States that get these funds must give a teacher preparation program, when the program asks, any education-related information the State has that would help evaluate the program or its graduates. That must include names of the program’s graduates so the program can match State data to its records. It can also include K–12 student achievement and demographic data without revealing student private details, and teacher effectiveness evaluations for the program’s graduates.

Title 20, §1022g

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(a)In complying with section 1022d and 1022e of this title, the Secretary shall ensure that States and institutions of higher education use fair and equitable methods in reporting and that the reporting methods do not reveal personally identifiable information.

(b)For each State that does not use content assessments as a means of ensuring that all teachers teaching in core academic subjects within the State meet the applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements for certification obtained through alternative routes to certification, in accordance with the State plan submitted or revised under section 6311 of this title, and that each person employed as a special education teacher in the State who teaches elementary school or secondary school meets the qualifications described in section 1412(a)(14)(C) of this title, the Secretary shall—

(1)to the extent practicable, collect data comparable to the data required under this part from States, local educational agencies, institutions of higher education, or other entities that administer such assessments to teachers or prospective teachers; and

(2)notwithstanding any other provision of this part, use such data to carry out requirements of this part related to assessments, pass rates, and scaled scores.

(c)(1)For the purpose of improving teacher preparation programs, a State that receives funds under this chapter, or that participates as a member of a partnership, consortium, or other entity that receives such funds, shall provide to a teacher preparation program, upon the request of the teacher preparation program, any and all pertinent education-related information that—

(A)may enable the teacher preparation program to evaluate the effectiveness of the program’s graduates or the program itself; and

(B)is possessed, controlled, or accessible by the State.

(2)The information described in paragraph (1)—

(A)shall include an identification of specific individuals who graduated from the teacher preparation program to enable the teacher preparation program to evaluate the information provided to the program from the State with the program’s own data about the specific courses taken by, and field experiences of, the individual graduates; and

(B)may include—

(i)kindergarten through grade 12 academic achievement and demographic data, without revealing personally identifiable information about an individual student, for students who have been taught by graduates of the teacher preparation program; and

(ii)teacher effectiveness evaluations for teachers who graduated from the teacher preparation program.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 208 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1028 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 110–315. Another prior section 208 of Pub. L. 89–329 was classified to section 1028 of this title, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 96–374.

Amendments

2015—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 114–95, in introductory provisions, substituted “meet the applicable State certification and licensure requirements, including any requirements for certification obtained through alternative routes to certification,” for “are highly qualified, as required under section 6319 of this title,” and “meets the qualifications described in section 1412(a)(14)(C) of this title” for “is highly qualified by the deadline, as required under section 1412(a)(14)(C) of this title”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 2015 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 114–95 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 a note under section 6301 of this title.

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