PRIA, Government Policy, Made Personal

Summary

The Secretary must make sure states and colleges use fair reporting methods and keep personal information private. If a State does not use content tests to prove teachers meet the State’s certification or special education qualifications, the Secretary must, as much as possible, collect similar data from the groups that give those tests and use that data for the law’s rules about tests, pass rates, and scaled scores. States that get federal funds must give teacher preparation programs, when asked, any school-related data the State has that helps evaluate the program or its graduates. That must include the identities of the program’s graduates so the program can match them to its own course and fieldwork records. It can also include K–12 achievement and demographic data without revealing student identities, and teacher effectiveness evaluations for those graduates.

Title 20, §1022g

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(a)Methods

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)Special rule

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)Release of information to teacher preparation programs

(1)In general

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)Content of information

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.

§1022g General Provisions