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Summary

Creates the Institute of Education Sciences inside the Department of Education, run by a Director and, when allowed, a board of directors. The Institute must lead national work to increase knowledge about education from early childhood through college. It collects data, produces reports and tools, and does research and evaluations on national education needs (including technology). Its work must be high quality, accurate, neutral, nonpolitical, and free from racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias. The Institute includes an Office of the Director (runs the Institute), a National Board for Education Sciences (advises the Institute), and four centers: the National Center for Education Research (research on teaching and learning), the National Center for Education Statistics (school and education data), the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (program evaluation and regional help), and the National Center for Special Education Research (research on special education).

Title 20, §9511

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(a)Establishment

There shall be in the Department the Institute of Education Sciences, to be administered by a Director (as described in section 9514 of this title) and, to the extent set forth in section 9516 of this title, a board of directors.

(b)Mission

(1)In general

The mission of the Institute is to provide national leadership in expanding fundamental knowledge and understanding of education from early childhood through postsecondary study, in order to provide parents, educators, students, researchers, policymakers, and the general public with reliable information about—

(A)the condition and progress of education in the United States, including early childhood education and special education;

(B)educational practices that support learning and improve academic achievement and access to educational opportunities for all students; and

(C)the effectiveness of Federal and other education programs.

(2)Carrying out mission

In carrying out the mission described in paragraph (1), the Institute shall compile statistics, develop products, and conduct research, evaluations, and wide dissemination activities in areas of demonstrated national need (including in technology areas) that are supported by Federal funds appropriated to the Institute and ensure that such activities—

(A)conform to high standards of quality, integrity, and accuracy; and

(B)are objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and are free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias.

(c)Organization

The Institute shall consist of the following:

(1)The Office of the Director (as described in section 9514 of this title).

(2)The National Board for Education Sciences (as described in section 9516 of this title).

(3)The National Education Centers, which include—

(A)the National Center for Education Research (as described in part B);

(B)the National Center for Education Statistics (as described in part C);

(C)the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (as described in part D); and

(D)the National Center for Special Education Research (as described in part E).

Editorial Notes

Amendments

2004—Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 108–446, § 201(b)(2)(A), inserted “and special education” after “early childhood education”. Subsec. (c)(3)(D). Pub. L. 108–446, § 201(b)(2)(B), added subpar. (D).

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