Title 20 — Education
Part D · Chapter 76 — Education Research, Statistics, Evaluation, Information, and Dissemination
§ 9561. Establishment
Statutory text
Establishment
There is established in the Institute a National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.
Mission
The mission of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance shall be—
to provide technical assistance;
to conduct evaluations of Federal education programs administered by the Secretary (and as time and resources allow, other education programs) to determine the impact of such programs (especially on student academic achievement in the core academic areas of reading, mathematics, and science);
to support synthesis and wide dissemination of results of evaluation, research, and products developed; and
to encourage the use of scientifically valid education research and evaluation throughout the United States.
Grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
In carrying out the duties under this part, the Director may award grants, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002
Pub. L. 107–279 title I § 171 · 116 Stat. 1940
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 9561
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 171, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1962.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 107–279, title I, § 171, Nov. 5, 2002, 116 Stat. 1962.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 171. ESTABLISHMENT. (a) Establishment.— There is established in the Institute a National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. (b) Mission.— The mission of the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance shall be— (1) to provide technical assistance; (2) to conduct evaluations of Federal education programs administered by the Secretary (and as time and resources allow, other education programs) to determine the impact of such programs (especially on student academic achievement in the core academic areas of reading, mathematics, and science); (3) to support synthesis and wide dissemination of results of evaluation, research, and products developed; and (4) to encourage the use of scientifically valid education research and evaluation throughout the United States. (c) Grants, Contracts, and Cooperative Agreements— In carrying out the duties under this part, the Director may award grants, enter into contracts and cooperative agreements, and provide technical assistance.
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