Establishment of National Education Technology Clearinghouse

Part D of title I of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9561 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 174A. National Education Technology Clearinghouse (a) In general There is established in the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance a National Education Technology Clearinghouse that shall— (1) conduct research to identify, on a periodic basis and to the extent practicable, the most commonly used education technology vendors, products, and services; (2) establish and publish a transparent evaluation framework, developed by the Secretary, to assess such vendors, products, and services, which shall examine— (A) the quality assurance of the technology, based on the extent to which the technology supports vendor claims and demonstrates evidence of effectiveness for intended educational outcomes, where such evidence is available; (B) the technology’s compliance with applicable Federal and State student data privacy and security laws related to student, family, educator, and school staff data protection; (C) technology vendor data practices, including the use, sharing, or monetization of student or educator data; (D) the safety and grade-level appropriateness of included content for students, if applicable; (E) public disclosure of sources of revenue of the vendor, including any targeted advertising and the sale of any student, educator, or school staff data to third parties; and (F) the extent to which products and services undermine or promote the cognitive development and critical thinking skills of students; and (3) disseminate research findings to State educational agencies and make such findings available on a publicly accessible website, which shall include— (A) a list of education technology vendors that have been found to provide safe, evidence-based products and services; (B) a list of education technology vendors that have been found to have concerning practices or that provide products and services that have not been proven effective according to available evidence; and (C) a rating or classification system of such education technology vendors based on the criteria described in paragraph (2)..