Data infrastructure

Part C of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9541) is amended by adding at the end the following: 159 Educator data infrastructure program (a) Educator preparation data The Statistics Commissioner shall collect and publish timely information on educator preparation, placement, and performance to inform educator workforce development and design, including by carrying out the following: (1) Collecting and publishing data annually on all State-approved educator preparation programs that includes the following (for each individual program, in the aggregate, and disaggregated for comprehensive and alternative preparation programs): (A) The programs offered, including the academic and clinical practice requirements of the programs. (B) Program participant enrollment, in the aggregate and disaggregated by sex and race or ethnicity. (C) Program participant completion rates, in the aggregate and disaggregated by sex, race or ethnicity, subject area, and grade level. (D) The program participant passage rate on the teacher licensure examinations for the State in which the program is located. (2) Collecting and publishing data annually on State educator preparation and workforce policies and outcomes, including the following: (A) The number of each type of credential for an educator in the State, including regular or standard, probationary, temporary or provisional, waiver or emergency, and any other type of educator licenses or certificates issued, in the aggregate and disaggregated by grade and subject area. (B) The academic and clinical preparation requirements for each license or certificate type, including required assessments. (C) The number of licenses or certificates issued to individuals who do not possess at least a baccalaureate degree. (D) The number of licenses or certificates issued to individuals who had not completed any formal educator preparation program. (E) As of October 1 of the year for which the report is prepared, the number and percentage of teaching positions in each State for each of the following categories, in the aggregate and disaggregated by grade and subject area and by schools with and without high-need status for each of the following categories: (i) Teaching positions that are vacant. (ii) Teaching positions filled by individuals teaching in a subject area for which the individuals do not have a license or certificate. (iii) Teaching positions filled by individuals with temporary or provisional, waiver or emergency, or other non-standard licenses or certificates, or by individuals with no license or certificate. (F) The 3-year retention rate of newly licensed or certified teachers, disaggregated by license or certificate type and educator preparation program. (G) Student performance data, such as results on State assessments, disaggregated by the type of license teachers hold and by the type of teacher preparation program completed. (b) Special rule If any of the data described in subsection (a) is not available, a State or educator preparation program receiving funds under the Quality Educator Partnership Act shall provide the Statistics Commissioner with a plan demonstrating that the State will make such data available by not later than 2 years after the date on which the Department notifies the State or educator preparation program that such information is requested. (c) Annual Report Using the data collected from educator preparation programs and States, the Statistics Commissioner shall produce an annual report to Congress and the public on educator qualifications and preparation in the United States. (d) Panel (1) Establishment To enhance the quality, utility, and timeliness of data on the educator workforce and to reduce the reporting burden for local educational agencies, States, and educator preparation programs, the Statistics Commissioner shall convene a panel to study and make recommendations for revised reporting on educator qualifications, preparation, and the educator workforce. (2) Membership of panel The panel convened under paragraph (1) shall include researchers, practitioners, and experts in educational data systems. (3) Report contents Not later than 1 year after establishment, the panel convened under paragraph (1) shall prepare and submit to the Statistics Commissioner and to Congress a report regarding the study described in paragraph (1), which shall include recommendations for making data available that link student performance to educator qualifications..