1.This Act may be cited as
the Proven Programs for the Future of
Education Act of 2007
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short
title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Research-proven programs and competitive grants
Sec. 101. Research-proven programs and competitive
grants.
TITLE II—Research-proven reform in reading first
Sec. 201. Purposes.
Sec. 202. Formula grants to state educational
agencies.
Sec. 203. State formula grant applications.
Sec. 204. Information dissemination.
Sec. 205. Definitions.
TITLE III—Definition of research-proven program
Sec. 301. Definition of research-proven program.
<enum>I</enum><header>Research-proven
programs and competitive grants </header>
<section id="idEF1D84B0A77A4627888EDEFAF08D823A"><enum>101.</enum><header>Research-proven
programs and competitive grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title IX of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id891B823A4F3A4075B21BD32E139C03FB" style="OLC">
<part id="idBE74306DC1C84891A7846743867E2294"><enum>G<?LEXA-Enum G?></enum><header>Research-proven programs</header>
<section id="id7957B0D45D6B4B63AFB8E2A325EEFC66"><enum>9701.</enum><header>Research-proven
programs and competitive grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In all competitive grants that are awarded
by the Department to a State educational agency or a local educational agency
or by a State educational agency to a local educational agency under this Act,
competitive preference points equal to 10 percent of the total number of points
awarded may be awarded to a State educational agency or local educational
agency if such State educational agency or local educational agency proposes in
the grant application to use research-proven programs, when
appropriate.</text>
</section></part><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><enum>II</enum><header>Research-proven
reform in reading first</header>
<section id="idAF2358AE62514521B0ADAB9EDC67EB07"><enum>201.</enum><header>Purposes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1201(1) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6361(1)) is amended by inserting
<quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum, are</quote> after
<quote>that are</quote>.</text>
</section><section id="id4EC8D64F69CE4403AF141576022D1032"><enum>202.</enum><header>Formula grants
to state educational agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1202 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6362) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="idCF56910F098E4989A1B56EBA9C455426"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id4AAD28F9975845CFB9C0F415667F0E9F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCB6A8CD47CB34BA2A6DC1CB475B8FCBF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="idC977E102899C45B790B6D776A0E465A5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Preference</header><text>In
making subgrants to eligible local educational agencies, a State educational
agency shall award competitive preference points equal to 10 percent of the
total number of points if applicants propose to use research-proven reading
programs.</text>
</subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id79EA7481D74D4AB184A9185C11C2DB72"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(7)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>learning system or program of reading
instruction</quote> and inserting <quote>research-proven reading program, or,
at a minimum, a program</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ED2D603427949B8ADCE30264CDBC9CE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0B75950CA0AA42A1805EAE5FF589B0ED"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)(A)(ii)(I), by inserting <quote>that are research-proven reading programs,
or, at a minimum, are</quote> before <quote>based on</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE859F162F2E64E22B3F88652C791541A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)—</text>
<clause id="id9855A5705BB74BFFBB46234AC533A211"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A)(i), by inserting <quote>that are research-proven reading
programs, or, at a minimum, are</quote> after <quote>instruction</quote>;
and</text>
</clause><clause id="idACEDFD52F75844D69814A16A0D3EDF4D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting <quote>research-proven reading programs, or,
at a minimum, programs of </quote> after <quote>clause (i),</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="id010DAE1B9B414233A1349453170F432A"><enum>203.</enum><header>State formula
grant applications</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
1203 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6363) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id73581F2F8F294A7E82A4FA4A9E97B69D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)(4)—</text>
<subparagraph id="id0C307F69EFFA418F8A94F4E6C039F3DD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>instructional materials, programs, strategies, and approaches,</quote>
and inserting <quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,
programs</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBCFFEB98D1BB4CC0A1F93B9DD8AF88B4"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)(ii), by inserting <quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a
minimum, programs</quote> after <quote>(ii)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id952DE5F1183046B5BCF847135BCEA052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by inserting <quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a
minimum,</quote> after <quote>will use</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0378FE57759D4BD280E792700675E996"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(2)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph id="idA65E42E116894278888BAF6C4AEE928D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in clause
(ii)—</text>
<clause id="id8740F6FCCAA8412D9E2D8276ED1D3834"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>to individuals who teach reading to children and
adults</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id6A3D50F9B5B046E6B4AEFAF055E7CDE4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>on research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,
programs</quote> before <quote>based on</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="idAF62216914824FF0A557210CB5D40858"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>to individuals who teach reading to children and adults</quote> after
<quote>research</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5901C70F24334DFEAD26C7F6A416CC3F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in clause
(iii)—</text>
<clause id="idC90F5040BB2E4B44B5B8217C3B5DD994"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>to other instructional staff </quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="id1FC768AF6A0342FD859BEF0BFFC7AA71"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>on research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,
programs</quote> before <quote>based on</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB84FAD0973E2413AA031DE8CF99F4163"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>to other instructional staff </quote> after <quote>research</quote>;
and</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFC31AB28421649398DF4F100F4902DC0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection
(d)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6460F0A2A6944A9B6B4AF75C85711FC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)(E), by inserting <quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,
programs based on</quote> after <quote>tutors and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0615FB92C1F1424AA0AA7FA38188DC7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(3)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF2D8C7FB49B9403491FCD16E2857AED5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>a research-proven reading program, or, at a minimum, a
program</quote> after <quote>that is</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE483B5337B56445791F3D742562FDC06"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by inserting <quote>on research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,
programs</quote> after <quote>instruction</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE642FAB033FF42B097EFBDD4EC3B1966"><enum>204.</enum><header>Information
dissemination</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1207(a)
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6367(a)) is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E414CE482384DC8BF8306B48DE1FF4D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), insert
<quote>research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,</quote> after
<quote>information on</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF19E07C2971F45B2B3F90A8A44E951CF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
insert <quote>of research-proven reading programs, or, at a minimum,</quote>
after <quote>instruction</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB0B3CABC40304E0FA8D32C9158309AFE"><enum>205.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1208 of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6368) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5E8E8BCB4006442C8D428080F354C8A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (6) and (7), as paragraphs (7) and (8), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D431BDEC8CF456CA3A64902878D595B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (5) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29918624FB264F43A0F691358E0B4983" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EEF3F62C8724186AB5065F1FFF36B21"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Research-proven
reading program</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4695C2E24ACE4F1F9329684400168A22"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>research-proven reading program</term>
means a program that is determined to be a qualified program pursuant to
subparagraph (B) and that is evaluated in not less than 2 studies, both of
which studies meet the following minimum criteria:</text>
<clause id="IDfe84900cf0914e8b86c046fb2534a4b0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The program was
compared to a control group using alternative or traditional methods.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDfcfd237d438f4b17a4164cfa0103678d"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The study
duration was not less than 12 weeks.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID6f6e3ea09e714b4f9ee4f3ccfa0abb8b"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Program and
control schools were equivalent at pretest in reading achievement (within 0.5
standard deviations). Analyses of posttest differences were adjusted for
pretest differences.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID939cd8a66bc949d58f23123a7cd3da53"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The reading
posttest measures used to compare program and control groups is a valid
standardized or criterion-referenced test of reading, such as a State
accountability test, and is not inherent to the program. For example, tests
made by the program authors, or tests of content not studied by control
students, do not qualify.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDd9a1d72e8e374667818f25e94c61e2a2"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The sample size
of each study is not less than 5 classes or 125 students per treatment (10
classes or 250 students overall). Multiple smaller studies may be combined to
reach this sample size collectively.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID0fcf32be4827419fbe408d87933b1bf9"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The median
difference between program and control students across all qualifying studies
is not less than 20 percent of student-level standard deviation, in favor of
the program students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID6934c512944d4293a442e3083c6f54b9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header>
<clause id="idBF6866729A8840CABE001FFAFF437DB0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Department shall constitute a review panel to review
scientific reviews of reading evaluations and determine which programs qualify
as qualified research-proven reading programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="id89141FA107F442D4B2FE3902EC41D7F1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Panel
members</header><text>Review panel members shall have expertise in scientific
research review and in scientifically based reading research but may not have
financial or personal connection with the authors or publishers of any
programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="id78C82BA6C3254246ACC0DAAF60DBF0A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Panel
meetings</header><text>Review panel meetings shall be open to the public and
minutes shall be made available to the
public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Definition of
research-proven program</header>
<section id="id2DD73451E54B4E1AA0314842D8C8D5FE"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definition of
research-proven program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 9101 Note: This is the correct
section reference, not 1901. of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="id078A4F4C67684131834C8F58628DBF6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (37) through (43) as paragraphs (38) through (44), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="idF1005633711C4F4688916E51BCFF9FF9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
after section (36) the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA2F732C305584555B4F555FE76DA4345" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="idF1641FEF511D4CC5A97EFA921F92707A"><enum>(37)</enum><header>Research-proven
program</header>
<subparagraph id="id7D1CA7D0EC6E411DA99C560EF14C5E3F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The term <term>research-proven program</term> means a
program that is determined to be a qualified program pursuant to subparagraph
(B) and that is evaluated in not less than 2 studies, both of which studies
meet the following minimum criteria:</text>
<clause id="ID98ef1b7182d6448fb61a4ffd04de5d29"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The program was
compared to a control group using alternative or traditional methods.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID97250f67806f47e1ba3b37c6db635fdb"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The study
duration was not less than 12 weeks.</text>
</clause><clause id="IDb16d2c98589049ee95930bb750b0edfc"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Program and
control schools were equivalent at pretest in achievement (within 0.5 standard
deviations). Analyses of posttest differences are adjusted for pretest
differences.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID9b691d963ce64b8c942a4e3bb585369c"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>The posttest
measures used to compare program and control groups is a valid standardized or
criterion-referenced test, such as a State accountability test, and is not
inherent to the program. For example, tests made by the program authors, or
tests of content not studied by control students, do not qualify.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID99bcdae38c2743d7b401bc40c80ecd6e"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The sample size
of each study is not less than 5 classes or 125 students per treatment (10
classes or 250 students overall). Multiple smaller studies may be combined to
reach this sample size collectively.</text>
</clause><clause id="ID4c3f324205ee410998f30c3d389982e3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>The median
difference between program and control students across all qualifying studies
is not less than 20 percent of student-level standard deviation, in favor of
the program students.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ID8ff1e34ea3b1460cb0be67c6084fc6c4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Review</header>
<clause id="id0F507BA6B7C24038B413BB01D5F078BD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Department shall constitute a review panel to review
scientific reviews of program evaluations and determine which programs qualify
as research-proven programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="id57402753E9974252B2D60D2458923554"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Panel
members</header><text>Panel members shall have expertise in scientific research
review but may not have financial or personal connection with the authors or
publishers of any programs.</text>
</clause><clause id="id15B78010A7FB4C4A8297BB87934FC81F"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Panel
meetings</header><text>Panel meetings shall be open to the public and minutes
shall be made available to the
public.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section>