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| https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=01b76fd0-c568-4cea-9f60-465bcb590d1b | Senators Press ESEA Conference Chairs to Include Evidence Based Innovation in ESEA Bill | 2015-11-12 | 2015 | 2015-11 | Republican | House | UT | Orrin Hatch | H000338 | www.hatch.senate.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C.Senator Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, member and former chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, and Senator Michael Bennet, D-Colo., also a member of the Senate HELP Committee, sent a letter today to the conference chairs of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), urging that they include the Education Innovation and Research language and provisions committing to evidence-based innovation in the conferenced bill. As you negotiate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) conference report, we respectfully request that the final agreement include a strong commitment to evidence-based innovation in education, the Senators wrote. Too often, we fund unproven programs with little to show in the way of results. More of our federal dollars should work to encourage innovative programs and practices that can demonstrate significant education outcomes. Our Education and Innovation Research Program establishes a dedicated funding stream to support the development and expansion of evidence-based programs and practices designed and implemented by educators and local communities. Background The Education Innovation and Research amendment would create a dedicated funding stream to support the development and scale up of evidence-based practices that encourage innovations in policy and practice. This grant would provide flexible funding for a broad range of locally-driven projects and allow schools, districts, non-profits, and small businesses to develop proposals based on the specific needs of students and the community. Grants would be awarded based on past success, with funding levels tied to the strength of the evidence the applicant is able to present of their programs effectiveness. The full letter is attached and below: Dear Chairman Alexander, Ranking Member Murray, Chairman Kline, and Ranking Member Scott: As you negotiate the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) conference report, we respectfully request that the final agreement include a strong commitment to evidence-based innovation in education. Too often, we fund unproven programs with little to show in the way of results. More of our federal dollars should work to encourage innovative programs and practices that can demonstrate significant education outcomes. Our Education and Innovation Research Program establishes a dedicated funding stream to support the development and expansion of evidence-based programs and practices designed and implemented by educators and local communities. The Education Innovation and Research Program supports the development of innovative programs and practices through a three-tiered grant process. An early-phase grant allows applicants to develop evidence-based interventions that show promise; a mid-phase grant funds and evaluates the implementation of an early-phase grant and other practices that demonstrate effectiveness; and a final-phase grant supports replication and evaluation of programs and practices designed and supported by evidence to produce sizable effects. By providing funds based on results, grant amounts are determined by increasingly stringent evidence and evaluation requirements. This program funds solutions that grantees design and implement themselves. It also encourages applicants to be entrepreneurial and develop projects to meet specific community needs. This approach is consistent with the objective of the Every Child Achieves Act (S. 1177) and the Student Success Act (H.R 5) to empower those closest to our children. We believe that providing communities with greater resources to develop their own evidence-based solutions will lead to better results for schools and for students. To that end, this grant program is modeled on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, under which 11 federal agencies set aside a small percentage of their budgets to award grants to small companies engaged in the development and evaluation of new technologies. Both the Government Accountability Office and the National Academy of Sciences have provided consistently positive assessments of the programs success. By applying this approach to education, we can provide a critically needed supply of new, entrepreneurial ideas to help solve the most significant problems in education. In doing so, we will get the most bang for our buck, while allowing local leaders to improve on the status quo that is not performing for many ofour students. As part of our united commitment to empower state and local leaders, make sound investments, and increase definite outcomes, we urge you to include this commitment to evidence-based funding in a final conference package. Sincerely, ____________________ ____________________ Orrin G. Hatch Michael Bennet | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |