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 115 STAT. 1632 PUBLIC LAW 107-110—JAN. 8, 2002 especially parents of limited English proficient and immigrant children; and "(v) provide training on how to understand and use data and assessments to improve classroom practice and student learning. "(4) Developing and implementing initiatives to promote retention of highly qualified teachers and principals, particularly within elementary schools and secondary schools with a high percentage of low-achieving students, including programs that provide— "(A) teacher mentoring from exemplary teachers, principals, or superintendents; "(B) induction and support for teachers and principals during their first 3 years of employment as teachers or principals, respectively; "(C) incentives, including financial incentives, to retain teachers who have a record of success in helping lowachieving students improve their academic achievement; or "(D) incentives, including financial incentives, to principals who have a record of improving the academic achievement of all students, but particularly students from economically disadvantaged families, students from racial and ethnic minority groups, and students with disabilities. "(5) Carrying out programs and activities that are designed to improve the quality of the teacher force, such as— "(A) innovative professional development programs (which may be provided • through partnerships including institutions of higher education), including programs that train teachers and principals to integrate technology into curricula and instruction to improve teaching, learning, and technology literacy, are consistent with the requirements of section 9101, and are coordinated with activities carried out under part D; "(B) development and use of proven, cost-effective strategies for the implementation of professional development activities, such as through the use of technology and distance learning; "(C) tenure reform; "(D) merit pay programs; and "(E) testing of elementary school and secondary school teachers in the academic subjects that the teachers teach. "(6) Carrying out professional development activities designed to improve the quality of principals and superintendents, including the development and support of academies to help talented aspiring or current principals and superintendents become outstanding managers and educational leaders. "(7) Hiring highly qualified teachers, including teachers who become highly qualified through State and local alternative routes to certification, and special education teachers, in order to reduce class size, particularly in the early grades. "(8) Carrying out teacher advancement initiatives that promote professional growth and emphasize multiple career paths (such as paths to becoming a career teacher, mentor teacher, or exemplary teacher) and pay differentiation. "(10) Carrying out programs and activities related to exemplary teachers.

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