,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #eej  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bh1      
#bjbc,mr4 ,braun introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to amend the ,workforce        
,innovation and ,opportunity ,act to    
prioritize programs that provide        
evidence of performance4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,prioritizing ,evidence for ,workforce  
,development ,act4  #b4 ,prioritizing   
programs that provide evidence of       
performance ,section #ajb of the        
,workforce ,innovation and ,opportunity 
,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4 #caab7 is amended-- 
7#a7 in subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#a7-- 7i7 in subparagraph    
7,d71 by striking and after the         
semicolon2  7ii7 in subparagraph 7,e71  
by striking the period at the end and   
inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7,f7 a         

description of how the ,state plans to  
prioritize the funding of evidence-based
 programs for which evidence from a     
rigorous evaluation of the programs     
shows a positive effect on the target   
population for the programs1 with       
highest priority given to programs that 
are high-evidence interventions1 next   
priority given to programs that are     
moderate-evidence interventions1 and    
next priority given to programs that are
 low-evidence interventions4  2 and     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,c7-- 7i7 in    
clause 7vii71 by striking and after the 
semicolon2  7ii7 in clause 7viii71 by   
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2 and  7iii7 by adding at
 the end the following3  7ix7 how the   
,state will prioritize the funding of   
evidence-based programs for which       
evidence from a rigorous evaluation of  
the programs shows a positive effect on 
the target population for the programs4 
2 and  7#b7 by adding at the end the    
following3  7d7 ,definitions ,in        

subsection 7b73 7#a7 ,evidence-based    
,the term evidence-based1 used with     
respect to an activity1 strategy1 or    
other intervention1 means a             
high-evidence1 moderate-evidence1 or    
low-evidence intervention4  7#b7        
,high-evidence ,the term high-evidence1 
used with respect to an intervention1   
means an intervention that is shown to  
produce a sizable1 sustained effect on  
important outcomes1 in-- 7,a7 two or    
more well-conducted experimental studies
 carried out in typical community       
settings and conducted at different     
implementation sites2 or  7,b7 one large
 multisite well-conducted experimental  
study carried out in such a setting4    
7#c7 ,low-evidence ,the term            
low-evidence1 used with respect to an   
intervention1 means an intervention that
 is shown to produce or have the        
potential to produce a positive effect  
on important outcomes1 in a study based 
on a reasonable hypothesis and with     
credible research findings1 such as a   

correlational study with statistical    
controls for selection bias or          
descriptive research such as a case     
study4  7#d7 ,moderate-evidence ,the    
term moderate-evidence1 used with       
respect to an intervention1 means an    
intervention that is shown to produce a 
positive effect1 that is sizable but not
 yet conclusive1 on important outcomes1 
in at least one well-conducted          
experimental study1 or in a rigorous    
quasi-experimental study from which a   
researcher can draw a causal conclusion 
regarding the intervention's            
effectiveness4  7#e7 ,well-conducted    
experimental study ,the term            
well-conducted experimental study means 
an experimental study such as a study   
with randomized controlled trials4  4