(a)  Establishment

There is established in the Institute a National Center for Education Statistics (in this part referred to as the “Statistics Center”).

(b)  Mission

The mission of the Statistics Center shall be⁠—

(1)  to collect and analyze education information and statistics in a manner that meets the highest methodological standards;

(2)  to report education information and statistics in a timely manner; and

(3)  to collect, analyze, and report education information and statistics in a manner that⁠—

(A)  is objective, secular, neutral, and nonideological and is free of partisan political influence and racial, cultural, gender, or regional bias; and

(B)  is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and the public.