; (D) provides paid release time for mentors, as applicable; (E) for teachers, provides mentoring to each mentee by a colleague who teaches in the same field, grade, or subject as the mentee; (F) for teachers, promotes empirically based practice of, and evidence-based research on, where applicable— (i) teaching and learning; (ii) assessment of student learning; (iii) the development of teaching skills through the use of instructional and behavioral interventions; and (iv) the improvement of the mentees’ capacity to measurably advance student learning; and (G) includes— (i) common planning time or regularly scheduled collaboration for the mentor and mentee; and (ii) as applicable, joint professional development opportunities. (16) Parent The term parent has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. (17) Partner institution The term partner institution means an institution of higher education (which may be a 2-year institution of higher education offering a dual program with a 4-year institution of higher education), a local educational agency, or a private nonprofit organization that is participating in an eligible partnership and has a teacher or school leader preparation program that— (A) in the case of a teacher preparation program— (i) graduates prospective teachers who exhibit strong performance on State-determined qualifying assessments for new teachers as demonstrated by— (I) 80 percent or more of such graduates of the program who intend to enter the field of teaching having passed all of the applicable State qualification assessments for new teachers, which shall include an assessment of each prospective teacher’s subject matter knowledge in the content area in which the teacher intends to teach; or (II) being ranked among the highest-performing teacher preparation programs in the State as determined by the State using the State report card on teacher preparation required under section 205(b)