; (5) conducting research and issuing reports on correctional education best practices, particularly as it relates to pedagogy and instruction of incarcerated people; (6) providing training and technical assistance for State prison systems to improve correctional education; and (7) coordinating with the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, National Center for Education Statistics, the National Institute of Corrections, and other relevant agencies as designated by the Assistant Director in collecting and reporting Federal and State data on— (A) the number of individuals who enroll in and complete a correctional education program, including a career and technical education sequence, earn a regular high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, or enroll in and earn a postsecondary degree or certificate, while incarcerated; (B) the number of individuals who do not complete an education program described in subparagraph (A) and the reasons for non-completion; (C) any State or Federal prohibitions or limitations on employment for individuals with felony convictions; (D) the correlation between participating in or completing a program described in subparagraph (A) and continued educational enrollment, both in-custody and post-release; (E) the correlation between participating in and completing a program described in subparagraph (A) with post-release outcomes, including job placement, job retention, and recidivism; (F) the correlation between participating in and completing a program described in subparagraph (A) with in-custody outcomes, including enrollment in other education or training programs and reduction in citations; (G) the impact of the correlation described in subparagraphs (C) and (D) on overall corrections spending through factors such as— (i) impacts on recidivism; (ii) spending on Federal penal and correctional institutions and State prisons; and (iii) other relevant factors