; (3) promote the use, development, and application of knowledge gained from scientifically valid research activities to improve student outcomes, including academic achievement, particularly for each subgroup of students; (4) strengthen the national, State, regional, and local capacity to conduct, develop, and widely disseminate activities described in paragraph (1), including by increasing the participation of researchers and institutions that have been historically underrepresented in Federal education research activities of the Institute, including historically Black colleges and universities, Tribal Colleges and Universities, Alaska Native-serving institutions, Native Hawaiian-serving institutions, and other minority-serving institutions; . 113. Office of the Director Section 114 ( 20 U.S.C. 9514 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by striking Except as provided in subsection (b)(2), the and inserting The ; (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following: (b) Term (1) In general (A) 6-year term Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the Director shall serve for a term of 6 years, beginning on the date of appointment of the Director. (B) Exception If a successor to the Director has not been named as of the date of expiration of the Director’s term, the Director may serve for not more than an additional 1-year period, beginning on the day after the date of expiration of the Director’s term, or until a successor has been appointed under subsection (a), whichever occurs first. (2) Recommendations The Board shall make recommendations to the President with respect to the appointment of a Director under subsection (a). ; (3) in subsection (d), by striking productivity and leadership and inserting productivity, leadership, and support for wide dissemination and evidence use ; (4) in subsection (f)— (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting principles of scientifically valid research and applicable before standards