; (B) providing resources and training to improve instruction for, and provide appropriate accommodations to, special populations, including the unique needs of teaching in rural or urban communities; (C) the integration of coherent and rigorous academic content standards and career and technical education curricula, including through opportunities for appropriate academic and career and technical education teachers to jointly develop and implement curricula and pedagogical strategies; (D) providing resources or assistance with meeting State teacher licensure and credential requirements; (E) implementing initiatives that increase compensation for early childhood educators who attain a Child Development Associate credential, or an associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education; or (F) training for career guidance and academic counselors at the secondary level to improve awareness of postsecondary education and postsecondary career options in early childhood education, and improve the ability of such counselors to communicate to students career opportunities and employment trends in early childhood education. (f) Evaluation and annual report Each eligible partnership receiving a grant under this section shall provide for an independent evaluation of the activities carried out using such grant and submit to the Secretary an annual report that includes— (1) a description of how funds received under this section were used; and (2) the performance of the career and technical education program of study funded with such grant with respect to, at a minimum, the performance indicators described under section 113 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 ( 20 U.S.C. 2323 ), as applicable, and disaggregated— (A) by subgroups of students described in section 1111(c)(2)(B) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(2)(B) ); and (B) by each special population