 
 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
    SUBCHAPTER I--HELPING DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN MEET HIGH STANDARDS
 
Part D--Prevention and Intervention Programs for Children and Youth Who 
          Are Neglected, Delinquent, or at Risk of Dropping Out
 
                      subpart 3--general provisions
 
Sec. 6471. Program evaluations


(a) Scope of evaluation

    Each State agency or local educational agency that conducts a 
program under subpart 1 or 2 of this part shall evaluate the program, 
disaggregating data on participation by sex, and if feasible, by race, 
ethnicity, and age, not less than once every three years to determine 
the program's impact on the ability of participants to--
        (1) maintain and improve educational achievement;
        (2) accrue school credits that meet State requirements for grade 
    promotion and secondary school graduation;
        (3) make the transition to a regular program or other education 
    program operated by a local educational agency; and
        (4) complete secondary school (or secondary school equivalency 
    requirements) and obtain employment after leaving the institution.

(b) Evaluation measures

    In conducting each evaluation under subsection (a) of this section, 
a State agency or local educational agency shall use multiple and 
appropriate measures of student progress.

(c) Evaluation results

    Each State agency and local educational agency shall--
        (1) submit evaluation results to the State educational agency; 
    and
        (2) use the results of evaluations under this section to plan 
    and improve subsequent programs for participating children and 
    youth.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title I, Sec. 1431, as added Pub. L. 103-382, title I, 
Sec. 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3600.)
