 CHAPTER 70--STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
                                 SCHOOLS
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
 
                   Part C--Reading and Literacy Grants
 
Sec. 6661h. State evaluations; performance reports


(a) State evaluations

                           (1) In general

        Each State educational agency that receives a grant under 
    section 6661b of this title shall evaluate the success of the 
    agency's subgrantees in meeting the purposes of this part. At a 
    minimum, the evaluation shall measure the extent to which students 
    who are the intended beneficiaries of the subgrants made by the 
    agency have improved their reading skills.

                            (2) Contract

        A State educational agency shall carry out the evaluation under 
    this subsection by entering into a contract with an entity that 
    conducts scientifically based reading research, under which contract 
    the entity will perform the evaluation.

                           (3) Submission

        A State educational agency shall submit the findings from the 
    evaluation under this subsection to the Secretary. The Secretary 
    shall submit a summary of the findings from the evaluations under 
    this subsection and the national assessment conducted under section 
    6661f of this title to the appropriate committees of the Congress, 
    including the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House 
    of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of 
    the Senate.

(b) Performance reports

    A State educational agency that receives a grant under section 6661b 
of this title shall submit performance reports to the Secretary pursuant 
to a schedule to be determined by the Secretary, but not more frequently 
than annually. Such reports shall include--
        (1) with respect to subgrants under section 6661d of this title, 
    the program or programs of reading instruction, based on 
    scientifically based reading research, selected by subgrantees;
        (2) the results of use of the evaluation referred to in section 
    6661b(b)(2)(E)(iv) of this title; and
        (3) a description of the subgrantees receiving funds under this 
    part.

(Pub. L. 89-10, title II, Sec. 2259, as added Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, 
Sec. 101(f) [title VIII, Sec. 101(a)(2)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
337, 2681-405.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 6661c of this title.
