§ 6471. Program evaluations

• (a) 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 gender, race, ethnicity, and age while protecting individual student privacy,, 1 1 So in original. not less than once every 3 years, to determine the program’s impact on the ability of participants—
  • (1) to maintain and improve educational achievement and to graduate from high school in the number of years established by the State under either the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate or the extended-year adjusted cohort graduation rate, if applicable;
  • (2) to accrue school credits that meet State requirements for grade promotion and high school graduation;
  • (3) to make the transition to a regular program or other education program operated by a local educational agency or school operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education;
  • (4) to complete high school (or high school equivalency requirements) and obtain employment after leaving the correctional facility or institution for neglected or delinquent children and youth; and
  • (5) as appropriate, to participate in postsecondary education and job training programs.
• (b) The disaggregation required under subsection (a) shall not be required in a case in which the number of students in a category is insufficient to yield statistically reliable information or the results would reveal personally identifiable information about an individual student.
• (c) In conducting each evaluation under subsection (a), a State agency or local educational agency shall use multiple and appropriate measures of student progress.
• (d) Each State agency and local educational agency shall—
  • (1) submit evaluation results to the State educational agency and the Secretary; and
  • (2) use the results of evaluations under this section to plan and improve subsequent programs for participating children and youth.