USC Subpart 3

20 U.S.C. § 6471 Program evaluations

(a) Scope of evaluationEach 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,,11 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) ExceptionThe 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) Evaluation measuresIn conducting each evaluation under subsection (a), a State agency or local educational agency shall use multiple and appropriate measures of student progress. (d) Evaluation resultsEach 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.

20 U.S.C. § 6472 Definitions

In this part: (1) Adult correctional institutionThe term “adult correctional institution” means a facility in which persons (including persons under 21 years of age) are confined as a result of a conviction for a criminal offense. (2) At-riskThe term “at-risk”, when used with respect to a child, youth, or student, means a school aged individual who is at-risk of academic failure, dependency adjudication, or delinquency adjudication, has a drug or alcohol problem, is pregnant or is a parent, has come into contact with the juvenile justice system or child welfare system in the past, is at least 1 year behind the expected grade level for the age of the individual, is an English learner, is a gang member, has dropped out of school in the past, or has a high absenteeism rate at school. (3) Community day programThe term “community day program” means a regular program of instruction provided by a State agency at a community day school operated specifically for neglected or delinquent children and youth. (4) Institution for neglected or delinquent children and youthThe term “institution for neglected or delinquent children and youth” means—(A) a public or private residential facility, other than a foster home, that is operated for the care of children who have been committed to the institution or voluntarily placed in the institution under applicable State law, due to abandonment, neglect, or death of their parents or guardians; or (B) a public or private residential facility for the care of children who have been adjudicated to be delinquent or in need of supervision.