# § 6471. Program evaluations
**1** **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 gender, race, ethnicity, and age while protecting individual student privacy,,[^1] not less than once every 3 years, to determine the program’s impact on the ability of participants—
So in original.
**(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)** **Exception** 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)** **Evaluation measures** In conducting each evaluation under subsection (a), a State agency or local educational agency shall use multiple and appropriate measures of student progress.
**(d)** **Evaluation results** 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.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 89–10, title I, § 1431, as added Pub. L. 107–110, title I, § 101, Jan. 8, 2002, 115 Stat. 1591; amended Pub. L. 114–95, title I, § 1401(14), Dec. 10, 2015, 129 Stat. 1905.)
## Editorial Notes
### Prior Provisions
A prior section 6471, , as added , , , related to program evaluations, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by .
A prior was classified to , prior to the general amendment of by .
### Amendments
2015—Subsec. (a). , (B), inserted “while protecting individual student privacy,” after “age” in introductory provisions and substituted “high school” for “secondary school” wherever appearing.
Subsec. (a)(1). , inserted “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” after “educational achievement”.
Subsec. (a)(3). , inserted “or school operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education” after “local educational agency”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Effective Date of 2015 Amendment
Amendment by effective , except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see , set out as a note under .