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 PUBLIC LAW 103-382—OCT. 20, 1994 108 STAT. 3603 "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary may collect such data, as necessary, at the State, local, and school levels and conduct studies and evaluations, including national studies and evaluations, to assess on an ongoing basis the effectiveness of programs under this title and to report on such effectiveness on a periodic basis. The Secretary shall report not later than Reports. December 31, 1997 to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate on how schoolwide programs are meeting the needs of children from migratory families. "(2) MINIMUM INFORMATION. —At a minimum, the Secretary shall collect trend information on the effect of programs under this title. Such data shall complement the data collected and reported under subsections (a) and (c). " (c) NATIONAL EVALUATION OF PART A OF TITLE I.— "(1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary shall carry out an ongoing evaluation of the program assisted under part A of title I in order to provide the public, the Congress, and educators involved in such program, an accurate description of the shortand long-term effectiveness of such program and to provide information that can be used to improve such program's effectiveness in enabling students to meet challenging State content standards and challenging State student performance standards, graduate from secondary school, and make successful transitions to postsecondary education and work. Such evaluation shall— "(A) have a longitudinal design that tracks cohorts of students within schools of differing poverty concentrations for at least three years which, when the cohorts are taken as a whole, provides a picture of such program's effectiveness over the elementary and secondary grades; "(B) be separate and independent from State and local assessments and evaluations as required under this title; "(C) utilize the highest available content standards # that are generally accepted as national in scope; "(D) provide information on all students, students served under part A, and, if funds are sufficient, information on students from low-income families, limited-Englishproficient students, and students with disabilities; and "(E) when feasible, collect, cross-tabulate, and report data by sex within race or ethnicity and socioeconomic status. "(2) USE. —The Secretary shall use the results of the evalua- Reports, tion described in paragraph (1) as part of the national assessment required by subsection (a) and shall report the data from such evaluation to the Congress and the public at least as frequently as reports are made under subsection (a)(4). "(d) DEVELOPMENTALLY APPROPRIATE MEASURES.— In conducting the national assessment under subsection (a) and the national ongoing evaluation under subsection (c), the Secretary shall use developmentally appropriate measures to assess student performance and progress. " (e) PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT, STUDY, REPORT AND DIS- SEMINATION. —

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