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 PUBLIC LAW 105-220—AUG. 7, 1998 112 STAT. 1003 unsubsidized employment, including the rate of wage replacement for such participants who are dislocated workers; (C) cost of workforce investment activities relative to the effect of the activities on the performance of participants; (D) retention and earnings received in unsubsidized employment 12 months after entry into the employment; (E) performance with respect to the indicators of performance specified in subsection (b)(2)(A) of participants in workforce investment activities who received the training services compared with the performance of participants in workforce investment activities who received only services other than the training services (excluding participants who received only self-service and informational activities); and (F) performance with respect to the indicators of performance specified in subsection (b)(2)(A) of recipients of public assistance, out-of-school youth, veterans, individuals with disabilities, displaced homemakers, and older individuals. (3) INFORMATION DISSEMINATION.— The Secretary— Publicatioa (A) shall make the information contained in such reports available to the general public through publication and other appropriate methods; (B) shall disseminate State-by-State comparisons of the information; and (C) shall provide the appropriate congressional committees with copies of such reports. (e) EVALUATION OF STATE PROGRAMS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Using funds made available under this subtitle, the State, in coordination with local boards in the State, shall conduct ongoing evaluation studies of workforce investment activities carried out in the State under this subtitle in order to promote, establish, implement, and utilize methods for continuously improving the activities in order to achieve high-level performance within, and high-level outcomes from, the statewide workforce investment system. To the maximum extent practicable, the State shall coordinate the evaluations with the evaluations provided for by the Secretary under section 172. (2) DESIGN. —The evaluation studies conducted under this subsection shall be designed in conjimction with the State board and local boards and shall include analysis of customer feedback and outcome and process measures in the statewide workforce investment system. The studies may include use of control groups. (3) RESULTS. —The State shall periodically prepare and sub- Reports, mit to the State board, and local boards in the State, reports containing the results of evaluation studies conducted under this subsection, to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the statewide workforce investment system in improving employability for jobseekers and competitiveness for employers. (f) FISCAL AND MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY INFORMATION SYSTEMS.— (1) IN GENERAL. — Using funds made available under this Guidelines, subtitle, the Governor, in coordination with local boards and

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