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-
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.
In conducting each evaluation under subsection (a), a State agency or local educational agency shall use multiple and appropriate measures of student progress.
Each State agency and local educational agency shall-
1 So in original.
20 U.S.C. § 6471
EDITORIAL NOTES
PRIOR PROVISIONSA prior section 6471, Pub. L. 89-10, title I, §1431, as added Pub. L. 103-382, §101, 108 Stat. 3600, related to program evaluations, prior to the general amendment of this subchapter by Pub. L. 107-110. A prior section 1431 of Pub. L. 89-10 was classified to section 2831 of this title, prior to the general amendment of Pub. L. 89-10 by Pub. L. 103-382.
AMENDMENTS2015-Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 114-95, §1401 (14)(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). Pub. L. 114-95, §1401 (14)(C), 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). Pub. L. 114-95, §1401 (14)(D), 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 Pub. L. 114-95 effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114-95, set out as a note under section 6301 of this title.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Education.
- State educational agency
- The term "State educational agency" means the agency primarily responsible for the State supervision of public elementary schools and secondary schools.
- State
- The term "State" means each of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each of the outlying areas.
- high school
- The term "high school" means a secondary school that-(A) grants a diploma, as defined by the State; and(B) includes, at least, grade 12.