[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 34, Volume 3]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 34CFR472.31]



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                           TITLE 34--EDUCATION

 

  CHAPTER IV--OFFICE OF VOCATIONAL AND ADULT EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                EDUCATION

 

PART 472_NATIONAL WORKPLACE LITERACY PROGRAM--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart D_What Conditions Must Be Met After an Award?

 

Sec. 472.31  What are the evaluation requirements?



    (a) Each recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement under this 

program shall provide and budget for an independent evaluation of 

project activities.

    (b) The evaluation must be both formative and summative in nature.

    (c) The evaluation must be based on student learning gains and the 

effects on job advancement, job performance (including, for example, 

such elements as productivity, safety, and attendance), and project and 

product spread and transportability.

    (d) A proposed project evaluation design for the entire project 

period, expanding on the plans outlined in the application pursuant to 

Sec. 472.22(f), must be submitted to the Secretary for review and 

approval prior to the end of the first year of the project period.

    (e) A summary of evaluation activities and results that can be 

reviewed by the Department's Program Effectiveness Panel, as described 

in 34 CFR parts 785-789, must be submitted to the Secretary during the 

last year of the project period.

    (f) If a grantee cooperates in a Federal evaluation of its project, 

the Secretary may determine that the grantee fully or partially meets 

the evaluation requirements of this section and the reporting 

requirements in Sec. 472.30.



    Note to Sec. 472.31: As used in Sec. 472.31(c)--

    ``Spread'' means the degree to which--

    (1) Project activities and results are demonstrated to others;

    (2) Technical assistance is provided to others to help them 

replicate project activities and results;

    (3) Project activities and results are replicated at other sites; or

    (4) Information and material about or resulting from the project are 

disseminated; and

    ``Transportability'' means the ease by which project activities and 

results may be replicated at other sites, such as through the 

development and use of guides or manuals that provide step-by-step 

directions for others to follow in order to initiate similar efforts and 

reproduce comparable results.



(Approved by Office of Management and Budget under OMB control number 

1830-0522)



(Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1211(a))



[59 FR 1444, Jan. 10, 1994]