Dear Project Directors:

The Grant Performance Report (ED 524B) form must be used for submission of the annual 

performance report, electronically, through the e-Reports system. Enclosed you will find the 

forms and instructions for the U.S. Department of Education’s ED 524B. 

The annual performance report is normally due thirty days before the end of the project year. 

However, the submission date has changed to mid-August of each program year because of the 

Department’s requirement to obligate discretionary grant continuation awards by September of

each program year. This report must provide data to demonstrate that projects made 

substantial progress toward meeting their approved goals, objectives and performance 

measures to receive continuation funding. Since the annual performance report is due early, 

you must submit your supplemental (or interim) data by email, fax or mail thirty days after 

your current budget year ends. 

In addition to your annual performance reports, grantees are required to submit annual 

evaluation reports, as indicated in your Grant Award Notifications. The evaluation report 

should be submitted separately, through email, fax or mail thirty days after your current budget 

year ends. Additional guidance and instructions for your evaluation reports are provided in this 

letter under Evaluation Report.

Grantees are also required to submit final performance reports within 90 days after their project 

ends. These reports should be submitted using the ED 524B form electronically through the 

Department’s e-Reports system.

Please read the instructions and forms for the ED 524B carefully before completing and 

submitting your annual or final performance reports. If you have questions, concerning 

completing the forms, you should contact your program officer for guidance.

When accessing e-Reports for the first time you will have to register to get an ID and password. 

You will receive a prompt asking if you are a Project Director. After answering yes, you will 

need to add your name and grantee DUNS number as they appear on your grant award 

notification. If you are a new Project Director and your name does not appear on the Grant 

Award Notification, you should contact your ED project officer. 

The ED 524B Form (Grant Performance Report) 

 The ED 524B consists of a five (5) page form. All requested information must be 

reported in the appropriate section and page of the form according to the instructions. 

 All financial data, including budget expenditure data and indirect cost information 

must now be completed by your Business Office. Please allow sufficient time for 

your Business Office to provide you with this information in order for you to meet the 

performance report due date. When completing the budget expenditures, grantees 

should include their budget for the current year, and if there are carryover funds, 

submit a budget for the following year to identify how the carryover funds will be 

expended.
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 When reporting on your project objectives, please remember that each of your 

performance measures must now be aligned or associated with one of your approved 

project objectives [see Section A of the Project Status Chart]. Please note that when 

establishing this alignment between project objectives and performance measures, we 

do not expect you to redesign your approved grant application nor do we want you to 

make changes to your approved objectives or scope of work. 

 When reporting on quantitative performance measures, you are required to report on 

the targets (e.g., benchmarks or goals) that you established in your approved grant 

application for each year, as well as your actual performance data for the year. 

Quantitative performance measures data must be reported in a specific format in 

Section A of the Project Status Chart. Please read these instructions carefully. 

If you have ED approved and documented changes to your originally approved grant 

application, then you will report the revised performance measure targets and actual 

Government Performance Results Act (GPRA)

The report must also include the following performance measures established under the 

GPRA.

At the secondary level: An increase in the percentage of career and technical education 

students who-

 Attain academic proficiency, as demonstrated by meeting academic content standards and 

student academic achievement standards that meet challenging State defined academic 

standards for reading/language arts and mathematics;

 Attain career and technical skill proficiencies, including student achievement on technical 

assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards; 

 Attain a secondary school diploma; and 

 If a credential, certificate, or degree is offered by the State in which the project operates, in 

conjunction with a secondary school diploma, attain a proficiency credential, certificate, or 

degree in conjunction with a secondary school diploma.

 Are placed in—

 Postsecondary education or advanced training;

 Military service; or

 Employment.

At the postsecondary level: An increase in the percentage of career and technical education 

students who—

 Enroll in a postsecondary education or training program;

 Attain challenging career and technical skill proficiencies, including student achievement on 

technical assessments that are aligned with industry-recognized standards;

 Attain an industry-recognized credential, a certificate, or a degree;

 Are retained in postsecondary education or transfer to a baccalaureate degree program;
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 Are placed in--

 Military service; or

 Apprenticeship programs; and

 Employment, including retention in employment and placement in a specific 

 occupation or profession. 

 Were referred to social or related services that were intended to improve the extent to which 

participants benefited from the project (e.g. referring a student to an agency that will help to 

obtain child care or health care, which would result in improved classroom attendance) or to 

prepare for or obtain employment.

Evaluation Report

An annual evaluation report must be submitted along with the annual and final performance 

reports. An independent evaluator must conduct the evaluation and prepare the evaluation 

report. This report should be submitted via email, fax or mail. The evaluation report must-

 Performance data. You will need to explain any revisions in the Explanation of 

Progress section.

 All grantees are required to provide updated GPRA data using the specific GPRA 

language provided to you by your project officer in the NACTEP GPRA Performance 

Measures Letter.

 ED requires that a signed Grant Performance Report cover sheet (524B) be faxed to 

your ED project officer within three business days after electronic submission.

REPORTING 

The performance reports must include—

 A comparison of actual accomplishments to the objectives established for the 

period. Describe any problems, delays, or adverse conditions that materially impair 

the ability of the project to accomplish its purposes, along with the reasons for 

slippage and an explanation of any action taken or contemplated to resolve the 

difficulties;

 A description of any favorable developments that will permit the project to 

accomplish its purposes sooner, at less cost, or more effectively than projected; and

 A statistical report covering quantitative analyses of –

 The extent to which the project achieved its goals with respect to enrollment, 

skill proficiencies earned by completion, and placement of participants for the 

most recently completed training cycle(s) by gender and by programs of study

for which instruction was provided. 
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 Be appropriate for the project and be both formative and summative in nature;

 Include performance measures that are clearly related to the goals, objectives and 

intended outcomes of the project and the GPRA performance measures for the NACTEP.

 Be qualitative and quantitative with respect to-

 Academic, career and technical competencies demonstrated by the participants and 

the number and kinds of academic and work credentials acquired by individuals, 

including participation in programs providing skill proficiency assessments, industry

certifications, or training at the associate degree level that is articulated with an 

advanced degree option.

 Enrollment, completion, and placement of participants by gender for each occupation 

for which training was provided.

 Job or work skill attainment or enhancement, including participation in 

apprenticeship and work-based learning programs, student progress in achieving 

technical skills proficiencies necessary to obtain employment in the field for which 

the student has been prepared, including technical skills in the industry the student is 

preparing enter.

 Activities during the formative stages of the project, to help guide and improve the 

project, as well as a summative evaluation that includes recommendations for 

disseminating project activities and results.

 The number and/or percentage of students that obtained industry recognized 

credentials, certificates, or degrees.

 The outcomes of students’ technical assessments, by type and scores, if available.

 The rates of attainment of a proficiency credential or certificate, in conjunction with a 

secondary school diploma.

 Measure the effectiveness of the project, including a comparison between the intended 

and observed results, and a demonstration of a clear link between the observed results 

and the specific treatment given to project participants. 
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 Measure the extent to which information about or resulting from the project was

disseminated at other sites, such as through the grantee’s development and use of guides 

or manuals that provide step-by-step directions for practitioners to follow when initiating 

similar efforts.

 Measure the long-term impact of the project, e.g., follow-up data on students’ 

employment, sustained employment, promotions, further/continuing education or 

training, or the impact the project had on tribal economic development or career and 

technical education activities offered by tribes.

If you have any problems while processing your grant performance report through e-Reports, a 

hotline staff is available to assist you at 1-888-336-8930, between the hours of 8:00 am – 6:00 

pm, Eastern time, Monday-Friday.

Please feel free to contact Gwen Washington at gwen.Washington@ed.gov or Linda Mayo at 

linda.mayo@ed.gov if you have any questions regarding this letter or the requirements of the

ED 524B form. 

Sincerely,

Gwen Washington, Project Officer, NACTEP Linda Mayo, Project Officer, NACTEP

PAB/DATE/OVAE PAB/DATE/OVAE

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