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‘‘(7) includes an assurance that the State agen-
cy has provided for appropriate training to teachers
and other instructional and administrative personnel
to enable them to carry out the project effectively.
‘‘(b) PROJECTS REQUIRED.—Beginning with school
year 1996–1997, a State agency described in subsection
(a) shall use funds received under this part only for insti-
tution-wide projects described in that subsection, except
as described in section 1410.
‘‘THREE-YEAR PROJECTS
‘‘SEC. 1408. If a State agency operates a program
under this part in which individual children are likely to
participate for more than one year, the State educational
agency may approve the State agency’s application for a
subgrant under this part for a period of up to three years.
‘‘PROGRAM EVALUATIONS
‘‘SEC. 1409. (a) SCOPE
OF EVALUATION.—Each
State agency that conducts a program under this part
shall evaluate the program at least once every three years
to determine its impact on the ability of participants to—
‘‘(1) maintain and improve educational achieve-
ment;
‘‘(2) accrue school credits that meet State re-
quirements for grade promotion and high school
graduation;
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‘‘(3) make the transition to a regular program
or other education program operated by a local edu-
cational agency; and
‘‘(4) complete high school and obtain employ-
ment after they leave the institution.
‘‘(b) EVALUATION MEASURES.—In conducting each
such evaluation with respect to subsection (a)(1), a State
agency shall use multiple and appropriate measures of stu-
dent progress.
‘‘(c) EVALUATION RESULTS.—Each State agency
shall—
‘‘(1) submit those results to the State edu-
cational agency; and
‘‘(2) use the results of evaluations under this
section to plan and improve subsequent programs
for participating children.
‘‘TRANSITION SERVICES
‘‘SEC. 1410. (a) TRANSITION
SERVICES.—Each
State agency may reserve up to 10 percent of the amount
it receives under this part for any fiscal year to support
projects that facilitate the transition of children from
State-operated institutions for neglected and delinquent
children into locally operated programs.
‘‘(b) CONDUCT OF PROJECTS.—A project supported
under this section may be conducted directly by the State
agency, or through a contract or other arrangement with
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one or more local educational agencies, other public agen-
cies, or private nonprofit organizations.
‘‘(c) LIMITATION.—Any funds reserved under sub-
section (a) shall be used only to provide special educational
services, which may include counseling and mentoring, to
neglected and delinquent children in schools other than
State-operated institutions.
‘‘DEFINITIONS
‘‘SEC. 1411. For the purpose of this part, the follow-
ing terms have the following meanings:
‘‘(1) The term ‘adult correctional institution’
means a facility in which persons are confined as a
result of a conviction for a criminal offense, includ-
ing persons under 21 years of age.
‘‘(2) The term ‘community-day program’ means
a regular program of instruction provided by a State
agency at a community-day school operated specifi-
cally for neglected or delinquent children.
‘‘(3) The term ‘institution for delinquent chil-
dren’ means a public or private residential facility
for the care of children who have been adjudicated
to be delinquent or in need of supervision.
‘‘(4) The term ‘institution for neglected chil-
dren’ means a public or private residential facility,
other than a foster home, that is operated for the
care of children who have been committed to the in-
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stitution or voluntarily placed in the institution
under applicable State law, due to abandonment, ne-
glect, or death of their parents or guardians.
‘‘PART E—FEDERAL EVALUATIONS AND
DEMONSTRATIONS
‘‘EVALUATIONS
‘‘SEC. 1501. (a) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT.—(1) The
Secretary shall conduct a national assessment of programs
under this title, in coordination with the ongoing Chapter
1 Longitudinal Study under subsection (c) of this section,
that shall be planned, reviewed, and conducted in con-
sultation with an independent panel of researchers, State
practitioners, local practitioners, and other appropriate in-
dividuals.
‘‘(2) The assessment shall examine how well schools,
local educational agencies, and States—
‘‘(A) are progressing toward the goal of all chil-
dren served under this title reaching the State’s con-
tent and performance standards; and
‘‘(B) accomplishing the specific purposes set
out in section 1001(d) of this title to achieve this
goal, including—
‘‘(i) ensuring high standards for all chil-
dren and aligning the efforts of States, local
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educational agencies, and schools to help chil-
dren reach them;
‘‘(ii) providing children an enriched and
accelerated 
educational 
program 
through
schoolwide programs or through additional serv-
ices that increase the amount and quality of in-
structional time that children receive;
‘‘(iii) promoting schoolwide reform and ac-
cess of all children to effective instructional
strategies and challenging academic content;
‘‘(iv) significantly upgrading the quality of
the curriculum and instruction by providing
staff in participating schools with substantial
opportunities for professional development;
‘‘(v) coordinating services under all parts
of this title with each other, with other edu-
cational services, including preschool services,
and, to the extent feasible, with health and so-
cial service programs funded from other
sources;
‘‘(vi) affording parents meaningful oppor-
tunities to participate in the education of their
children at home and at school;
‘‘(vii) distributing resources to areas where
needs are greatest;
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‘‘(viii) improving accountability, as well as
teaching and learning, by making assessments
under this title congruent with State assess-
ment systems; and
‘‘(ix) providing greater decisionmaking au-
thority and flexibility to schools in exchange for
greater responsibility for student performance.
‘‘(3) Where feasible, the Secretary shall use informa-
tion gathered by the National Assessment of Educational
Progress in carrying out this subsection.
‘‘(4) The Secretary shall submit an interim report
summarizing the preliminary findings of the assessment
to the President and the appropriate committees of the
Congress by December 31, 1997 and a final report by De-
cember 31, 2002.
‘‘(b) STUDIES
AND DATA COLLECTION.—(1) 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.
‘‘(2) At a minimum, the Secretary shall collect trend
information on the effect of programs under this title.