[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 34, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 34CFR472.31]

[Page 147]
 
                           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]