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citation: "34 C.F.R. §§ 75.580–75.592"
title: "34"
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to: "75.592"
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url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.580..75.592"
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# §75.580. Coordination with other activities.


A grantee shall, to the extent possible, coordinate its project with other activities that are in the same geographic area served by the project and that serve similar purposes and target groups.


# §75.590. Evaluation by the grantee.

- (a) If the application notice for a competition required applicants to describe how they would evaluate their projects, each grantee under that competition must demonstrate to the Department that—
  - (1) The evaluation meets the standards of the evaluation in the approved application for the project; and
  - (2) The performance measurement data collected by the grantee and used in the evaluation meet the performance measurement requirements of the approved application.
- (b) If the application notice for a competition did not require applicants to describe how they would evaluate their projects, each grantee must provide information in its performance report demonstrating—
  - (1) The progress made by the grantee in the most recent budget period, including progress based on the performance measurement requirements for the grant, if any;
  - (2) The effectiveness of the grant, including fulfilling the performance measurement requirements of the approved application, if any; and
  - (3) **The effect of the project on the participants served by the project, if any.**
- (c) An application notice for a competition may require each grantee under that competition to do one or more of the following:
  - (1) Conduct an independent evaluation;
  - (2) Make public the final report, including results of any required independent evaluation;
  - (3) Ensure that the data from the independent evaluation are made available to third-party researchers consistent with the requirements in [34 CFR part 97](/cfr/34/part97.md), Protection of Human Subjects, and other applicable laws;
  - (4) Submit the final evaluation to the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), which is administered by the Institute of Education Sciences; or
  - (5) **Submit the final performance report under the grant to ERIC.**

# §75.591. Federal evaluation—cooperation by a grantee.


A grantee must cooperate in any evaluation of the program by the Secretary. If requested by the Secretary, a grantee must, among other types of activities—

- (a) Cooperate with the collection of information, including from all or a subset of subgrantees and potential project beneficiaries, including both participants and non-participants, through surveys, observations, administrative records, or other data collection and analysis methods. This information collection may include program characteristics, including uses of program funds, as well as beneficiary characteristics, participation, and outcomes; and
- (b) Pilot its Department-funded activities with a subset of subgrantees, potential project beneficiaries, or eligible participants and allow the Department or its agent to randomly select the subset for the purpose of providing a basis for an experimental evaluation that could meet What Works Clearinghouse standards, with or without reservations.

# §75.592. Federal evaluation—satisfying requirement for grantee evaluation.


If a grantee cooperates in a Federal evaluation of a program, the Secretary may determine that the grantee meets the evaluation requirements of the program, including [§ 75.590](/cfr/34/75.590.md).