---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 75.590"
title: "34"
number: "75.590"
heading: "Evaluation by the grantee."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/75.590"
---

# §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.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 49354, Aug. 13, 2013, as amended at 89 FR 70331, Aug. 29, 2024]

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 1221e-3 and 3474, unless otherwise noted. Section 75.263 also issued under 2 CFR 200.308(e)(1). Section 75.617 also issued under 31 U.S.C. 3504, 3505. Section 75.740 also issued under 20 U.S.C. 1232g and 1232h.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 22497, Apr. 3, 1980, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 45 FR 77368, Nov. 21, 1980.

### Amendments

[78 FR 49354, Aug. 13, 2013, as amended at 89 FR 70331, Aug. 29, 2024]