20 U.S.C. § 7981: Evaluations

are consistent with the evaluation plan under subsection (d); and primarily include impact evaluations that use experimental or quasi-experimental designs, where practicable and appropriate, and other rigorous methodologies that permit the strongest possible causal inferences; conduct studies of the effectiveness of the programs and the administrative impact of the programs on schools and local educational agencies; and in a timely fashion; in forms that are understandable, easily accessible, usable, and adaptable for use in the improvement of educational practice; through electronic transfer and other means, such as posting, as available, to the websites of State educational agencies, local educational agencies, the Institute of Education Sciences, or the Department, or in another relevant place; and in a manner that promotes the utilization of such findings; and Federal programs assisted or authorized under this chapter; and related Federal early childhood education programs, preschool programs, elementary school programs, and secondary school programs, under any other Federal law; to increase the usefulness of the evaluations conducted under this section by improving the quality, timeliness, efficiency, and use of information relating to performance to promote continuous improvement of programs assisted or authorized under this chapter; and to assist recipients of grants under such programs in collecting and analyzing data and other activities related to conducting high-quality evaluations under paragraph (1). The Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall use funds authorized under section 6302(e) of this title to carry out evaluation activities under this section related to subchapter I, and shall not reserve any other money from such subchapter for evaluation. may consolidate the funds reserved under subsections (a) and (b) for purposes of carrying out the activities under subsection (a)(1); and shall not be required to evaluate under subsection (a)(1) each program authorized under this chapter each year. describes the specific activities that will be carried out under subsection (a) for the 2-year period applicable to the plan, and the timelines of such activities; contains the results of the activities carried out under subsection (a) for the most recent 2-year period; and describes how programs authorized under this chapter will be regularly evaluated. If, under any other provision of this chapter, funds are authorized to be reserved or used for evaluation activities with respect to a program, the Secretary may not reserve additional funds under this section for the evaluation of that program.