Sec. 7. Program Evaluation
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Section 3009(a) (sec. 38–1853.09(a), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary and the Mayor of the District of Columbia shall— jointly enter into an agreement with the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education to evaluate annually the opportunity scholarship program under this Act; jointly enter into an agreement to monitor and report on the use of funds authorized and appropriated for the District of Columbia Public Schools and the District of Columbia public charter schools under this Act; and make the evaluations described in subparagraphs
(A)and
(B)public in accordance with subsection (c). The Secretary, through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement, shall— ensure that the evaluation under paragraph (1)(A)— is conducted using an acceptable quasi-experimental research design for determining the effectiveness of the opportunity scholarship program under this Act which does not use a control study group consisting of students who applied for but who did not receive opportunity scholarships; and addresses the issues described in paragraph (4); and disseminate information on the impact of the program— in increasing academic achievement and educational attainment of participating eligible students; and on students and schools in the District of Columbia. The Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education shall— assess participating eligible students in each of the grades 3 through 8, as well as one of the grades in the high school level, by supervising the administration of the same reading and math assessment used by the District of Columbia Public Schools to comply with section 1111(b) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311(b) ); measure the academic achievement of all participating students in the grades described in subparagraph (A); and work with the eligible entities to ensure that the parents of each student who receives a scholarship under this Act agree to permit the student to participate in the evaluations and assessments carried out by the Institute under this subsection. The issues to be evaluated under paragraph (1)(A) shall include the following: A comparison of the academic achievement of participating eligible students in the measurements described in paragraph
(3)to the academic achievement of a comparison group of students with similar backgrounds in the District of Columbia Public Schools. The success of the program under this Act in expanding choice options for parents of participating eligible students and increasing the satisfaction of such parents and students with their choice. The reasons parents of participating eligible students choose for their children to participate in the program, including important characteristics for selecting schools. A comparison of the retention rates, high school graduation rates, college enrollment rates, college persistence rates, and college graduation rates of participating eligible students with the rates of students in the comparison group described in subparagraph (A). A report on the college enrollment rates, college persistence rates, and college graduation rates of students who participated in the program in 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 as the result of winning the Opportunity Scholarship Program lottery as well as the rates of students who entered but did not win such lottery in those years and who, as a result, served as the control group for previous evaluations of the program under this Act. Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed to waive section 3004(a)(3)(A)(iii) with respect to any such student. A comparison of the safety of the schools attended by participating eligible students and the schools in the District of Columbia attended by students in the comparison group described in subparagraph (A), based on the perceptions of the students and parents. Such other issues with respect to participating eligible students as the Secretary considers appropriate for inclusion in the evaluation, such as the impact of the program on public elementary schools and secondary schools in the District of Columbia. Any disclosure of personally identifiable information shall be in compliance with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 ) ( 20 U.S.C. 1232g ). With respect to any student who is not attending a public elementary school or secondary school, personally identifiable information may not be disclosed outside of the group of individuals carrying out the evaluation for such student or the group of individuals providing information for carrying out the evaluation of such student, other than to the parents of such student. . The Secretary of Education shall terminate the current evaluations conducted under section 3009(a) of the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38–1853.09, D.C. Official Code), as in effect prior to the date of enactment of this Act, after obtaining data for the 2015–2016 school year, and shall submit the reports required with respect to the evaluations in accordance with section 3009(b) of such Act. Effective with respect to the 2016–2017 school year, the Secretary shall conduct new evaluations in accordance with the provisions of section 3009(a) of such Act as amended by this Act, and as a component of the new evaluations, the Secretary shall continue to monitor and evaluate the students who were evaluated in the most recent evaluation under such section prior to the enactment of this Act, along with their corresponding test scores and other information. Section 3011(a)(1) (sec. 38–1853.11(a)(1), D.C. Official Code) is amended to read as follows: Ensure that all District of Columbia public schools and District of Columbia public charter schools make available to the Institute of Education Sciences of the Department of Education all of the information the Institute requires to carry out the assessments and perform the evaluations required under section 3009(a). .
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