EVALUATION AND REPORT.

SEC. 137. EVALUATION AND REPORT. (a) Evaluation.—The Secretary shall, through grants, contracts or cooperative agreements, provide for the continuing evaluation of the programs assisted under this subtitle in order to determine the effectiveness of such programs in achieving stated goals, the impact of such programs on related programs, and the implications of the design and operation of such programs for the effective delivery of services. (b) Local Evaluation and Information.— (1) Requirement.—Each Head Start agency or local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall carry out an evaluation of the program assisted under this subtitle in order to determine the effectiveness of the program in achieving stated goals, the impact of the program on the families served and the community, the problems encountered in the design and operation of the program and ways in which such problems were addressed, and the impact of the program on the Head Start agency and local educational agency. (2) Information.—Each Head Start agency or local educational agency receiving a grant under this subtitle shall furnish to the Secretary any information the Secretary shall 104 STAT. 1242request in order to carry out the evaluation described in subsection (a). (c) Report.—Not later than September 30, 1993, the Secretary shall, prepare and submit, to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate, a report concerning evaluations conducted pursuant to subsections (a) and (b), including the strengths and weaknesses in the design and operation of programs assisted under this subtitle and the effectiveness of such programs in achieving stated goals.