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evaluation Sec. 313. (a) The Secretary shall provide for the continuing evaluation of all programs and activities conducted pursuant to this Act, including their cost in relation to their effectiveness in achieving stated goals, their impact on communities and participants, their implication for related programs, the extent to which they meet the needs of per-sons of various ages, and the adequacy of the mechanism for the delivery of services. In conducting the evaluations called for by this subsection, the Secretary shall compare the effectiveness of programs conducted by prime sponsors of the same class, of different classes, and shall compare the effectiveness of programs conducted by prime sponsors with similar programs carried out by the. Secretary under section 111), or under title 111, lie shall also arrange for obtaining the opinions of participants about the strengths and weaknesses of the programs. (b) In order to enable the Secretary to measure the relative and, where programs can be compared appropriately, comparative effectiveness of programs authorized under this Act and part C of title IV of the Social Security Act, he shall require that periodic reports be submitted to him reports submitted under this subsection shall contain data which shall include information on— (1) enrollee characteristics, including age, sex, race, health, education level, and previous wage and employment experience; (2) duration in training and employment situations, including information on the duration of employment of program participants for at least a year following the termination of federally assisted programs and comparable information on other employees or trainees of participating employers; and (3) total dollar cost per trainee, including breakdown between 87 Stat. 863salary or stipend, training and supportive services, and administrative costs. From the information received pursuant to this section, the Secretary shall compile, the information on a State, regional, and national basis. (c) The Secretary is authorized to carry out a special program to demonstrate the, efficacy of providing certificates or vouchers to economically disadvantaged, unemployed, and underemployed persons entitling’private employers who provide employment, training, and services to each person volunteering to participate in such program to payment in amounts equal to the face value of the certificate for specified periods of time during which each such person may not be fully productive.