EVALUATION.

SEC. 221. EVALUATION. (a) Grant.—From funds reserved under section 304(a)(2)(C), the Secretary shall make a grant, in an amount not to exceed $500,000, to the National Academy of Sciences or the National Academy of Education to— (1) evaluate— (A) the technical quality of the work performed by the Goals Panel and the Council; (B) the process the Council uses to develop criteria for certification of standards and assessments; (C) the process the Council uses to certify voluntary national standards as well as standards and assessments voluntarily submitted by States; and (D) the process the Goals Panel uses to approve certification criteria and voluntary national standards; (2) periodically provide to the Goals Panel and the Council, as appropriate, information from the evaluation under para-graph (1); and (3) report on the activities authorized under sections 219 and 220. (b) Report.—The recipient of a grant under this section shall submit a final report to the Congress, the Secretary, and the public regarding the activities assisted under this section not later than January 1, 1998.