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DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

[CFDA No. 84.073]

 

Office of Educational Research and Improvement--National 
Diffusion Network (NDN); Program Effectiveness Panel (PEP) Notice of 
Deadline for Submitting Projects for Validation by PEP for NDN Grants

Summary: The NDN is a federally funded dissemination system that helps 
improve the quality of public and private schools, colleges, and other 
educational institutions by sharing information about and assisting in 
the implementation of successful education programs, products, and 
processes. The Department conducts a grants competition each spring to 
fund the dissemination and implementation of new projects.
    To be eligible to compete for NDN funds, projects must have 
obtained validation from the Program Effectiveness Panel (PEP). The PEP 
is the NDN's primary mechanism for validating the effectiveness of 
educational programs developed by schools, universities, and other 
entities. Based on evidence which applicants submit, the PEP judges the 
difficulties of the goals which particular programs are designed to 
meet, whether those programs are effective in attaining their goals, 
and whether similar results are likely to be attained by others who use 
the program. Any project or product approved by the PEP becomes a 
member of the National Diffusion Network, and may begin to disseminate 
that project under the auspices of the NDN, and also becomes eligible 
to compete for NDN funding, as desired.
    This notice establishes an annual deadline by which projects must 
be submitted to PEP for validation. Projects received by PEP by the 
deadline will receive validation results in sufficient time to 
determine whether the project is eligible to compete for NDN funds in 
the following spring grant competition.
    State educational agencies, local educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, and other public or non-profit 
private agencies, organizations and institutions are eligible to submit 
applications to PEP.
    Deadline to Submit Projects for PEP Approval: December 31, 1994.
    Submission Criteria and Information Contact: Patricia Hobbs or 
Linda Jones, U.S. Department of Education, 555 New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 
Room 510, Washington, D.C. 20208-5645. Telephone (202) 219-2134. 
Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) may 
call the Federal Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1-800-877-8339 
between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday.

    Program Authority: 20 U.S.C. 2962.

    Dated: October 18, 1994.
Sharon P. Robinson,
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement.
[FR Doc. 94-26358 Filed 10-24-94; 8:45 am]
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