The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its report on the challenges of assessing grant programs serving K-12 students. Education faces challenges determining whether these programs work. Specifically, problems persist with:
Oversight. For example, some program grant files were missing descriptions of what grantees achieved. Data quality. Education lacks assurance that some state-submitted data are accurate. Capacity. A lack of qualified staff has impacted monitoring, and Education hasn’t updated hiring plans in years. Study design. Measuring long-term outcomes can be difficult. Click here to read the full report.
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For example, one state’s Single Audit found that the pass-through entity improperly determined that subrecipients were low risk despite negative publicity and significant leadership turnover. Auditors disagreed with the pass-through entity that only subrecipients who distribute grants are high risk.
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