Implementing the evaluation framework for Head Start programs

(a) Evaluation method The Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families shall implement the evaluation method developed pursuant to section 4(a) in the Head Start program as a voluntary mechanism for interested Head Start programs or Early Head Start centers to evaluate the extent to which such programs or centers have effectively implemented the interventions, best practices, curricula, and staff trainings identified pursuant to section 2, with minimal burden or disruption to programs and centers interested in participating. (b) Technical assistance The Assistant Secretary for the Administration for Children and Families shall provide guidance, tools, resources, and technical assistance to grantees for implementing and evaluating interventions, best practices, curricula, and staff trainings identified pursuant to section 2 and optimizing the performance of such grantees on the annual evaluations.