“It hurt grantees because they were required to recruit students aggressively and then not serve them all. Some students were literally devastated by this,” she adds.
Grantees are interested in exploring constructive evaluation approaches to improve the program, she says. “Our problem all along was not evaluation per se, but evaluation that harms student access,” Trebach says.
Under terms outlined in the Department of Education’s letter, grantees can fill slots without the use of a lottery. But they still must adhere to other recent regulatory changes, including a limit on the recruitment of high school juniors and seniors. Instead, programs are to focus on 9th and 10th graders, with a special priority on low achievers.
Grantees have asked Congress to restore their flexibility to recruit older students. The House permits the change in its recently approved House HEA bill. The subject likely will be one of many topics for discussion in upcoming House/Senate negotiations on HEA.
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