The Texas Education Agency is currently soliciting proposals for an evaluation of the Texas Migrant Education Program (MEP), as required by Section 1304(c)(5) of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (ESEA), and by Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Section 34 CFR 200.84 and 200.85. The purpose of this evaluation is to examine the effectiveness of the Texas MEP (described in Section 1.2). TEA shall contract with a third-party contractor (with education program evaluation experience and education expertise) to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the MEP. Proposals should include detailed research design and preliminary analysis plans covering the entire evaluation period.