; (B) the challenges faced in attempting to implement such program; (C) information on how to improve such program; (D) whether the program has created an institution-wide reform with respect to graduate rates and transfer rates for all students, and if so, how such reform was created; and (E) how the eligible institution will continue to fund such program after the end of the grant period. 6. Evaluations (a) Independent evaluations Before finalizing which eligible institutions will receive grants under section 5 for a fiscal year, the Secretary, acting through the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, shall enter into a contract with an independent evaluator— (1) to consult with the Secretary on which eligible institutions should receive the grants; and (2) to use the What Works Clearinghouse Standards (without reservations) to evaluate, throughout the duration of the grant period of such grants— (A) each community college student success program for which such grant is awarded, including, if applicable, whether the program met its ambitious outcome goals described in the report submitted by the institution under section 4(f)(1)(A); (B) the average impact of community college student success programs on graduation rates and transfer rates for eligible students; (C) the variation in program impacts across eligible institutions with respect to such rates