; and (3) provide, on a competitive basis, grants to States and local areas to— (A) conduct pilot programs and demonstration programs using emerging and evidence-based best practices and models for youth employment programs; and (B) evaluate programs conducted under subparagraph (A) using designs that employ the most rigorous analytical and statistical methods that are reasonably feasible. 10. Evaluation and reports (a) Evaluation The Secretary of Labor shall conduct, on an annual basis, a rigorous evaluation of the programs administered under this Act using research approaches appropriate to the level of development and maturity of the program, including random assignment or quasi-experimental impact evaluations, implementation evaluations, pre-experimental studies, or feasibility studies. (b) Reports to Congress Beginning on the date of the completion of the first program year, after the date of enactment of this Act, for which funds are expended to carry out this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Labor shall transmit to the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, and make publicly accessible, the reports described in sections 4(g), 5(g), and 6(h), and a final report on the results of each evaluation conducted under subsection (a). 11. Definitions In this Act: (1) In general Except as otherwise provided, any term that is defined in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3102 ) shall have the meaning given the term in such section. (2) Apprenticeship The term apprenticeship , used with respect to a program, means an apprenticeship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the “National Apprenticeship Act”; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663