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  **ESRA: Comprehensive Centers**

  **FY 2009 Program Performance Plan**

  Strategic Goal 1

  Other

  ESRA, Title II, Section 203
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  **Program      **To improve student achievement in low-performing
  Goal:**        schools under the No Child Left Behind Act.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 3:***   *Improve the quality of technical assistance.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 2:**                                        
  The percentage of all                                        
  Comprehensive Centers\'                                      
  products and services                                        
  that are deemed to be                                        
  of high quality by an                                        
  independent review                                           
  panel of qualified                                           
  experts or individuals                                       
  with appropriate                                             
  expertise to review the                                      
  substantive content of                                       
  the products and                                             
  services.   (Desired                                         
  direction: increase)                                         
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  **Year**                **Target**        **Actual\          **Status**
                                            (or date           
                                            expected)**        

  2006                    Set a Baseline    Not Collected      Not Collected

  2007                    Set a Baseline    (July 2008)        Pending

  2008                    999               (July 2009)        Pending

  2009                    999               (July 2010)        Pending

  2010                    999               (July 2011)        Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Comprehensive Centers, independent review panel.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. Independent panel reviews will be conducted as part
of an evaluation of the program through an ED contract with an outside
firm. Data from the evaluation for 2007 will be used to establish the
baseline and set annual targets.

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  **Measure 1.2 of 2:**                                        
  The percentage of all                                        
  Comprehensive Centers\'                                      
  products and services                                        
  that are deemed to be                                        
  of high relevance to                                         
  educational policy or                                        
  practice by target                                           
  audiences.   (Desired                                        
  direction: increase)                                         
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  **Year**                **Target**        **Actual\          **Status**
                                            (or date           
                                            expected)**        

  2006                    Set a Baseline    Not Collected      Not Collected

  2007                    Set a Baseline    (July 2008)        Pending

  2008                    999               (July 2009)        Pending

  2009                    999               (July 2010)        Pending

  2010                    999               (July 2011)        Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Comprehensive Centers, surveys of target audiences.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. Surveys of target audiences will be conducted as
part of an evaluation of the program through an ED contract with an
outside firm. Data from the evaluation for 2007 will be used to
establish the baseline and set annual targets.

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  ***Objective 2 of 3:***   *Technical assistance products and services will be used
                            to improve results for children in the target areas.*

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  **Measure 2.1 of 1:**                                        
  The percentage of all                                        
  Comprehensive Centers\'                                      
  products and services                                        
  that are deemed to be                                        
  of high usefulness to                                        
  educational policy or                                        
  practice by target                                           
  audiences.   (Desired                                        
  direction: increase)                                         
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  **Year**                **Target**        **Actual\          **Status**
                                            (or date           
                                            expected)**        

  2006                    Set a Baseline    Not Collected      Not Collected

  2007                    Set a Baseline    (July 2008)        Pending

  2008                    999               (July 2009)        Pending

  2009                    999               (July 2010)        Pending

  2010                    999               (July 2011)        Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, Comprehensive Centers, surveys of target audiences.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. Surveys of target audiences will be conducted as
part of an evaluation of the program through an ED contract with an
outside firm. Data from the evaluation for 2007 will be used to
establish the baseline and set annual targets.

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  ***Objective 3 of 3:***   *Improve the operational efficiency of the program.*

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  **Measure 3.1 of 1:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  Comprehensive Center                                        
  grant funds carried                                         
  over in each year of                                        
  the project .  (Desired                                     
  direction:  decrease)                                       
    (Desired direction:                                       
  decrease)   00000y                                          

  **Year**                **Target**       **Actual\          **Status**
                                           (or date           
                                           expected)**        

  2006                                     40                 Measure not in place

  2007                    30               15                 Did Better Than Target

  2008                    20               (July 2008)        Pending

  2009                    10               (July 2009)        Pending

  2010                    10               (July 2010)        Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, grantee submissions.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. 

The long-range carry-over target is less than or equal to 10% of the
funds awarded. Based on the baseline data from 2006 (40 percent
carry-over from Year 1 to Year 2 of the grants), the Department proposes
a decrease of 10 percentage points in the target each year, in order to
reach 10 percent carry-over by 2009 (10 percent carry-over from Year 4
to Year 5 of the grants).