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  **ESEA: Even        
  Start**             

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 1    

  Formula             

  ESEA, Title I, Part 
  B-3                 

  CFDA                84.213: Even Start_State Educational Agencies

                      84.314: Even Start_Statewide Family Literacy Program
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  **Program      **To help break the cycle of poverty and illiteracy by
  Goal:**        improving the educational opportunities of the nation\'s
                 low-income families through a unified family literacy
                 program that integrates early childhood education, adult
                 literacy and adult basic education, and parenting
                 education.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *The literacy of participating families will improve.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 6:**                                         
  The percentage of Even                                        
  Start adults who                                              
  achieve significant                                           
  learning gains on                                             
  measures of                                                   
  reading/English                                               
  language acquisition,                                         
  as measured by the                                            
  Comprehensive Adult                                           
  Student Assessment                                            
  System (CASAS) and the                                        
  Tests of Adult Basic                                          
  Education (TABE).                                             
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   1079                                              

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline    70                  Target Met

  2004                    70.7              60.5                Did Not Meet Target

  2005                    71.4              63.8                Made Progress From Prior
                                                                Year

  2006                    72.1              66.3                Made Progress From Prior
                                                                Year

  2007                    70.9              (February 2008)     Pending

  2008                    72.1              (February 2009)     Pending

  2009                    72.1              (February 2010)     Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.2 of 6:**                                       
  The percentage of Even                                      
  Start adults with a                                         
  high school completion                                      
  goal who earn a high                                        
  school diploma.                                             
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   1080                                            

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline   59                 Target Met

  2004                    59.6             44.6               Did Not Meet Target

  2005                    60.2             47.2               Made Progress From Prior
                                                              Year

  2006                    60.8             77.6               Target Exceeded

  2007                    60.8             (February 2008)    Pending

  2008                    60.8             (February 2009)    Pending

  2009                    60.8             (February 2010)    Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.3 of 6:**                                       
  The percentage of Even                                      
  Start adults with a                                         
  goal of General                                             
  Equivalency Diploma                                         
  (GED) attainment who                                        
  earn a GED.   (Desired                                      
  direction: increase)                                        
    1081                                                      

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline   44.6               Target Met

  2004                    44.4             80.2               Target Exceeded

  2005                    44.9             57.9               Target Exceeded

  2006                    45.3             47.3               Target Exceeded

  2007                    45.3             (February 2008)    Pending

  2008                    48               (February 2009)    Pending

  2009                    48               (February 2010)    Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.4 of 6:**                                        
  The percentage of                                            
  preschool-aged children                                      
  participating in Even                                        
  Start programs who                                           
  achieve significant                                          
  gains in oral language                                       
  skills as measured by                                        
  the Peabody Picture                                          
  Vocabulary Test-III,                                         
  Receptive (PPVT -- III,                                      
  Receptive).   (Desired                                       
  direction: increase)                                         
    1082                                                       

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline    Not Collected      Not Collected

  2004                    Set a Baseline    82.9               Target Met

  2005                    83.7              79.8               Did Not Meet Target

  2006                    84.6              75.3               Did Not Meet Target

  2007                    84.6              (February 2008)    Pending

  2008                    85                (February 2009)    Pending

  2009                    85                (February 2010)    Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.5 of 6:**                                        
  The average number of                                        
  letters Even Start                                           
  preschool-aged children                                      
  are able to identify as                                      
  measured by the PALS                                         
  Pre-K Uppercase Letter                                       
  Naming Subtask.                                              
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)   1719                                             

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

  2006                    Set a Baseline    15                 Target Met

  2007                    BL+1              (February 2008)    Pending

  2008                    17                (February 2009)    Pending

  2009                    18                (February 2010)    Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.6 of 6:**                                         
  The percentage of                                             
  preschool-aged children                                       
  participating in Even                                         
  Start programs who                                            
  demonstrate                                                   
  age-appropriate oral                                          
  language skills as                                            
  measured by the Peabody                                       
  Picture Vocabulary                                            
  Test-III, Receptive                                           
  (PPVT-III, Receptive)                                         
    (Desired direction:                                         
  increase)   89a0li                                            

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline    (June 2009)         Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual