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  **ESRA: National    
  Assessment**        

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 1    

  Other               

  ESRA, Section 303   
  (NAEPAA)            

  CFDA                84.902: Assessments
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  **Program      **To collect, analyze, and disseminate information on
  Goal:**        the condition of education in the United States and to
                 provide comparative international statistics.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *Timeliness of National Assessment of Educational
                            Progress (NAEP) data for reading and mathematics
                            assessment in support of No Child Left Behind.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 6:**                                        
  The number of months                                         
  from the end of NAEP                                         
  reading and mathematics                                      
  assessments data                                             
  collection to the                                            
  initial public release                                       
  of national results.                                         
    (Desired direction:                                        
  decrease)   1639                                             

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

  2003                    6                8                   Did Not Meet Target

  2005                    6                6                   Target Met

  2007                    6                5.25                Did Better Than Target

  2009                    6                (October 2009)      Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Biennial

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  **Measure 1.2 of 6:**                                       
  Number of web visits to                                     
  the NAEP website,                                           
  monthly average.                                            
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   89a0m9                                          

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline   (October 2008)     Pending

  2009                    Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.3 of 6:**                                       
  Number of users of the                                      
  Assessment Explorer                                         
  data tool, monthly                                          
  average.   (Desired                                         
  direction: increase)                                        
    89a0mf                                                    

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline   (October 2008)     Pending

  2009                    Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.4 of 6:**                                       
  Number of downloads of                                      
  electronic versions of                                      
  NAEP reports, monthly                                       
  average.   (Desired                                         
  direction: increase)                                        
    89a0mg                                                    

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline   (October 2008)     Pending

  2009                    Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Source**. 

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics,
NAEP program records

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.5 of 6:**                                        
  Number of times NAEP                                         
  data are cited on the                                        
  web sites of 90                                              
  education associations                                       
  and organizations.                                           
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)   89a0mi                                           

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline    (October 2008)     Pending

  2009                    Maintain a        (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                             
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. 

Baseline will be set for FY 2008 in October 2008.  Target for FY 2009 to
be determined.

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  **Measure 1.6 of 6:**                                       
  After adjustment for                                        
  inflation, the average                                      
  cost per completed case                                     
  for the assessments (in                                     
  2006 dollars).                                              
    (Desired direction:                                       
  decrease)   89a0mj                                          

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

  2007                                     79.68              Measure not in place

  2009                    79.68            (October 2009)     Pending

  2011                    79.68            (October 2011)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education
Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Biennial

**Explanation**. 

NCES, along with other statistical agencies, is experiencing increased
difficulty in obtaining acceptable response rates, and increasing the
response rates is expensive, with agencies needing to conduct more
follow-ups than in the past, and to increasingly rely on incentive
payments. The Department believes that given this difficulty,
maintaining the current cost level per case will be ambitious.