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  **IDEA: Special Education  
  State Personnel            
  Development Grants**       

  **FY 2007 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 2           

  Discretionary              

  IDEA, Part D-1, Section    
  651-655                    

  Document                   
  Year 2007 Appropriation:   
  \$0                        

  CFDA                       84.323: Special Education_State Program Improvement Grants for
                             Children with Disabilities
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  **Program      **Special Education State Personnel Development Internal
  Goal:**        Goal**

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  ***Objective 1 of 3:***   *The personnel trained under the Special Education State
                            Personnel Grants program have the knowledge and skills
                            to deliver scientifically- or evidence-based practices
                            for infants, toddlers, children and youth with
                            disabilities.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 2:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  personnel receiving                                         
  professional                                                
  development through the                                     
  Special Education State                                     
  Personnel Grants                                            
  program on scientific-                                      
  or evidence-based                                           
  instructional                                               
  practices.   (Desired                                       
  direction: increase)                                        
    2107                                                      

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

  2007                    Set a Baseline   30.5               Target Met

  2008                    Maintain a       (October 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                            

  2009                    Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.2 of 2:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  Special Education State                                     
  Personnel Grants                                            
  projects that implement                                     
  personnel                                                   
  development/training                                        
  activities that are                                         
  aligned with                                                
  improvement strategies                                      
  in their State                                              
  Performance Plans                                           
  (SPPs).   (Desired                                          
  direction: increase)                                        
    2056                                                      

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

  2006                    Set a Baseline   37.5               Target Met

  2007                    37.5             87.5               Target Exceeded

  2008                    Maintain a       (October 2008)     Pending
                          Baseline                            

  2009                    Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education
Programs, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Special
Education State Personnel Grants, annual performance report and the
State Perfomance Plan (SPP).

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. In FY 2006, only 8 of the 49 grants funded under this
program were conducting projects under the new State Personnel
Development Grant (SPDG) authority. The other grantees were conducting
their projects under the State Improvement Grant authority. These grants
will expire at the end of FY 2007. FY 2006 performance data is based on
the 8 SPDG projects.

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  ***Objective 2 of 3:***   *Improve the quality of professional development
                            available to meet the needs of personnel serving
                            infants, toddlers, children and youth with
                            disabilities.*

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  **Measure 2.1 of 2:** The                                      
  percentage of professional                                     
  development/training                                           
  activities provided                                            
  through the Special                                            
  Education State Personnel                                      
  Grants program that are                                        
  based on scientific or                                         
  evidence-based                                                 
  instructional/behavioral                                       
  practices.   (Desired                                          
  direction: increase)                                           
    2109                                                         

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

  2007                       Set a Baseline   61                 Target Met

  2008                       Maintain a       (October 2008)     Pending
                             Baseline                            

  2009                       Maintain a       (October 2009)     Pending
                             Baseline                            
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 2.2 of 2:** The                                      
  percentage of professional                                     
  development/training                                           
  activities based on                                            
  scientific or                                                  
  evidence-based                                                 
  instructional/behavioral                                       
  practices provided through                                     
  the Special Education                                          
  State Personnel Grants                                         
  program that are sustained                                     
  through ongoing and                                            
  comprehensive practices                                        
  (e.g., mentoring,                                              
  coaching, structured                                           
  guidance, modeling, and                                        
  continuous inquiry).                                           
    (Desired direction:                                          
  increase)   2110                                               

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

  2010                       Set a Baseline   (August 2011)      Pending

  2011                       Maintain a       (August 2012)      Pending
                             Baseline                            
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  ***Objective 3 of 3:***   *Implement strategies that are effective in meeting the
                            requirements of section 612(a)(14) of IDEA to take
                            measurable steps to recruit, hire, train, and retain
                            highly qualified personnel in areas of greatest need to
                            provide special education and related services.*

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  **Measure 3.1 of 1:**                                       
  In states Special                                           
  Education State                                             
  Personnel Grants that                                       
  have special education                                      
  teacher retention as a                                      
  goal of Special                                             
  Education State                                             
  Personnel Grants, the                                       
  statewide percentage of                                     
  highly qualified                                            
  special education                                           
  teachers in                                                 
  state-identified                                            
  professional                                                
  disciplines (e.g.,                                          
  teachers of children                                        
  with emotional                                              
  disturbance, deafness)                                      
  who remain teaching                                         
  after three years of                                        
  employment.   (Desired                                      
  direction: increase)                                        
    2112                                                      

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

  2010                    Set a Baseline   (August 2011)      Pending

  2011                    Maintain a       (August 2012)      Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Other