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  **HEA: TRIO Upward  
  Bound**             

  **FY 2009 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 2    

  Discretionary       

  HEA, Title IV, Part 
  A-2, Chapter 1,     
  Section 402C        

  CFDA                84.047: TRIO_Upward Bound

                      84.047M: TRIO - Upward Bound Math/Science
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  **Program      **Increase the percentage of low-income,
  Goal:**        first-generation college students who successfully
                 pursue postsecondary education opportunities.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *Increase postsecondary enrollment and persistence rates
                            of low-income, first-generation individuals in the
                            academic pipeline.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 3:**                                       
  The gap between cost                                        
  per successful program                                      
  completer and the cost                                      
  per participant for the                                     
  Upward Bound program.                                       
    (Desired direction:                                       
  decrease)   797                                             

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

  2003                                     376                Measure not in place

  2004                                     468                Measure not in place

  2005                                     340                Measure not in place

  2006                    999              (March 2008)       Pending

  2007                    999              (November 2008)    Pending

  2008                    999              (November 2009)    Pending

  2009                    999              (November 2010)    Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Annual Performance Report for the Upward Bound, Upward Bound
Math/Science, and Veterans Upward Bound Programs.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. 

The annual performance report is comprised of self-reported data; a
variety of data quality checks are used to assess the completeness and
reasonableness of the data submitted. Actual allocations of the annual
appropriation are used instead of the overall appropriation.

**Explanation**. 

The gap is the difference between the cost per successful outcome,
which is derived by dividing the annual appropriation by the number of
students that persist in high school or enroll in college, and cost per
program participant, which is derived by dividing the annual allocated
appropriation by the number of participants. The annual allocated
appropriation excludes funding for those projects that were in their
first year and therefore could not have any persisting students. The
data will be recalculated in early 2008 using a new methodology, which
is more representative of the program's actual participation/impact for
two reasons: (1) the new performance report form includes better
definitions and categories for key variables and (2) inconsistent data
reporting is corrected in the evaluation of multiple years of
performance report data. For FY 2006-09, this measure is without
targets.

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  **Measure 1.2 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  Upward Bound                                                
  participants enrolling                                      
  in college.   (Desired                                      
  direction: increase)                                        
    1627                                                      

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

  2000                                     65                 Measure not in place

  2002                    66               Not Collected      Not Collected

  2003                    65               69.3               Target Exceeded

  2004                    65               74.2               Target Exceeded

  2005                    65               78.4               Target Exceeded

  2006                    65               (November 2008)    Pending

  2007                    65               (November 2009)    Pending

  2008                    70               (November 2010)    Pending

  2009                    75               (November 2011)    Pending

  2010                    75               (November 2012)    Pending

  2011                    76               (November 2013)    Pending

  2012                    76               (November 2014)    Pending
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Upward Bound Program Annual Performance Report.

**Data Quality**. The annual performance report is comprised of
self-reported data; a variety of data quality checks are used to assess
the completeness and reasonableness of the data submitted.

**Explanation**. Program experience has led to collecting enrollment
data one year after enrollment, since final enrollment rates are
consistently higher than preliminary values. With a greater proportion
of Upward Bound projects serving more higher risk students as a result
of recent funding initiatives encouraging this, continual program
improvements will be required to maintain the college enrollment rate at
current levels. The program managers are investigating reasons for the
increase in enrollment in 2005 compared to 2004.

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  **Measure 1.3 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of TRIO                                      
  Upward Bound                                                
  participants persisting                                     
  in college.   (Desired                                      
  direction: increase)                                        
    89a0ee                                                    

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

  2008                    Set a Baseline   (November 2011)    Pending

  2009                    Maintain a       (November 2012)    Pending
                          Baseline                            
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**Source**. U. S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education, Upward Bound Program Annual Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. The annual performance report is comprised of
self-reported data; a variety of data quality checks are used to assess
the completeness and reasonableness of the data submitted.

**Explanation**. Persistence is the number of students who enroll in
college for a second year of those students who enrolled in college in
the year immediately following high school graduation. Baseline 2005
data will reflect students that graduated from high school in 2004-05,
enrolled in college in 2005-06, and re-enrolled in college in 2006-07
and will be available in November 2008. For FY 2005-07, this measure is
without targets.