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  **ESEA: Striving Readers** 

  **FY 2007 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 2           

  Discretionary              

  ESEA,                      

  Document                   
  Year 2007 Appropriation:   
  \$31,870                   

  CFDA                       84.371A: Striving Readers
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  **Program      **To enhance the overall level of reading achievement in
  Goal:**        middle and high schools through intensive literacy
                 interventions for struggling readers and improvements in
                 literacy instruction across curriculum; and to help
                 build a strong scientific research base around
                 adolescent literacy.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *Raise the reading achievement levels of middle and high
                            school-aged students in Title I eligible schools with
                            significant numbers of students reading below grade
                            level.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 2:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  adolescent students                                         
  reading significantly                                       
  below grade level who                                       
  demonstrate a gain in                                       
  their reading                                               
  achievement at a                                            
  minimum of one grade                                        
  level or its equivalent                                     
  after participating in                                      
  an intensive literacy                                       
  intervention over an                                        
  academic year.                                              
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   2117                                            

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

  2007                    Set a Baseline   (April 2008)       Pending

  2008                    BL+2PP           (April 2009)       Pending

  2009                    BL+2             (April 2010)       Pending

  2010                    BL+2             (April 2011)       Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.2 of 2:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  students in schools                                         
  participating in the                                        
  Striving Readers                                            
  program who score at or                                     
  above proficient on the                                     
  state\'s assessment in                                      
  reading/language arts.                                      
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   2118                                            

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

  2007                    Set a Baseline   (April 2008)       Pending

  2008                    BL+2PP           (April 2009)       Pending

  2009                    BL+2             (April 2010)       Pending

  2010                    BL+2             (April 2011)       Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual