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  **ESEA: Striving           
  Readers (OESE)**           

  **FY 2008 Program          
  Performance Report (System 
  Print Out)**               

  Strategic Goal 1           

  Discretionary              

  ESEA,                      

  Document                   
  Year 2008 Appropriation:   
  \$35,371                   

  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    30                  Target Met

  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)**        

  2006                                      58                 Measure not in place

  2007                    Set a Baseline    59                 Target Met

  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