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  **ESEA: State Grants for   
  Innovative Programs**      

  **FY 2007 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 2           

  Formula                    

  ESEA, Title V, Part A      

  Document                   
  Year 2007 Appropriation:   
  \$99,000                   

  CFDA                       84.298: Innovative Education Program Strategies
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  **Program      **To support state and local programs that are a
  Goal:**        continuing source of innovation and educational
                 improvement.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 2:***   *To encourage states to use flexibility authorities in
                            ways that will increase student achievement.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 4:**                                      
  The percentage of                                          
  districts targeting                                        
  Title V funds to                                           
  Department-designated                                      
  strategic priorities                                       
  that achieve AYP.                                          
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1197                                           

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline   65                Target Met

  2004                    68               69                Target Exceeded

  2005                    69               69                Target Met

  2006                    70               70                Target Met

  2007                    71               (August 2008)     Pending

  2008                    72               (August 2009)     Pending

  2009                    73               (August 2010)     Pending

  2010                    74               (August 2011)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance
Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. The data were more precise for School Year 2005-06. In
2004-05, the Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR) asked for the
number of LEAs that used 20% or more of Title V, Part A funds under each
of the 4 strategic priorities separately, and how many of these LEAs met
AYP; therefore, a district would be counted multiple times for 2004-05
if it used 20% or more of its program funds for more than one of the 4
strategic priorities. Duplicate counts were eliminated for 2005-06, when
the CSPR asked for the number of LEAs that used 85% or more of program
funds for the 4 priorities.

**Explanation**. The standard was raised when CSPR asked for the number
of LEAs that used 85% or more of program funds for the 4 priorities for
2005-06 (instead of the number of LEAs that used 20% or more of program
funds under each of the 4 strategic priorities separately as in
2004-05), and how many of these LEAs met AYP. Strategic priorities
include those activities that (1) support student achievement, enhance
reading and math, (2) improve the quality of teachers, (3) ensure that
schools are safe and drug free, (4) and promote access for all students.
Activities authorized under Section 5131 of the ESEA that are included
in the four strategic priorities are 1-5, 7-9, 12, 14-17, 19-20, 22, and
25-27. Authorized activities that are not included in the four strategic
priorities are 6, 10-11, 13, 18, 21, and 23-24.

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  **Measure 1.2 of 4:**                                      
  The percentage of                                          
  districts not targeting                                    
  Title V funds that                                         
  achieve AYP.   (Desired                                    
  direction: increase)                                       
    1198                                                     

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

  2003                    Set a Baseline   55                Target Met

  2004                    58               49                Did Not Meet Target

  2005                    59               54                Made Progress From Prior Year

  2006                    60               78                Target Exceeded

  2007                    61               (August 2008)     Pending

  2008                    62               (August 2009)     Pending

  2009                    63               (August 2010)     Pending

  2010                    64               (August 2011)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance
Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. Data were reported by the States.

**Explanation**. For 2005-06, the standard was raised when the CSPR
asked for the number of LEAs that did not use 85% or more of Title V,
Part A funds for the 4 strategic priorities (instead of the number of
LEAs that did not use 20% or more of program funds for any of the 4
strategic priorities, as in 2004-05), and how many of these LEAs met
AYP. Strategic priorities include those activities that (1) support
student achievement, enhance reading and math, (2) improve the quality
of teachers, (3) ensure that schools are safe and drug free, (4) and
promote access for all students. Activities authorized under Section
5131 of the ESEA that are included in the four strategic priorities are
1-5, 7-9, 12, 14-17, 19-20, 22, and 25-27. Authorized activities that
are not included in the four strategic priorities are 6, 10-11, 13, 18,
21, and 23-24.

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  **Measure 1.3 of 4:**                                      
  The percentage of                                          
  combined funds that                                        
  districts use for the                                      
  four                                                       
  Department-designated                                      
  strategic priorities.                                      
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1879                                           

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

  2005                    Set a Baseline   91                Target Met

  2006                    92               Not Collected     Not Collected

  2007                    93               (August 2008)     Pending

  2008                    94               (August 2009)     Pending

  2009                    95               (August 2010)     Pending

  2010                    96               (August 2011)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance
Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. To improve the precision of the data, the Consolidated
State Performance Report (CSPR) asked States to report actual program
dollar amounts that LEAs spent on the four strategic priorities for
2005-06, instead of the percentage as in 2004-05. However, the
percentage for 2005-06 could not be calculated, because figures for the
denominator (total amount of program funds spent by LEAs) were not
reliable. To reduce burden on States and LEAs, the Department did not
ask for this information on the CSPR for 2005-06, but instead calculated
the total Title V, Part A funds spent by the LEAs as 85 percent of the
State allocation plus or minus the amount transferred under the State
Transferability authority of section 6123(a). Unfortunately, using this
calculation as the denominator yielded percentages exceeding 100% for 18
States, suggesting that carry-over may be an important factor not
addressed in this calculation. For this reason, the Department has
requested OMB\'s approval to ask for the total Title V, Part A funds
spent by the LEAs in the Consolidated State Performance Report CSPR for
2006-07 and future years. 

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  **Measure 1.4 of 4:**                                      
  The percentage of                                          
  participating LEAs that                                    
  complete a credible                                        
  needs assessment.                                          
    (Desired direction:                                      
  increase)   1880                                           

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

  2005                    Set a Baseline   100               Target Met

  2006                    100              100               Target Met

  2007                    100              (August 2008)     Pending

  2008                    100              (August 2009)     Pending

  2009                    100              (August 2010)     Pending

  2010                    100              (August 2011)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Consolidated State Performance
Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Data Quality**. States review LEAs\' needs assessments when
monitoring. The Department asks States to submit examples of needs
assessments from their LEAs. To improve the precision of the data for
2005-06, the CSPR asked for the actual number of LEAs that completed
needs assessments that the State determined to be credible, compared to
2004-05 when the CSPR asked for the percentage of LEAs. The response
rate also improved: 4 states did not collect these data for 2005-06,
compared to 7 states the previous year.

**Explanation**. The median average across States is 100. Thirty-seven
states reported that 100% of their LEAs completed credible needs
assessments. Of the rest, 4 States reported that 90-99% of their LEAs
completed credible needs assessments, 2 States reported 62%, and the
remaining five States reported 81%, 74%, 45%, 32%, and 4%.

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  ***Objective 2 of 2:***   *Improve the operational efficiency of the program*

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| 2   | Set a         | 56             | Target Met                  |
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| 2   | 51            | (September     | Pending                     |
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| 2   | 48            | (September     | Pending                     |
| 009 |               | 2009)          |                             |
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| 2   | 45            | (September     | Pending                     |
| 010 |               | 2010)          |                             |
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, State Grants for Innovative Programs, program
office records.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. In FY 2006, the program office developed and began a
series of innovative, virtual site visits using videoconferencing to
gather the comprehensive information needed for multiple programs at a
significantly lower cost and greater efficiency than traditional on-site
visits. Because FY 2006 was a developmental year for virtual site visits
and follow-up activities, the new site visit protocol and monitoring
report template were completed in FY 2007, and FY 2007 data are used to
establish the baseline.

**Explanation**. 

By August 31, 2007, ED had completed reports for 3 of the 10 site visits
conducted in FY 2007. In FY 2007, ED also completed reports for 4 of the
7 site visits conducted in FY 2006. It took ED an average of 56 days to
send the 3 reports from FY 2007 site visits, compared to an average of
258 days to send the 4 reports from FY 2006 site visits. None of the
monitoring reports was sent to States within 45 days after the site
visit. Challenges included: developing a new site visit protocol and
coordinating specific input from 5 programs to plan each site visit,
working with a new technology delivery system and trouble-shooting
videoconferencing technology problems, creating a template and
integrating information from the 5 programs into each comprehensive
monitoring report, following up with the State to obtain additional
information before finalizing each monitoring report, and preparing
monitoring reports using the new template for those site visits
conducted in FY 2006 at the same time that we were moving forward with
the new FY 2007 site visits. Because of advances achieved in FY 2007,
the Department anticipates continued improvement in reducing the time it
takes to send the monitoring reports to States until we reach the goal
of 45 days.

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| **  | **Target**    | **Actual\      | **Status**                  |
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| 2   | Set a         | Not Collected  | Not Collected               |
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| 2   | Set a         | 28             | Target Met                  |
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| 2   | 30            | (September     | Pending                     |
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| 2   | 30            | (September     | Pending                     |
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| 2   | 30            | (September     | Pending                     |
| 010 |               | 2010)          |                             |
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and
Secondary Education, State Grants for Innovative Programs, program
office records.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Target Context**. In FY 2006, the program office developed and began a
series of innovative, virtual site visits using videoconferencing to
gather the comprehensive information needed for multiple programs at a
significantly lower cost and greater efficiency than traditional on-site
visits. Because FY 2006 was a developmental year for virtual site visits
and follow-up activities, the new site visit protocol and monitoring
report template were completed in FY 2007, and FY 2007 data are used to
establish the baseline.

**Explanation**. By August 31, 2007, States had responded to 5 of the 7
monitoring reports that ED sent in FY 2007. It took States an average
of 28 days to respond. Four States met the 30-day target, and one State
responded in 32 days.