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  **ESEA: Voluntary Public   
  School Choice**            

  **FY 2006 Program          
  Performance Report**       

  Strategic Goal 2           

  Discretionary              

  ESEA, Title V, Part B-3    

  Document                   
  Year 2006 Appropriation:   
  \$26,278                   

  CFDA                       84.361: Voluntary Public School Choice
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  **Program      **To assist states and local school districts in
  Goal:**        creating, expanding, and implementing a public school
                 choice program.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 1:***   *The Voluntary Public School Choice Program increases
                            options for public school choice.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 2:**                                       
  The number of students                                      
  who have the option of                                      
  attending participating                                     
  Voluntary Public School                                     
  Choice schools selected                                     
  by their parents.                                           
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)                                                   

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

  2004                                     755,387            Measure not in place

  2005                    849,864          862,396            Target Exceeded

  2006                    846,523          (November 2007)    Pending

  2007                    843,384          (November 2008)    Pending

  2008                    840,000          (November 2009)    Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Voluntary Public School Choice
Grantee Performance Report; National Evaluation of the Voluntary Public
School Choice Program.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. The measure is the total number of all students
eligible to apply for transfers. In some instances, grantees may not
have slots available for all students applying for a transfer. The
performance target is the estimated number of participating students
when projects are fully implemented, excluding Florida for which no
estimate was possible.

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  **Measure 1.2 of 2:**                                        
  The percentage of                                            
  students participating                                       
  at Voluntary Public                                          
  School Choice sites who                                      
  exercise school choice                                       
  by changing schools.                                         
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)                                                    

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

  2004                                     1                   Measure not in place

  2005                                     1.9                 Measure not in place

  2006                    2                (November 2007)     Pending

  2007                    2.5              (November 2008)     Pending

  2008                    2.5              (November 2009)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Voluntary Public School Choice
Grantee Performance Report; National Evaluation of the Voluntary Public
School Choice Program.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. The calculation is the total number of students who
changed schools divided by the total number of eligible students for the
VPSC program across all the grantees that reported enrollment data.
Eleven of the 13 grantees reported data in 2005. This approach is
consistent with the national evaluation of this program. This measure
replaces a previous similar measure that was based on an average of
averages across sites. Trend data shown in the table reflect a
re-calculation under the new definition. \'School\' refers to a day or
residential school, as well as schools within a school, off-campus
learning and \'alternative\' programs. \'Exercising choice\' refers to
students who moved from their assigned school to a school of their
choice. The targets reflect anticipated full implementation but may
decrease over time because of predicted declining enrollments in some
grantee sites.