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  **ESEA: Early       
  Reading First**     

  **FY 2008 Program   
  Performance Plan**  

  Strategic Goal 1    

  Discretionary       

  ESEA, Title I, Part 
  B-2                 

  CFDA                84.359: Early Reading First
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  **Program      **To support local efforts to enhance the early
  Goal:**        language, literacy, and prereading development of
                 preschool-aged children through strategies and
                 professional development based on scientifically based
                 reading research.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 2:***   *Preschool age children will attain the necessary early
                            language, cognitive and prereading skills to enter
                            kindergarten prepared for continued learning, including
                            the age appropriate development of oral language and
                            alphabet knowledge.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 3:**                                        
  The percent of                                               
  preschool age children                                       
  participating in Early                                       
  Reading First Programs                                       
  who demonstrate                                              
  age-appropriate oral                                         
  language skills as                                           
  measured by the Peabody                                      
  Picture Vocabulary                                           
  Test-III, Receptive                                          
  (PPVT-III, Receptive).                                       
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)   1177                                             

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

  2004                    Set a Baseline    56                 Target Met

  2005                    57                67.9               Target Exceeded

  2006                    59                66.9               Target Exceeded

  2007                    59                (April 2008)       Pending

  2008                    60                (April 2009)       Pending

  2009                    61                (April 2010)       Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.2 of 3:**                                       
  The number of letters                                       
  Early Reading First                                         
  children can identify                                       
  as measured by the PALS                                     
  Pre-K Upper Case                                            
  Alphabet Knowledge                                          
  subtask.   (Desired                                         
  direction: increase)                                        
    1178                                                      

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

  2004                    Set a Baseline   15                 Target Met

  2005                    16               16                 Target Met

  2006                    17               18                 Target Exceeded

  2007                    18               (April 2008)       Pending

  2008                    19               (April 2009)       Pending

  2009                    19               (April 2010)       Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  **Measure 1.3 of 3:**                                         
  The percent of                                                
  preschool age children                                        
  participating in Early                                        
  Reading First programs                                        
  who achieve significant                                       
  gains in oral language                                        
  skills as measured by                                         
  the Peabody Picture                                           
  Vocabulary Test-III,                                          
  Receptive (PPVT-III,                                          
  Receptive).   (Desired                                        
  direction: increase)                                          
    1876                                                        

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

  2006                    Set a Baseline    62.2                Target Met

  2007                    63                (April 2008)        Pending

  2008                    64                (April 2009)        Pending

  2009                    65                (April 2010)        Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

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  ***Objective 2 of 2:***   *Early Reading First preschool centers will more
                            frequently apply research-based approaches in early
                            childhood instruction and child development and
                            learning, including establishing literacy-rich
                            classrooms.*

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  **Measure 2.1 of 1:**                                        
  The Early Reading First                                      
  teachers' average score                                      
  on the Literacy                                              
  Environment Checklist                                        
  on the Early Language                                        
  and Literacy Classroom                                       
  Observation (ELLCO)                                          
  Toolkit after each year                                      
  of implementation.                                           
    (Desired direction:                                        
  increase)   89a07g                                           

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

  2008                    20               (April 2009)        Pending

  2009                    20               (April 2010)        Pending

  2010                    20               (April 2011)        Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, annual and final performance
reports, and grantee submissions.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual