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  **ESEA: Troops-to-Teachers**   

  **FY 2008 Program Performance  
  Plan**                         

  Strategic Goal 1               

  Discretionary                  

  ESEA, Title II, Part C-1-A     

  CFDA                           84.815: Troops to Teachers
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  **Program      **To increase the number of Troops participants who
  Goal:**        become teachers of record in high-need LEAs.**

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  ***Objective 1 of 2:***   *To provide schools in high-need LEAs with highly
                            qualified teachers who are former military or reserve
                            component personnel.*

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  **Measure 1.1 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  troops participants who                                     
  become teachers of                                          
  record in high-need                                         
  local educational                                           
  agencies (LEAs).                                            
    (Desired direction:                                       
  increase)   1426                                            

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

  2003                                     71                 Measure not in place

  2004                                     76                 Measure not in place

  2005                    75               81                 Target Exceeded

  2006                    75               83                 Target Exceeded

  2007                    75               84                 Target Exceeded

  2008                    75               (December 2008)    Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Troops to Teachers Program
Grantee Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. \"Participants\" are those receiving financial support
from the Troops-to-Teachers program, either stipend or bonus. Both
participants and recruits receive funding from the program and the words
are used interchangeably. \"Eligible school district \" is a high-need
LEA as defined by program regulations. \"Teachers of record\" are those
Troops participants hired by an eligible school district, and all Troops
teachers are highly qualified. The calculation is the total number of
highly qualified Troops teachers since Jan. 2002 divided by the total
number of Troops participants since Jan. 2002.

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  **Measure 1.2 of 3:**                                       
  The percentage of                                           
  participants who become                                     
  mathematics, science,                                       
  or special education                                        
  teachers.   (Desired                                        
  direction: increase)                                        
    1427                                                      

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

  2003                                     44                 Measure not in place

  2004                                     45                 Measure not in place

  2005                                     30                 Measure not in place

  2006                    49               47                 Made Progress From Prior
                                                              Year

  2007                    50               48                 Made Progress From Prior
                                                              Year

  2008                    50               (December 2008)    Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Troops to Teachers Program
Grantee Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. \"Participants\" are those receiving financial support
from the Troops-to-Teachers program, either stipend or bonus. Both
participants and recruits receive funding from the program and the words
are used interchangeably. \"Eligible school district \" is a high-need
LEA as defined by program regulations. \"Teachers of record\" are those
Troops participants hired by an eligible school district, and all Troops
teachers are highly qualified. The calculation is thetotal number of
math or science or special education Troops teachers since Jan. 2002
divided by the total number of Troops participants since Jan. 2002 and
includes special education teachers in order to track priority subject
areas in the NCLB statute.

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  **Measure 1.3 of 3:**                                        
  The percentage of                                            
  Troops to Teachers                                           
  participants who remain                                      
  in teaching for three                                        
  or more years after                                          
  placement in a teaching                                      
  position in a high-need                                      
  LEA.   (Desired                                              
  direction: increase)                                         
    1767                                                       

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

  2005                    80               88                  Target Exceeded

  2006                    80               84                  Target Exceeded

  2007                    80               (December 2007)     Pending

  2008                    80               (December 2008)     Pending
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**Source**. U.S. Department of Education, Troops to Teachers Program
Grantee Performance Report.

**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual

**Explanation**. 

\"Participants\" are those receiving financial support from the
Troops-to-Teachers program, either stipend or bonus. Both participants
and recruits receive funding from the program and the words are used
interchangeably. \"Eligible school district \" is a high-need LEA as
defined by program regulations. \"Teachers of record\" are those Troops
participants hired by an eligible school district, and all Troops
teachers are highly qualified. For FY 2006, the measure will report on
Troops participants who began teaching in the 2003-04 school year; for
2007 those who began teaching in 2004-05; for 2008 those who began
teaching in 2005-06. The FY 2005 data were not collected. The goal is to
maintain the same percentage of retention over the years.

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

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  **Measure 2.1 of 1:**                                      
  Cost per Troops to                                         
  Teacher hire.                                              
    (Desired direction:                                      
  decrease)   89a0op                                         

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

  2007                                     5,274             Measure not in place

  2008                    BL-1%            (December 2008)   Pending

  2009                    BL-2%            (December 2009)   Pending
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**Frequency of Data Collection**. Annual