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

Program Goal: To assist states and local school districts in creating, expanding,
and implementing a public school choice program.
Objective 1 of 1: The Voluntary Public School Choice Program increases options for public
school choice.
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)
Actual
Year Target 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
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.

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)
Actual
Year Target 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
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.

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'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.

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