ESRA: Comprehensive Centers

FY 2006 Program Performance Report

Strategic Goal 2
Other
ESRA, Title II, Section 203
Document Year 2006 Appropriation: $56,257

Program Goal: To improve student achievement in low-performing schools

under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Objective 1 of 2: Improve the quality of technical assistance.
Measure 1.1 of 2: The percentage of Comprehensive Centers' products and services that are
deemed to be of high quality by an independent review panel of qualified stakeholders.
(Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Status
(or date expected)
2006 Set a Baseline Not Collected Not Collected
2007 Set a Baseline (February 2008) Pending
2008 999 (February 2009) Pending
2009 999 (February 2010) Pending
2010 999 (February 2011) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Comprehensive
Centers, independent review panel.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation.

Independent panel reviews will be conducted as part of a national evaluation of the program through an
ED contract with an outside firm. The evaluation contract was awarded in August 2006, later than
originally anticipated.

Measure 1.2 of 2: The percentage of Comprehensive Centers' products and services deemed
to be of high relevance to educational practice by an independent review panel of qualified
practitioners. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Status
(or date expected)
2006 Set a Baseline Not Collected Not Collected
2007 Set a Baseline (February 2008) Pending
2008 999 (February 2009) Pending
2009 999 (February 2010) Pending
2010 999 (February 2011) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Comprehensive
Centers, independent review panel.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual

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Explanation. Independent panel reviews will be conducted as part of a national evaluation of the
program through an ED contract with an outside firm. The evaluation contract was awarded in August
2006, later than originally anticipated.

Objective 2 of 2: Technical assistance products and services will be used to improve results
for children in the target areas.
Measure 2.1 of 1: The percentage of all comprehensive centers' products and services that are
deemed to be of high usefulness to educational policy or practice by target audiences. (Desired
direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target Status
(or date expected)
2006 Set a Baseline Not Collected Not Collected
2007 Set a Baseline (February 2008) Pending
2008 999 (February 2009) Pending
2009 999 (February 2010) Pending
2010 999 (February 2011) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Comprehensive
Centers, survey of targeted audiences.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. Surveys of target audiences will be conducted as part of a national evaluation of the
program through an ED contract with an outside firm. The evaluation contract was awarded in August
2006, later than originally anticipated.

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