ESEA: Early Childhood Educator Professional D

FY 2008 Program Performance Plan

Strategic Goal 1
Discretionary
ESEA, Title II, Part A-5, Section 2151(e)
CFDA 84.349A: Early Childhood Educator Professional Development

Program Goal: To enhance the school readiness of young children, particularly di

Objective 1 of 2: Preschool-aged children will attain the necessary early language, cognitive an
continued learning, including the age appropriate development of oral languag
Measure 1.1 of 2:

The percent of preschool-age children participating in ECEPD programs who achieve significant learning gains on

(Desired direction: increase)

Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2004 Set a Baseline Not Collected Not Collected
2005 Set a Baseline (March 2006) Pending
2006 Set a Baseline (March 2007) Pending
2007 999 (March 2008) Pending
2008 999 (March 2009) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, annual and final performance reports grantee submissions.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. FY 2004 and 2005 data are from the last 2-year grantees. FY 2006 was the beginning of
the first 3-year cohort. Literacy skills will be measured using the PALS Pre-K, Upper Case Alphabet
Knowledge subtask.

Measure 1.2 of 2: The number of letters ECEPD children can identify as measured by the PALS Pre-K Upper Case
increase)
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2007 999 (March 2008) Pending
2008 999 (March 2009) Pending
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual

Objective 2 of 2: Early childhood educators will more frequently apply research-based approach
and learning, including establishing literacy-rich classrooms.
Measure 2.1 of 1: The ECEPD teacher's average ELLCO score after intervention. (Desired direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2004 Set a Baseline 20 Target Met
2005 20 14.4 Did Not Meet Targ
2006 Set a Baseline (March 2007) Pending
2007 20 (March 2008) Pending

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 2008 20 (March 2009) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, annual and final performance reports, grantee submissions.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation. FY 2004 and 2005 data are the last group of 2-year grantees. FY 2006 was the first 3-year
cohort.

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