ESEA: Voluntary Public School Choic

FY 2008 Program Performance Plan

Strategic Goal 1
Discretionary
ESEA, Title V, Part B-3
CFDA 84.361: Voluntary Public School Choice

Program Goal: To assist states and local school districts in creating, expanding, a
program.
Objective 1 of 1: The Voluntary Public School Choice Program increases options for public scho
Measure 1.1 of 2: The number of students who have the option of attending participating Voluntary Public School C
direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2004 755,387 Measure not in p
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. The 2008 target will include a new cohort of grantees,
therefore this figure is based on prior year plans.

Measure 1.2 of 2: The percentage of students participating at Voluntary Public School Choice sites who exercise s
direction: increase)
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2004 1 Measure not in p
2005 1.9 Measure not in p
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 sites reported data in 2005. One site did not report enrollment data and another has yet
to implement the initiative. 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. 'School' refers to a day or
residential school, as well as schools within a school, off-campus learning and 'alternative' programs.

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'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. The 2008 target will include a new cohort of grantees,
therefore the figure is based on prior year plans.

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