U.S. Department of Education: Promoting Educational Excellence for all Americans

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ESRA: Regional Educational Laboratories - 2005

Program Goal: Support evidence-based educational improvement through high-quality, relevant applied research development, technical assistance, and dissemination.
Objective 8.1 of 1: Provide high-quality, relevant products and project designs for making policy decisions and improving educational practice.
Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Quality of products and project designs: The percentage of evidence-based products and project designs that are deemed to be of high quality by an independent review panel of qualified scientists.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
The percentage of evidence-based products and project designs with average reviewer ratings for quality of “high'' and above. If there is a large number of new evidence-based products and project designs, a random sample may be assessed.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2004
 
999
2005
 
999


Explanation: The FY 2004 target is to establish a baseline. The target for FY 2005 is the baseline plus 1%.  
Additional Source Information: Report of independent review panel

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2003 - 2004
Data Available: December 2005
Validated By: No Formal Verification.

 
Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Relevance of products and project designs: The percentage of all products and project designs that are deemed to be of high relevance to educational policy or practice by an independent review panel of qualified practitioners.
Targets and Performance Data Assessment of Progress Sources and Data Quality
The percentage of a random sample of all products and project designs with average ratings for relevance of “high '' and above.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2004
 
999
2005
 
999


Explanation: The FY 2004 target is to establish a baseline. The target for FY 2005 is the baseline plus 1%.  
Additional Source Information: Report of independent review panel

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2003 - 2004
Data Available: December 2005
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Data collected biennially.

 

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