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ESEA: Teaching American History - FY 2005


CFDA Number: 84.215X - Teaching of Traditional American History

Program Goal: To improve student achievement by providing high-quality professional development to elementary and secondary-level teachers of American history.
Objective 1 of 1: Demonstrate the effectiveness of professional development activities for secondary-level teachers of American history through the increased achievement of their students.
Indicator 1.1 of 1: Students in experimental and quasi-experimental studies of educational effectiveness in Teaching American History projects will demonstrate higher achievement on course content measures and/or statewide U.S. history assessments than students in control and comparison groups.
 
Measure 1.1.1 of 2: (a) Percentage of students in studies of educational effectiveness who demonstrate higher achievement than those in control or comparison groups.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2004
 
999
2005
 
999

Measure 1.1.2 of 2: (b) Percentage of school districts that demonstrate higher educational achievement for students in TAH classrooms than those in control or comparison groups.
Year Actual Performance Performance Targets
2005
 
999

Source: Grantee Performance Report, Teaching American History Grantee Performance Report.

Next Data Available: October 2005
 
Explanation: For measure (a), the FY 2004 target is to establish a baseline. The target for FY 2005 is the baseline plus 1%. For measure (b), the FY 2004 data will establish the baseline. The target for FY 2005 is the baseline plus 1%.
 

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