Archived: Regional Educational Laboratories -2003

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Regional Educational Laboratories - 2003

Goal 8: To support knowledge-based educational improvement to help all students meet high standards through development, applied research, dissemination, and technical assistance conducted with local, state, and intermediate agencies.

Objective 8.1 of 2: Develop, adapt, and assess comprehensive education reform strategies in schools, districts, and states.

Indicator 8.1.1 of 2: Number of development sites: An increasing number of local or state sites will be engaged in collaborative development and demonstration of comprehensive reform-related efforts.

Targets and Performance Data

Assessment of Progress

Sources and Data Quality

Number school, district, intermediate agency, and state level sites
Year	Actual Performance					Performance Targets
	Site	Students	Teachers	Administrators	Parents	Site	Students	Teachers	Administrators	Parents
1997	494	83,147	5,899	512	14,437
1998	615	93,788	6,950	749	16,062
1999	606	538,865	37,550	5,169	13,697
2000	630	545,612	34,923	5,029	13,024
2001	359	37,847	5,869	1,801	183
2002	206		4,316	1,055	268
2003						206		4,316	1,055	268

Additional Source Information: Laboratory records and quarterly reports, 2002.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: September 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Validated By: Experienced Public/Private Entity. Each Laboratory utilized its own quality assurance process to review data provided.

Limitations: The Education Department relies on Laboratory records for these data.

Improvements: Independent reviewers conducted data verification in 2002.

Indicator 8.1.2 of 2: Student achievement: After 3 years of on-site development, sites will show increases in student achievement.

Targets and Performance Data

Assessment of Progress

Sources and Data Quality

Percentage of schools showing increases in student achievement
Year	Actual Performance				Performance Targets
	Less than 12 months	12-23 months	24-35 months	36 months or more	Less than 12 months	12-23 months	24-35 months	36 months or more
2001				41.40
2002	4	54.80	91.70	0
2003								80

Additional Source Information: Laboratory records and quarterly reports, 2002.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: September 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Experienced Public/Private Entity. Each Laboratory utilized its own quality assurance process to review the data provided.

Limitations: The Education Department relies on Laboratory records for these data.

Improvements: Independent reviewers conducted data verification in 2002.

Objective 8.2 of 2: Provide products and services and develop networks and partnerships in support of state and local reform.

Indicator 8.2.1 of 2: Customer Receipt of Products and Services: The circulation of products, receipt of services, and receipt of electronic material will increase annually from baseline levels.

Targets and Performance Data

Assessment of Progress

Sources and Data Quality

Number of products, services, and electronic materials
Year	Actual Performance			Performance Targets
	# of Products to Clients	# of Face-to-face Services	Web Site Hits	# of Products to Clients	# of Face-to-face Services	Web Site Hits
1997	419,927	148,966	11,834,588
1998	988,055	178,555	19,305,052
1999	2,132,530	125,517	30,379,269
2000	1,635,492	127,162	35,828,628
2001	561,932	47,227	68,139,214
2002	979,223	80,827	210,383,738
2003				1,000	81,000	250,000

Explanation: The total number of individual contacts with the Laboratories (adding together products, services, and web site hits) increased substantially from 68,748,373 in 2001 to 211,443,788 in 2002 because of continued increase in the use of the Web for dissemination as access to the Laboratories' web sites continued to grow. In 2002, the number of web page views was added as a second measure of receipt of electronic materials. The term page views (impressions) refers to client access to entire pages, but does not include a site's supporting graphic files. Using this new measure, the total number of individual contacts with the Laboratories (adding together products, services, and web page views) increased substantially from 15,595,222 in 2001 to 43,128,451 in 2002. The web site hits and page views include the 10 laboratory web sites plus the REL web site. The indicator may be revised to include new ways to measure the impact of web site dissemination.

Additional Source Information: Laboratory records and quarterly reports, 2002.

Frequency: Annually.
Collection Period: 2002 - 2003
Data Available: September 2003
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Experienced Public/Private Entity. Each Laboratory utilized its own quality assurance process to review the data provided.

Limitations: The Education Department relies on Laboratory records for these data.

Improvements: Independent reviewers conducted data verification in 2002.

Indicator 8.2.2 of 2: Quality of products and services: At least 90 percent of clients sampled will report laboratory products and services to be of high quality.

Targets and Performance Data

Assessment of Progress

Sources and Data Quality

Percentage of clients rating products and services to be of excellent or good quality
Year	Actual Performance	Performance Targets
1997	90	90
1998	90.10	90
1999	88.30	90
2000	84.30	90
2001	93.20	90
2002	92.10	90

Explanation: The survey is conducted biennially and 2003 data will not be available on this indicator. The next survey will be conducted in 2004.

Additional Source Information: Client surveys, 2002.

Frequency: Biennially.
Collection Period: 2003 - 2004
Data Available: September 2004
Validated By: No Formal Verification.
Experienced Public/Private Entity. Each Laboratory utilized its own quality assurance process to review the data provided.

Limitations: The Education Department relies on Laboratory records for these data.

Improvements: Independent reviewers conducted data verification in 2002.

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