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Evaluation of the Public Charter Schools Program: Year One Evaluation Report

    CHAPTER 2 APPENDICES
  • Appendix K:NEED FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS
  • Exhibit K-1:Need for Technical Assistance in Preparing Applications and Reports

Appendix K

NEED FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS

  • The evaluation team asked state charter school coordinators and leaders of charter schools that received PCSP money directly from ED about the availability and quality of the technical assistance they had received from the federal program offices and other sources. Exhibit K-1 summarizes survey responses on the need for technical assistance in both applying for PCSP grant and preparing an annual performance report. State grantees are referred to as "SEA" in the exhibit, and charter school PCSP recipients are labeled "Non-SEA."
  • As the data show, over half of state applicants reported that they need and received technical assistance with proposal preparation; fewer than half of the 14 charter school respondents indicated that they needed and received technical assistance in preparing their proposals.
  • At the reporting stage, there was greater similarity in between the responses of the two populations: only about one-third of all responding PCSP recipients reported the need for technical assistance at this juncture, and nearly all recipients who needed help received it. However, one-third of the state grantees either did not know whether assistance with reporting had occurred because respondents were new to the state coordinator position, or had not yet prepared their first annual report.

Exhibit K-1

NEED FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN PREPARING APPLICATIONS AND REPORTS

 

 

Need for Technical Assistance

Application

Reporting

SEA

(n=38)

Non-SEA (n=14)

SEA

(n=36)

Non-SEA

(n=14)

Yes, we needed and received this assistance

61%

43%

34%

36%

Yes, we needed this assistance but did not receive it

0%

0%

3%

0%

No, we did not need nor receive this assistance

32%

50%

31%

57%

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