IDEA: Special Education Parent Information

FY 2007 Program Performance Report

Strategic Goal 2
Discretionary
IDEA, Part D-3, Sections 671 - 673
Document Year 2007 Appropriation: $25,704
CFDA 84.328: Special Education_Parent Information Centers

Program Goal: To provide training and information to parents of children with disa
Objective 1 of 3: Parent Training Information Centers' products and services will be used to imp
areas.
Measure 1.1 of 2: The percentage of all Special Education Parent Training and Information Centers' products and
improve educational or early intervention policy or practice. (Desired direction: increase) 1953
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2005 27 Measure not i
2006 Set a Baseline 95.8 Target Met
2007 29 (October 2008) Pending
2008 30 (October 2009) Pending
Source.

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), Special Education Technology and Media Services, stakeholder panel review.

Frequency of Data Collection. Annual

Explanation. The FY 2006 target is to establish a baseline.

Measure 1.2 of 2: The federal cost per unit of output provided by the Special Education Parent Training and Inform
panel quality rating. (Desired direction: increase) 1954
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2006 Set a Baseline Not Collected Pending
2007 Maintain a Baseline (October 2008) Pending
2008 Maintain a Baseline (October 2009) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Special Education Parent
Information Centers, expert panel review.
Frequency of Data Collection. Annual
Explanation.

The total cost for the program is $25,519,054. This figure is divided by the average score of quality,
relevance and use - 6.9 - to obtain a raw cost per unit of $3,698,414. This raw figure is thyen divided by
the number of parens reporting in the survey of 5,156 to obtain a cost per parent of $717.30. The actual
cost is lower due to the fact that number of parents is not weighted.

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Objective 2 of 3: Parents served by Special Education Parent Information Centers investments
responsibilities. (Long-term objective)
Measure 2.1 of 1: The percentage of parents receiving Special Education Parent Information Centers services who
responsibilities. (Desired direction: increase) 1956
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2006 Set a Baseline 83 Target Met
2008 BL+2PP (October 2009) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Special Education Parent
Information Centers, survey of parents.
Frequency of Data Collection. Biennial

Objective 3 of 3: Parents served by Special Education Parent Information Centers investments

based practices for their child. (Long-term measure. Target areas: assessme
intervention; and inclusive practices.)
Measure 3.1 of 1: The percentage of parents receiving Special Education Parent Information Centers services who
for their infants, toddlers, children and youth. (Desired direction: increase) 000014
Actual
Year Target
(or date expected)
2006 69 Measure not i
2007 Set a Baseline (October 2008) Pending
2009 BL+2PP (October 2010) Pending
Source. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Special Education Parent
Information Centers, survey of parents.
Frequency of Data Collection. Biennial

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