Annual Performance Reports & Matching Funds November 2013

1. Year 3 APR Webinar for 2010 i3 Grantees Annual Performance Reports & Matching Funds November 2013

2. Agenda • Purpose of Annual Performance Report • ED 524B • Cover Sheet • Executive Summary • Section A: Performance Objectives Information • Section B: Budget Information • Section C: Additional Information • SF 425 • Q&A

3. Reporting Requirements • Annual Performance Report (APR) • Completed annually using the ED 524B • Reports on activities, challenges, program (GPRA) measures, project objectives and expenditures • Electronic reporting through G5 • Match Reporting • Completed annually using the ED 524B and in the SF 425 • The SF 425 should be scanned and emailed to program officers • Both reports due January 14th, 2014

4. Purpose • Annual and Final Performance reports are REQUIRED of all grantees • APRs help to ensure that individual i3 projects are making substantial progress toward meeting program performance goals and project objectives • APRs clearly and comprehensively describe the extent to which an i3 project has progressed toward meeting stated goals and objectives as described in the funded application

5. Parts of the APR • Grantees will complete an APR using the ED 524B reporting form • Cover Sheet • Executive Summary • Project Status Chart • Section A- Performance Objectives Information and Related Performance Measures Data • Section B- Budget Information and SF 425 • Section C- Changes/Additional Information

6. Cover Sheet

7. Sample APR Cover Sheet 10 1 2012 09 30 2013

8. APR Cover Sheet $1,250,000.00 $250,000.00 10 1 2012 09 30 2013

9. Executive Summary

10. APR Executive Summary • A 2-3 page concise and focused overview of the project • A narrative description of the activities and work completed in year three of the project including: • Outline of year three program activities • Description of participants/population served (students, teachers, locations of LEAs served, student grade levels, etc.) • Description of the progress of the independent evaluation • Highlights of the project’s goals, including: • Extent to which individual project objectives, expected outcomes, and performance measures were achieved • Number of students served and number of high-need students served, including a description of how your project defines high-need student • Cost per student • A description of challenges encountered and the solutions implemented

11. APR Executive Summary

12. Section A: Performance Objectives Information

13. APR Section A- Status Chart GPRA vs. Project Measures • GPRA measures • GPRA 1: The percentage of grantees that reach their annual target number of students as specified in the application • GPRA 2: The cost per student actually served by the grant • Project measures Target vs. Actual Data • Target data are the goals for each measure as stated in the approved application. Target data should match the targets in the application. • Actual data are the measures of actual performance for this performance period.

14. APR Section A- Status Chart Use the Explanation of Progress box below the status charts to provide additional information on the data. Provide highlights of the project's goals, the extent to which the expected outcomes and performance measures were achieved, and what contributions the project has made to research, knowledge, practice, and/or policy. Explain the instruments used for the measures and interpret, in plain language, the results. Note: numbers in executive summary should match what is reported in the measures

15. Program Measures vs. Project Measures Program Measures Project Measures May have been included in the grant application, derived from logic model or developed with Abt or Program Officer Tailored to each individual i3 project Measures assessed to evaluate services provided and monitor project implementation • Also called Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) Measures • Standardize reporting requirements • Aggregate data across i3 projects • Provide data about i3 program effectiveness

16. GPRA Measures • The percentage of grantees that reach their annual target number of students as specified in the application. • The percentage of programs, practices, or strategies supported by evaluations that provide evidence or promise of improving student outcomes (actual measure requirements varies according to i3 grant type). • The percentage of programs practices, or strategies supported by a grant that have ongoing evaluations that are providing high-quality implementation data and performance feedback that allow for periodic assessment of progress toward achieving intended outcomes. • The cost per student actually served by the grant.

17. GPRA 1 For Scale-up and Validation grantees, there are two GPRA measures to which grantees need to respond. The first of which is: 1. The percentage of grantees that reach their annual target number of students as specified in the application. For this measure, grantees will actually report on the following : 1. The number of students served by the project.

18. Notes on Students Served When calculating students served, please remember: • “Served” must be defined by the grant project and included in the APR explanation of progress • Calculations should reflect treatment group participants only • Data are reported according to the federal reporting period whenever possible. • Grantees must maintain internal consistency in reporting.

19. GPRA 1 cont. Grantees are encouraged to report on the number of high-need students reached as part of the total number of students—specify in the explanation of progress section what the numbers represent. Example: 85 students were served—of the 85, 60 were high-need. Grantees are also encouraged to report on subgroups relevant to specific objectives. Example: 85 students were served—of the 85, 40 were ELL students, 12 were special education students.

20. Sample APR Section A- Status Chart

21. GPRA 4 All grantees are to report on GPRA measure 4 : 4. The cost per student actually served by the grant. Cost per student will be based on the total funds encumbered in year one (minus evaluation costs), divided by the number of students served. Grantees are encouraged to report on the target number of students to be served and the actual number of students served in year one.

22. APR Section A- Status Chart

23. Project Measures For each of your project objectives, you may have several performance measures to include in Section A of the report: Objective 1: Increase the number of district students who read at grade level • The number of English/Language Arts teachers who complete professional development to become certified in Project READ competencies by the end of year one. • The percentage of students who score “proficient” or better on the state grade level literacy exam after two years of Project READ. Objective 2: Performance Measure 2a Performance Measure 2b

24. Project Measures Objective 1: Increase the number of district students who read at grade level

25. Section B- Budget Information

26. APR Section B—Budget Information • Provide an overview of the expenses for the performance periodwith a budget summary chart and a narrative explanation • A budget summary chart should be included using budget categories from the ED 524 budget form • Show budgeted expenses for year one , actual year one expenditures, carryover, and projected year two expenses for each budget line item of the ED 524 budget form

27. APR Section B—Budget Information Provide explanations for deviations from the approved budget. Describe why there are unspent funds, why there is a difference in use of funds across the budget categories, and any budgetary issues for example: • Changes that affected your ability to achieve approved project activities and/or project objectives Explain how funds not expended (“carryover”) in year one will be used in year two by elaborating on: • Timeline for completion of activities delayed in year one • In the case of surplus funds, reallocating them toward other project objectives

28. APR Section B- Budget Information Explanation of Budget: The unexpended projected funds in each category are due mostly to an over-estimation of costs. After the proposal was funded, contracts with our partners were finalized, and we found many services, such as usage of partner facilities for training, were much less costly than projected and, in some cases, free. The amount spent on stipends increased from $20,000 to $28,000, as we served more teachers than originally planned. We plan to use the carryover from our first project year to increase the number of teacher participants, offer an additional weekend training seminar, and increase training stipends distributed across grant years 2, 3, 4, and 5.

29. APR Section B—Budget Information Example of a budget explanation: • We spent less on travel than anticipated because our advisory group meeting was delayed. Instead of being held in August, it will be held in late October of the second budget year. • We had shortfalls in expenditures in supplies and in contractual because of delays in the selection of school sites. We were not able to provide all planning services during the summer and have had to defer these until fall. • The increase in “other” results from increased planning stipends to schools because of the addition of an additional school site (approved by program officer 6/5/12) for year one; in year two we will be starting one fewer school sites.

30. APR Section B—Budget Information • Matching funds should be reported in a similar format to the federal funds, accounting for both private and, where applicable, public funds in those cases where grantees have promised contributions beyond the required private match. • Reporting on matching funds ensures that all funds were secured as described in the previously submitted match letters

31. SF 425 • Gives recipients of grants a standard format for reporting the financial status of their awards • Follow the step-by-step SF 425 Instructions that are included (as an attachment) with the Dear Colleague Letter • To submit, scan and then email to respective program officer

32. Section C: Additional Information

33. APR Section C—Additional Information • Include any changes in project activities • Provide updates on the evaluation plan, including any changes to the evaluation design or instruments that will be used and copies of any interim findings or reports • DO NOT use this section to attach press clippings, meeting agendas, materials, testimonials, and other “extras”; please send these to your ED project officer under separate cover

34. APR Tips • Always address GPRA and Project Measures • Provide relevant detail in a succinct format • Complete all sections of the APR • Use numbers and always interpret data provided in layman’s terms • Do not use vague language like “more,” “most,” “less”

35. How to Submit in G5 • Go to https://www.g5.gov and log into the system. • Go to Grant Maintenance Package Submission Select to mark the correct PR# for the grant Current Report Package and Initiate the Interim Performance Report. • We must have current project director information in order for each grantee to access the report. • You will have until 4:30PM EST on the submission date to access and submit the report.