| Goal 8: To develop, produce, and distribute video programming and educational materials for preschool and elementary children and their parents in order to facilitate the achievement of the National Education Goal for all children in America to start school ready to learn. |
| Objective 1 of 2: DEVELOP, PRODUCE, AND DISTRIBUTE HIGH-QUALITY TELEVISED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING AND WRITTEN EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS FOR PRESCHOOL AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN AND THEIR CAREGIVERS. |
| Indicator 8.1.1 of 1: Distribution of educational television programs: Ready to Learn (RTL) programs will reach an increasing number of viewers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status: Positive movement towards target is expected.
Explanation: Annual programming analyses are collected routinely at a 6-month and year-end cycles from PBS and RTL stations. The numbers of viewers will be entered to provide indicator analysis that can reflect viewers as well as stations. |
Source: Performance Report Contractor Performance Report. Additional Source Information: Performance Reports from the Public Broadcasting Service and RTL stations. Reports from producers, WGBH-Boston, and The Children's Television Workshop, Scholastic. Frequency: Annually. Collection Period: 2002. Data Available: December 2002. Validated By: No Formal Verification. Data supplied by the grantee Limitations: While the number of RTL stations may increase, this does not ensure that the number of viewers will increase. Improvements: Ratings for shows will be included in future reports as available. |
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| Objective 2 of 2: PROVIDE TRAINING TO EDUCATION PERSONNEL IN THE PUBLIC TELEVISION COMMUNITY SO THAT THEY CAN TRAIN PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS TO HELP CHILDREN BECOME READY TO LEARN. |
| Indicator 8.2.1 of 1: Training for parents and caregivers: The number of parents and caregivers trained will increase to 961,153 in FY 2002. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status: Target exceeded.
Explanation: Number of parents and caregivers trained is projected to increase in 2002. In an effort to increase the impact of Ready To Learn, PBS has recently tightened the definition of a Ready To Learn training workshop and is shifting the focus from offering high numbers of short one-time workshops to offering in-depth workshops to a group of adults over time. These actions will result higher quality training that is received by fewer total adults. |
Additional Source Information: PBS Annual Performance Reports. Frequency: Biennially. Collection Period: 2002. Data Available: December 2002. Validated By: No Formal Verification. Data supplied by the grantee. Limitations: Data are supplied by the grantee. |
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