  New results are reported from a measurement of $\pi^0$ electroproduction near
threshold using the $p(e,e^{\prime} p)\pi^0$ reaction. The experiment was
designed to determine precisely the energy dependence of $s-$ and $p-$wave
electromagnetic multipoles as a stringent test of the predictions of Chiral
Perturbation Theory (ChPT). The data were taken with an electron beam energy of
1192 MeV using a two-spectrometer setup in Hall A at Jefferson Lab. For the
first time, complete coverage of the $\phi^*_{\pi}$ and $\theta^*_{\pi}$ angles
in the $p \pi^0$ center-of-mass was obtained for invariant energies above
threshold from 0.5 MeV up to 15 MeV. The 4-momentum transfer $Q^2$ coverage
ranges from 0.05 to 0.155 (GeV/c)$^2$ in fine steps. A simple phenomenological
analysis of our data shows strong disagreement with $p-$wave predictions from
ChPT for $Q^2>0.07$ (GeV/c)$^2$, while the $s-$wave predictions are in
reasonable agreement.
