Focused Monitoring

November 10, 2010 Bureau of Special

Education

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Objectives for the day

1. Gain in-depth understanding of data for academic achievement of students with disabilities

2. View other districts’ data wall/root cause analysis for feedback and insight

3. Share and exchange information from other districts to continue this work when back in district

4. Identify districts in need of/requesting more targeted support in January

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What we will be doing today:

•Overviews – Focused Monitoring

•Teaming with fellow districts, collaborating, sharing

•Working with your own team for next steps

•SDE staff – scoring

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Who is in the room?

•public school districts• Directors of Special Education• Whomever oversees curriculum/instruction

• Building Principals• Others

•CSDE consultants•SERC consultants•CPAC staff

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What is Focused Monitoring?

“A process that purposefully selects priority areas to examine for compliance/results while not

specifically examining other areas for compliance to

maximize resources, emphasize important variables, and increase the

probability of improved results.”

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National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM)

Focused Monitoring Steering Committee

Stakeholder group - district representatives, parents, other Department staff, Bureau staff, State Advisory Council, SERC, CPAC

Meets 2 – 4 times annually

Evaluate prior year

Determine next area of focus (Key Performance Indicator, KPI)

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Data The sources that may be used to help identify a district for focused monitoring

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SEDAC PSIS ED 166 Assessment (CMT/CAPT) Due Process ECO Evaluation Timelines

SPP/APR Indicators

Indicator 3 Participation of students with disabilities

on statewide assessments:

A. number of districts that met the State’s

AYP objectives for progress for

disability subgroup;

B. participation rate for children with IEPs; and

C. proficiency rate for children with IEPs.

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2010-11 School YearKey Performance Indicator

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Improve the effectiveness of efforts to educate students with an IEP as demonstrated by:

•procedural compliance with IDEA;•participation in statewide

assessments; and •performance on statewide

assessments.

What data were looked at to get you here? AYP reports and indicator 3 APR data: 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10 special

education subgroup, Percent meeting proficiency

•Under 60% by the 2009-10 school year (10)

•Over 60% by the 2009-10 school year and made Safe Harbor (6)▫Priority districts and those already with an

active focused monitoring improvement plan were not included

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October 29: How to do a data wall

November 10: Data wall showcase

January – April: site visits and improvement planning

2011-12 school year: implement improvement plan

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This year’s process

What if you receive a visit?

•Average 3 days in length •Educational Benefit Review Process •Interviews: Parents, students, staff•Classroom observations •IEP review

▫We are REQUIRED to address noncompliance if we see it, even if its in an area other than the one we’re out there for.

•Improvement plan•Resources/support (SERC and CPAC)

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Objectives for the day

1. Gain in-depth understanding of data for academic achievement of students with disabilities

2. View other districts’ data wall/root cause analysis for feedback and insight

3. Share and exchange information from other districts to continue this work when back in district

4. Identify districts in need of/requesting more targeted support in January

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Celebrate!

•All district’s data for students with disabilities moved in the upward direction, in reading, in the 2009-10 assessment!!!

•Our focus: ▫Rate of progress▫Gap w/ General Education

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Feedback Form

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Complete for each district you visit.

•Left panel discussion

•Middle panel discussion

•Right panel discussion (if applicable) •Final thoughts