July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education SPP/APR MSIS Updates July 2008

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education SPP/APR State Performance Plan (SPP) Annual Performance Report (APR) [The State] must annually report to the secretary and the public on the progress of the State, and of children with disabilities in the State, toward meeting the goals established under § (a) for the performance of children with disabilities in the State, that may include elements of the reports required under Section 1111(h) of the ESEA. [34 CFR (c)] [20 U.S.C. 1412(a)(15)(C)]

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education State Performance Plan (SPP) Updates and revisions are due February 1 st of each year Spans a six year period Covers 20 indicators established in IDEA 2004 Requires baseline data and goals (targets) for the state

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Annual Performance Report (APR) Due each year on February 1 st Reports progress made on the twenty indicators for the past year Must report if state met goal for the year If goal was not met, must include explanation for not meeting goal Must report by district on goals Must supply raw district data

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators: FAPE in the LRE 1.Percent of Youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a regular diploma 2.Percent of Youth with IEPs dropping out of high school 3.Participation and performance of children with disabilities on statewide assessments 4.Suspension and Expulsion Rates

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators 1 & 2 Graduation and Dropout OSEP has agreed for MDE to use 618 data for reporting indicators 1 & 2 MDE re-calculated the data for and Three years of data were reviewed MDE will continue to use an increased percentage for the target each year

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 1 - Graduation Baseline 618 data for Students with Disabilities (SWD) graduating with a regular diploma was 21.87% - increase graduation of SWD with a regular diploma each year by 0.5 for the first four years (2008 increase by 1.0, 2009 increase by 1.5, and 2010 increase by 2.0). Calculations:  = 807 / 3690 = 21.87% - Baseline  = 767 / 3819 = 20.08% - Target Not Met  = 752 / 3288 = 22.87% - Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 1 – Using 618 Data For every district in the state, using 618 data, the total number of students who exited with a regular diploma was calculated. (a) The total number of students who had exit data was calculated by adding together the (number of regular diploma, special diploma, reached maximum age, died, and dropouts. (b) Students who no longer received special education services or had moved but known to be continuing are not included in the total. The percent of students who exited with a regular diploma was calculated by taking the total number of students (a) and dividing by the total number of students with exit data (b). (a / b = c)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 1 - Calculation Students with Disabilities that graduated with a regular diploma / (Students with Disabilities that graduated with a regular diploma + special diploma + reached maximum age + died + dropouts)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 2 – Drop Out Targets:  – Baseline data for Students with Disabilities (SWD) dropping out of school was 13.74% The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 13.74%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 13.74% to 13.24%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 13.24% to 12.74%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 12.74% to 12.24%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 12.24% to 11.74%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 11.74% to 11.24%.  The dropout rate for SWD will decrease by 0.5 from 11.24% to 10.74%. Calculations:  % - Baseline  % - Target Not Met  % - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 2 - Using 618 Data For every district in the state, using 618 data, the total number of students who exited as a dropout was calculated. (a) The total number of students who had exit data was calculated by adding together the number of regular diploma, special diploma, reached maximum age, died, and dropouts. (b) Students who no longer received special education services or had moved but known to be continuing are not included in the total. The percent of students who exited as a dropout was calculated by taking the total number of students (a) and dividing by the total number of students with exit data (b). (a / b = c)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 2 - Calculation Students With Disabilities that dropout / (Students With Disabilities that graduated with a regular diploma + special diploma + reached maximum age + died + dropouts)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 3 – Assessment AYP Reading/Language AYP  2005 – 2006 Target 97.0 –Number of districts that met AYP in Reading = 72 –Percent of districts = 50.0% Target Not Met  2006 – 2007 Target 97.0 –Number of districts that met AYP in Reading = 50 –Percent of districts = 35.7% Target Not Met Mathematics AYP  2005 – 2006 Target 85.0 –Number of districts that met AYP in Mathematics = 66 –Percent of districts = 46.2% Target Not Met  2006 – 2007 Target 97.0 –Number of districts that met AYP in Mathematics = 49 –Percent of districts = 35.0% Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 3 – Assessment Participation Reading/Language Participation 95.0  : 93.8% -Target Not Met Mathematics Participation 95.0  93.6% - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 3 – Assessment Proficiency Reading/Language Proficiency  Target 45.9 –37.0% - Target Not Met  Target 39.9 –36.4% - Target Not Met Mathematics Proficiency  Target 46.0 –38.5% - Target Not Met  Target 40.0 –37.1% - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 4a – Discipline Target:  0 school districts will suspend/expel students with disabilities at a higher rate than students without disabilities.  0 school districts will suspend/expel students with disabilities according to race and ethnicity at a higher rate than students without disabilities.  : 96.71% Target Not Met –5 districts appeared to suspend/expel SWD at a higher rate than students without disabilities

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 4a - Calculation Calculation is a comparison between Students With Disabilities and Non-Disabled Only.  Students With Disabilities with Out-Of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling > 10 days / Month 1 Net Membership  Non-Disabled Only with Out-Of-School Suspensions/Expulsions Totaling > 10 days / Month 1 Net Membership

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : FAPE in the LRE 5.Percent of children with IEPs aged 6 through 21 served:  Inside the regular class less than 80% of the day  Inside the regular class less than 40% of the day  In separate schools, residential facilities, or homebound/hospital placements

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 5 – LRE 6 to 21 The percentage of students with disabilities in a regular education setting will increase 1.0 to 54.47%.  60.67% - Target Met The percentage of students in a self contained setting will decrease 1.0 to %.  17.22% - Target Met The percentage of students in Mississippi who are placed in public or private separate schools, residential placements, or homebound or hospital placements will not increase.  1.92% - Target Met (05/ %)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 5 – Calculation Calculation  A. Total SB / Total 6 to 21 Child Count * 100  B. Total SC / Total 6 to 21 Child Count * 100  C. Total SD + SF + SH Total 6 to 21 Child Count * 100

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : FAPE in the LRE 6.Percent of children ages 3-5 with IEPs: Attending a regular early childhood program Not attending a regular early childhood or kindergarten and attending a special education program Not attending a regular early childhood program or kindergarten and not attending a special education program

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 6 – LRE 3 to 5 New Indicator since placement was changed for this age group Will report baseline data in 2009

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : FAPE in the LRE 7.Percent of preschool children with IEPs who demonstrate improved: a)Positive social-emotional skills b)Acquisition and use of knowledge and skills c)Use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 7 – Pre-School Testing New SPP Indicator:  – Baseline - Increase the percentage of pre-school children who reach or maintain functioning at a level comparable to same-aged peers.  – Increase by 1.0 percentage points to  Increase by 1.0 percentage points to  Increase by 1.0 percentage points to  Increase by 1.0 percentage points to  Increase by 1.0 percentage points to

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : FAPE in the LRE 8.Percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 – Parental Involvement Increase the percentage of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities by 2.0 percentage points to  61.76% – Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators: Disproportionate Representation 9.Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services that is the result of inappropriate identification. 10.Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in specific disability categories that is the result of inappropriate identification.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 9 - Disproportionality Mississippi has defined “disproportionate representation” as an alternate risk ratio of identification of 2.5 or greater.  No disproportionate representation (under or over) was found due to inappropriate identification during or in Indicators 1, 2, 4 – Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 9 - Calculation 1. # Students With Disabilities exiting with regular diploma by race / Total 14 to 21 Child Count by race 2. # Students With Disabilities exiting as a dropout by race / Total 14 to 21 Child Count by race 4a. Total SD + SF + SH / Total 6 to 21 Child Count * 100

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 10 - Disproportionality SLD Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – – Target Met EmD Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – 2007 – 3 - Target Not Met L/S Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – 2007 – 0 - Target Met OHI Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – 2007 – 5 - Target Not Met AU Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – Target Met MR Target = 0 Districts out of Compliance  2006 – Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Alternate Risk Ratio Formula for Indicators #9 & 10 Alternate Risk Ratio = District-level risk for racial/ethnic group for disability State-level risk for comparison group for disability

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators: Effective General Supervision Part B 11.Percent of children who were evaluated within 60 days of receiving parental consent for initial evaluation or, if the State establishes a timeframe within which the evaluation must be conducted, within that timeframe. 12.Percent of children referred by Part C prior to age 3, who are found eligible for Part B, and who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthday.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 11 - Eligibility 100% of children with parental consent to evaluate are evaluated and eligibility determined within 60 days.  – 70.92% - Target Not Met  % - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator #11 Eligibility Ruling within 60 Days All students with disabilities should come through the Intervention screen Students that are believed to be LS or have an obvious disability can be referred to LSC without going through the Intervention process Adding a data field entitled Parental Consent to Evaluate – Eligibility Date must be within 60 days of that date

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 – C to B Mississippi will increase the number of eligible children transitioning from Part C to Part B, receiving services at age 3 to 100%.  % - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Data Will begin receiving data from the Department of Health on a monthly basis Districts will have access to reports in MSIS listing students that are transitioning from C to B within your district when the child is 30 months

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : Effective General Supervision Part B 13.Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-secondary goals. 14.Percent of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in secondary school and who have been competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 - Transition 100% of youth aged 16 and above will have an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post- secondary goals.  % - Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 Secondary Transition Data Any student, 16 years old and up, in the December 1 snapshot: Users enter a Y or N on the Student Update Screen for each student to indicate if they received transitional services or not during the school year Will use a percentage to decide those out of compliance

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 – Post-Secondary New SPP Indicator:  Baseline %  Increase the number of competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school by 1.0, from to 59.97%.  Increase by 1.0, from 59.97% to 60.97%.  Increase by 2.0, from 60.97% to 62.97%.  Increase by 3.0, from 62.97% to 65.97%.  Increase by 4.0, from 65.97% to 69.97%. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Office of Labor Market Information reported a 43.42% employment rate of 18 to 24 year olds in the state.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 Post-Secondary Data Must be collected each year between April and September Exiting Data is pulled from the December 1 snapshot Formula: Total Exiting as Graduates – Unknown Total Exiting as Graduates

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : Effective General Supervision Part B 15.General supervision system identifies and corrects noncompliance as soon as possible but in no case later than one year from identification. 16.Percent of signed written complaints with reports issued that were resolved within 60-day timeline or a timeline extended for exceptional circumstances with respect to a particular complaint, or because the parent and the public agency agree to extend the time to engage in mediation or other alternative means of dispute resolution, if available in the State.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 15 – General Supervision 100% of non-compliance related to monitoring priority area and indicators will be corrected within one year of identification.  2006 – % Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 16 – Complaints 100 % of parent complaints will be resolved within 60 days from receipt of written signed complaint.  – 100% - Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : Effective General Supervision Part B 17.Percent of fully adjudicated due process hearing requests that are fully adjudicated within the 45-day timeline or a timeline that is properly extended by the hearing officer at the request of either party. 18.Percent of hearing requests that went to resolution sessions that were resolved through resolution session settlement agreements.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Target 17 – Due Process 100% of due process hearings will be adjudicated within required timeline.  % - Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 18 50% of hearing requests that go to resolution sessions will be resolved through resolution agreements.  % - Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicators : Effective General Supervision Part B 19.Percent of mediations held that resulted in mediation agreements. 20.State reported data (618 and SPP and APR) are timely and accurate.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 19 - Mediation 75% of mediations held will result in mediation agreements.  % - Target Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 20 – Timely & Accurate Data 100% of statewide data will be accurately reported by established deadlines.  Target Not Met

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Changes Pulling school 500 students into the screen New fields on the screen  LSC Response  LSC Response Date  Parent Permission to Test changed to Parental Consent to Evaluate  Parental Consent to Evaluate Date Updated reports with new fields On the Compliance report, the Eligibility Date must be within 60 calendar days of the Parental Consent to Evaluate Date. This was changed from the LSC Referral Date when we added the PCE field.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Entering Data Intervention Success? NOTE: Yes – Student remains in Regular ED - user should select this choice if student’s intervention was a success and the student will remain in regular education – user will NOT enter any further data for the student on the Intervention screen Yes – Student is referred to Child Study - user should select this choice if the student’s intervention was a success but the student is still going to be referred to LSC (maybe the parent requested referral to the LSC, etc.) No - user selects this choice if the intervention was not a success, the student will now be referred to LSC (Local Survey Committee)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Data Entry Note for LS Students For LS only students, you will ONLY be able to enter data in the Referred to TST Date, TST Decision Date, and Intervention Success? Data fields. You can NOT refer the LS students to LSC (Local Survey Committee).

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC When you select for Intervention Success? either “Yes – Student is referred to Child Study” OR “No”: This will activate the LSC Referral Date data field – when you enter this date (can’t be before the TST Decision Date), you would want to notify your District SPED Office that you are referring a student to them for testing The District SPED role will then enter the next eight data elements if needed

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC Once the LSC Referral Date has been entered the following two data fields should be entered. LSC Response – users have three choices: TST - Referred Back to TST REGED - Remains in Regular Ed SPED - Referred for Comprehensive Assessment LSC Response Date – date LSC Response was entered When the user selects 'Referred Back to TST' or 'Remains in Regular Ed' for the LSC Response, data entry stops for those students (LSC Response Date is still required).

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC These three data fields (Parental Consent to Evaluate, Eligibility Decision, and Parent Permission to Serve) have a Yes or No answer in the drop down box – everyone defaults to null Parental Consent to Evaluate – user selects Yes if the parent has given permission to test, select No if the parent declines permission Parental Consent to Evaluate Date – user should enter evaluation date Eligibility Decision – user selects Yes if the student has tested eligible or No if the student did not test eligible to be served Parent Permission to Serve – user selects Yes if the parent has given permission for the student to be served or No if the parent declines permission A Yes in ALL THREE data fields is required to allow access to the next two data fields (Eligibility and IEP Dates)

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC The user enters the Eligibility Date (which can’t be before the LSC Referral Date) and IEP Date (which can’t be before the Eligibility Date) All fields have to be Y to enter these fields OR before the dates will pull from the Student Update screen

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education SPED Data Entry Note The screen will default the Parental Consent to Evaluate, Eligibility Decision, and Parent Permission to Serve to Y for LS students. These are read-only fields and can not be changed. On the compliance report, when MSIS first runs the procedure, the Eligibility and IEP dates will have an N if there were no dates to pull from the Student Update screen (some have not rolled their data at this point and others have rolled but have not entered data). Once you update the Student Update screen, the dates will pull into the Intervention screen.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Select Students Tab: Referral Students For Referral Students (students that the users will pull into the screen IF Tier I and II were unsuccessful): Select the radio button next to Referral Students This clears the screen and will put you in Query Mode Enter the MSIS ID for the student that you want to refer to Intervention or Child Study Click the query button (flashlight) so that MSIS will find the student and pull them into the screen

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Referral Students Data field Type of Referral will become active for the Referral Students only User may select “Intervention” OR “Child Study” If user selects Intervention, the next three data elements become active to allow data entry by regular ed All first time students ruled eligible should come through this screen, including school 500 students

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Referral Students If Child Study is selected, LSC Referral Date becomes active to allow data entry Note: ALL Intervention data element fields are made inactive – the user can NOT enter any Intervention Data if Child Study is selected as the referral User follows same rules as before entering the remaining data elements

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Referral Students Once data is entered for a Referral student on the Intervention tab, the Referral student will now show up when the Intervention radio button is selected Users will not be able to query for the student by selecting the Referral radio button MSIS will place a check under the appropriate referral column to indicate the selection that was made previously as to why the student was referred once data has been entered on the Intervention tab

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Reports MSIS will provide two reports that are generated from data entered on the Intervention Screen: Student Intervention Report – alpha roster per school of what is seen on the screen Student Intervention Compliance Report – alpha roster per school that lists Y and N for compliance for specific data elements In MSIS, Go to Reports- >Student Data - >Intervention…

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Student Intervention Report REPORT DATA ELEMENTS: Name (Last Name, First Name, MI) MSIS Student ID Inv # 1, Inv #2, Inv #3, Inv #4 – an “X” will appear in the column to reflect the criteria the student met Type of Ref. – “Inv” will represent Intervention and “CS” will represent Child Study Prev Referred Date – dates are populated ONLY if the student has appeared on the Intervention screen previously Inv Create Date – the date the procedure was run to populate the screen # of Suspen Days – number of days reported to MSIS for suspension for the current school year L/S Ind - displays a Y or N to indicate if the student has a primary disability of L/S Referral to TST – the date you referred the student to TST – limited to dates within the current school year TST Decision Date –the date the TST made a decision on the success of the Intervention – can’t be before the Referral to TST Date Inv Success – MSIS will populate a Y = user selects Yes – Successful, student remains in Regular ED C = user selects Yes – Successful, student is referred to Child Study N = user selects No, Not successful

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Student Intervention Report REPORT DATA ELEMENTS (Continued): LSC Referral Date - can’t be before the TST Decision Date LSC Response – MSIS will populate a TST – Referred back to TST REGED – Remains in Regular Ed SPED – Referred to Comprehensive Assessment LSC Response Date – the date LSC Response was entered PCE - Parent Consent To Evaluate defaults to Null and must be set to Y or N by user PCE Date – the evaluation date Elig. Dec. – Eligibility Decision defaults to Null and must be set to Y or N by user PPS – Parent Permission to Serve defaults to Null and must be set to Y or N by user Eligibility Date and IEP Date will print on a second line if the dates have been entered for the student

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Student Intervention Compliance Report REPORT DATA ELEMENTS: Name (Last Name, First Name, MI) MSIS Student ID Inv # 1, Inv #2, Inv #3, Inv #4 – an “X” will appear in the column to reflect the criteria the student met Type of Referral – “Inv” will represent Intervention and “CS” will represent Child Find Referral to TST – must be within 20 school days of Referred to Intervention date TST Decision Date – must be within 18 weeks of the Referral to TST date – MSIS will use school days to calculate Intervention Success Y – Intervention Success was entered N – No Intervention Success was entered Eligibility Date – must be within 60 calendar days of the Parental Consent to Evaluate Date IEP Date – must be within 30 calendar days of Eligibility Date L/S Student – Y or N NOTE: A “Y” will appear under each of the above headings if the dates are in compliance. An “N” will appear under each of the above headings if the dates are NOT in compliance. For Inv Success, a Y indicates a selection was made and an N indicates that no selection was made.

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Data Cleanup LSC Response LSC Response Date and PCE Date will be filled with LSC Referral Date if Eligibility = Y

July 2008 Copyright © 2008 Mississippi Department of Education Ellen Davis Burnham Jolene Miesse