1. Welcome! Title III, Part A Meeting
Texas Education Agency Division of NCLB Program Coordination TEA/ESC NCLB Coordinated Meeting Austin Marriott Hotel December 8, 2005

2. Today’s Agenda Introductory Remarks
Bilingual/ESL Update – Georgina Gonzalez
Student Assessment Update – Laura Ayala
AMAOs, Future Targets and Accountability
Title III State Directors Meeting Debriefing
Q&A/Closing/Evaluations
Introductory Remarks:
701 contract and performance reports – overview and feedback
Compliance Reports – how was the overview yesterday? Any questions or discussion? There was a typo in the new data item which will be corrected – students assessed for LEP
ICRs – Please provide input and feedback on these soon

3. 2004-05 AMAOs Targets PBMAS Reports Notification Process
Supporting Materials
What was your impression of how LEAs reacted to the Title III requirements this year?
Were the targets reasonable?
Was the notification process adequate? What did districts need more of?
Were the supporting materials enough? Are there other materials we should develop?

4. 2005-06 AMAOs Targets Notification Process Consequences/Interventions
Year 2 LEAs
Year 1 LEAs
Consequences/Interventions
We need to discuss the new targets for 05-06, the notification process for those LEAs that have not met AMAOs for 2 consecutive years, as well as those LEAs who are missed AMAOs for the first time. And then we need to discuss how consequences or interventions will be implemented for those LEAs.

5. 2005-06 AMAO Targets Kindergarten – Grade 2 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08
Progress
15.0%
17.0%
19.0%
Attainment
2.0%
2.5%
3.0%
Grades 3–12
42.0%
44.0%
46.0%
Attainment M-1
25.5%
26.0%
26.5%
Attainment M-2
These targets were submitted to OELA in February 2005 and December 1, 2005 as part of the Attachment T response required in order to receive Title III funds.

6. 2005-06 AMAO Notification Timeline Reports Letters
Supporting Materials
We need to discuss the new targets for 05-06, the notification process for those LEAs that have not met AMAOs for 2 consecutive years, as well as those LEAs who are missed AMAOs for the first time. And then we need to discuss how consequences or interventions will be implemented for those LEAs.

7. 2005-06 AMAO Consequences/Interventions
Year 2 LEAs
Parental Notification
LEA Plan
TEA Technical Assistance
Year 1 LEAs

8. Title III State Directors Meeting

9. Orientation for New Title III Directors
Native American Grant (competitive)
National Professional Development Grant in 2007
SEA Funding based on American Communities Survey
Funding to the state is not based on LEP counts from PEIMS

10. Orientation for New Title III Directors
Both instructional and professional development activities required
Immigrant funds – more flexible than LEP funds
Monitoring visits in other states have found that some districts are not implementing both instructional and professional development activities, as required by law.

11. Orientation for New Title III Directors
Teacher quality and highly qualified requirements
Anticipated shortage of teachers
Bilingual/ESL teachers available
Monitoring visits are also focusing on teacher quality, teacher English fluency, and highly qualified requirements under Title I.
HQ Teachers compliance report yesterday had new questions that are related to Title III. OELA wants to know what we anticipate the shortage of teachers to be and the number of bilingual and ESL teachers in the classrooms in Texas

12. Orientation for New Title III Directors
Title I and Title III working together
Integrated systems of standards and assessment
Great emphasis by USDE that Title I and Title III work together in standards, assessment and programmatic activities. They will look to see that we are doing that.

13. Orientation for New Title III Directors
3 Standards
English Language Proficiency
Academic Content Standards
Student Academic Achievement Standards
ELP for LEP students
Other standards for all students
In Texas, we have all of these in place but some states do not

14. Orientation for New Title III Directors
2 Sets of Objectives
English Language Proficiency AMAOs for LEP students
Academic Achievement Objectives for all students
In Texas, we have all of these in place but some states do not
Overall goals of integrated systems of assessment and standards: increase ELP and Academic achievement

15. Orientation for New Title III Directors
Reporting Requirements
Consolidated Performance Report
Biennial Report
This is not new to us and the data request has not changed for this year. We will use what we collect on the compliance reports and PEIMS to submit this information.

16. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
English Language Proficiency Standards: Development and Alignment
ELP Assessment: New and Old Assessments and Technical Issues
A panel from other states discussed how to develop and align ELP standards and assessments
Big emphasis on this with the peer review process with Title I; the title III peer review process will begin sometime soon to examine our assessments
In Texas, we have alignment of standards and are working on the last piece of this. Our ELP assessments – TELPAS – are in the early stages but progressing nicely. We don’t need to worry about the new/old issue for the assessments since we did not implement the AMAOs until our assessment was in place.

17. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
AMAOs and Accountability
How California set its standards
Keynote from Henry Johnson, OESE
Emphasis on coordination/collaboration

18. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
Consortia Requirements (SSAs)
States determine best way to implement to meet requirements
OELA considers the SSA to be the LEA – Fiscal Agent must ensure that requirements are met by members
Confusion among states remains

19. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
Consolidated State Performance Report and Biennial Report
Revising report/redefining data items
Will hold meetings with states for feedback on changes
Texas meeting in Feb 2006

20. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
Private Non-Profit School Participation
Need to know about Title III
Consultation not occurring enough
Meaning of “equitable participation”

21. Title III State Directors’ Meeting
Major Issues Addressed:
Draft Non-Regulatory Guidance
Not yet available
No new information
Another state directors meeting in May 2006
Some states wanted to press OELA to provide more detailed guidance on some of the outstanding issues; Texas did not advocate either way. Since our state is so far ahead in implementation, we do not have the same issues as other states.

22. Thanks! Closing Q&A Evaluations Christina J. Villarreal
Division of NCLB Program Coordination
Texas Education Agency