National
Accountability Conference 2006
This page contains presentations and handouts for the National
Accountability Conference 2006
2006
National Accountability Conference
The Westin Tabor
Center
Denver, Colorado
September 18-19, 2006
Agenda
Sunday, September 17
3:00 p.m. - Registration [Continental Foyer]
5:30 p.m.
Monday, September 18
7:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast [Continental Foyer]
8:30 a.m. Opening Session [Continental ABC]
OSEP Plenary
Everything You Wanted to Know About APRs but
Didn’t Have Time to Ask
Ruth Ryder, Director, OSEP
Division of Monitoring & State Improvement Planning
9:45 a.m. Break (Please vacate the ballroom during the break.)
10:05 a.m. State Plenary [Continental ABC]
Accurate Data: Verifying
the Accuracy of State Submitted Data (Parts B/C)
Jane Nell Luster,
Data Director, NCSEAM; Bonnie Grifa, Monitoring Consultant, Infant &
Toddler Connection of VA; Mary Anne White, Monitoring Consultant,
Infant & Toddler Connection of VA; Patti Fougere, Coordinator of EI
Field Services; Ron Benham, Director, Early Intervention Program, MA
Bureau of Family and Community Health; Chris Thacker, Systems
Consultant IT, KY Department of Education; Jodi Fleck, Special
Education Services Consultant, IL State Board of Education; Nancy Fuhrman,
Special Education Data Coordinator, WI Department of Public Instruction
This session is designed to provide states
with principles and methods for verifying the accuracy of data submitted to
the lead agency by local programs. Five states will discuss their stage of
development and implementation of data verification procedures for Part B
and Part C data elements.
11:45 a.m. Break (Please vacate the ballroom during the break.)
12:10 p.m. Lunch [Continental ABC]
Watchwords
for IDEA 2004: Accountability, Flexibility & Responsibility
Alexa Posny, Director, Office of Special
Education Programs
2:00 p.m. Break (Please vacate the ballroom during the break.)
2:30 p.m.
Combined Part C and B Team-Led Breakout Sessions
OSEP Associate Division Directors:
Gregg Corr [Continental A]:
AR, BIA, DC, IA, KY, NM, ND, OR, PA,
PR, RI, SD, TX, VT, WV
Lois Taylor [Continental B]:
AK, DE, FL, ID, KS, MD, NE, NV, NH, NJ,
NY, OK, UT, VI, WY
Judy Gregorian [Continental C]:
AS, AZ,
CO, CT, CNMI, FSM, GU, HI, RMI, MA, MI, MT, OH, ROP,
TN, WA
Larry Ringer [Tabor Auditorium]:
AL, CA, GA,
IL, IN, LA, ME, MN, MS, MO, NC, SC, VA, WI
In this session, OSEP
team leaders will review APR requirements for "cross-over" indicators --
General Supervision System, State Reported Data and Early Childhood
Transition. The sessions will discuss required APR content, guidelines,
suggestions and resources. The discussion will also highlight common
problems with States' SPPs.
4:00 p.m. Break (Please vacate the ballroom during the break.)
4:20 p.m. OSEP Plenary Breakout Sessions
1.
Part B
Assessment Indicator 3 – Getting to a National Summary!
[Continental AB]
Martha Thurlow, Director, National Center for Educational Outcomes (NCEO); Cynthia
Bryant, Education Program Specialist, OSEP
NCEO has analyzed state assessment data
since the 2000-2001 annual performance reports. In this session, highlights
from the 2004-05 AYP, participation, and performance data are summarized
with specific suggestions for how state data can be improved to contribute
to a meaningful national summary for longitudinal results and to which state
results can be compared. There will be time for questions and discussion
related to data, targets, and improvement strategies.
2.
Part C State Performance Plan
Indicators 1, 3, 7 and 8
[Continental C]
Julia Martin,
Education Program Specialist, OSEP;
Kala Surprenant,
Attorney, Office of General Counsel
In this session, staff from OSEP and the
Office of General Counsel will review the Part C FAQs and provide
clarification and technical assistance regarding the following Indicators:
Timely Provision of Services (Indicator 1); Early Childhood Outcomes
(Indicator 3); 45-day Timeline (Indicator 7); and Early Childhood Transition
(Indicator 8).
5:50 p.m. Break
6:00 - Marketplace [Continental Foyer]
8:00 p.m.
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet your
colleagues and share promising practices. Several states have
demonstrations and handouts and vendors will be displaying their wares.
Hors d’oeurves and cash bar will be available.
Ø
Arizona will be demonstrating
their web-based monitoring system that is customized for each LEA based on
SPP/APR indicators. (Lynn Busenbark)
Ø
Connecticut will share how
they utilize an on-line biennial performance report and other monitoring
approaches. (Linda Goodman)
Ø
Consider how your state can
coordinate Indicators 1, 2, 13 and 14. (Loujeania Bost, Deanne Unruh, and
David Test)
Ø
Online monitoring and
compliance applications. (Bruce Bull)
Ø
National State Policy Database
and explore opportunities with TA Communities. (Cynthia Glimpse)
Ø
National Secondary Transition
TA Center’s resources available to states. (Catherine Fowler)
Ø
Research based assessment and
curriculum for ages birth to 5. (Dana Schmidek)
Ø
Wisconsin will share
information on data collection and reporting of post high school outcomes
for Indicator 14. (Anita Castro)
Tuesday, September 19
Early Bird Sessions:
Continental breakfast will be available at 7:00 a.m. Get yourself carbed
and caffeinated and join one of these Early Bird sessions!
7:15 a.m. Data COP [Lawrence A]
Jane Nell Luster,
Data Director, National Center for Special Education Accountability
Monitoring
This session will consider how the Data
Community of Practice can support states through the web portal. Special
attention will be on information/links that would be helpful to states in
reporting progress/slippage on goals/targets, identifying baseline and
targets for new indicators, and reporting data to various audiences.
7:15 a.m. APR, LRE and the Community of Practice [Lawrence B]
Vicki Hornus,
Community Co-Facilitator and Senior Program Associate, Northeast Regional
Resource Center; Diana Autin, Community Co-Facilitator and
Co-Director, Region 1 Parent Technical Assistance Center; Jane Sullivan,
Community Advisory Committee and OSEP Liaison, PA Department of
Education; Anne Smith, Education Research Analyst, OSEP
What would be helpful to States in
addressing placement and disproportionality in the APR? What strategies and
resources can States share with each other? How can the LRE-Part B
Community help?
7:15 a.m.
Orientation & Support Resources for New State Part C
Coordinators [Molly Tabor]
Julie Curry,
Director at Large, Infant & Toddler Coordinators Association; and TA&D
provider friends
Are you a new Part C Coordinator in the last year
or so? A special session designed for New Part C Coordinators will be held
to help you get to know the resources and people of organizations that
provide support to state Part C systems. Coordinators will receive
information about the resources and supports from ITCA, NECTAC, OSEP, RRCs
NCSEAM, and ECO and there will be time for questions and conversation. More
experienced Part C Coordinators are also encouraged to attend to meet and
support the new Coordinators. Co-sponsored by the Infant-Toddler
Coordinators Association, NECTAC and Regional Resource Centers. Get your
breakfast from the conference and come on in!
8:30 a.m. OSEP
Plenary on Expectations of States’ Monitoring System, Especially Correction
[Continental ABC]
General Supervision
Revisited
Lois Taylor,
OSEP Associate Division Director
9:15 a.m. Break (Please vacate the ballroom during the break.)
9:45 a.m. State Breakout Sessions
1.
Systems Performance Review &
Improvement: Connecting Compliance and Outcomes (Parts B/C)
[Continental C]
Tricia Clair,
Statewide Monitoring System Coordinator, OR Department of Education;
Nancy Johnson-Dorn, EI/ECSE Lead Specialist, OR Department of Education
Oregon's annual performance monitoring
system involves LEA/programs, (B-21), statewide using an interactive
database to annually collect data, review analyses, guide improvement, and
document compliance to inform general supervision requirements and SPP/APR
Part B/C indicators. This comprehensive system aligns SEA focus to statewide
need, maximizing efficiency of staff time and resources.
2.
Effective Public Reporting and
Decision-Making (Parts B/C)
[Molly Tabor]
Michael Sharpe,
Director, NCRRC; Tri Tran, Technology Specialist, NCRRC; Jane Nell
Luster, Data Director, NCSEAM; Cedric Harrison, Data Manager, SC
Department of Education; Alicia Limke, Associate Director-Child
Count, Data and Finance, OK Department of Education; Diane Murphy,
Education Consultant, CT State Department of Education; Wanda Trahan,
Education Research Analyst, LA Department of Education
This session is designed to provide states
with a variety of examples and considerations for reporting district data to
the public. States discuss the development, design and decision process
used to produce public reports. District performance reports with graphic
representations such as dashboards, pressure gauges and thermometers will be
presented.
3.
Designing a Small State
Accountability System: Balancing Indicators and Student Outcomes (Part B)
[Tabor Auditorium]
Peg Brown-Clark,
State Special Education Director, WY Department of Education; Stephanie
Weaver, Data, Finance & IDEA Compliance Supervisor, WY Department of
Education; Lisa Appelhans, Special Programs Supervisor, WY Department
of Education
This presentation will walk participants
through the process developed to improve Wyoming's current monitoring system
using a data based, problem-solving approach which includes every indicator
in the State Performance Plan. Wyoming's system displays how a small state
with limited resources and capacities can balance general supervision.
4.
Using Data to Develop
Protocols and Formulate Hypotheses for Focused Monitoring (Part C)
[Continental A]
Jennie Couture,
GA Department of Human Resources Division of Public Health
Presentation of
stakeholder processes used by Georgia's Part C system to analyze available
data from SPP and other sources to identify focused monitoring priorities,
develop protocols and formulate hypotheses for focused monitoring.
Participants will review actual data and have an opportunity to formulate
additional hypotheses based upon available data.
5.
Does Focused Monitoring
Improve Student Outcomes? Yes It Does! (Part B)
[Continental B]
Sandy Schmitz,
Director of Technical Assistance, National Center for Special Education
Accountability Monitoring; Daniel Johnson, Coordinator, NY Department
of Education; Deb Richards, Coordinator, CT Department of Education;
Phil Fraley, Coordinator, OH Department of Education
The states of Connecticut, Ohio, and New
York have designed focused monitoring models proven to be effective in
making gains towards meeting State Performance Plan targets. Speakers from
all three states will present state and local district data demonstrating
improved student outcomes as a result of focused monitoring activities.
11:15 Break
11:30 Regional Lunches
12:45
Break (Please vacate the rooms during the break so that they
may be cleaned.)
1:00 State Breakout Sessions
6.
What is Needed to Develop
Accountability Data Systems that Measure Results? (Parts B/C)
[Continental C]
Bruce Bull,
Co-Director, Education Data Services and Information Systems; Jane Nell
Luster, Data Director, NCSEAM; Jamie Kilpatrick, Director Early
Childhood Programs, TN Department of Education, Division of Special
Education; Patricia Hozella, Division Chief, PA Compliance,
Monitoring & Planning – West, PA Department of Education
This session will highlight the steps and
challenges when creating a state-wide comprehensive accountability system
for improving special education. States in varying stages of developing
accountability systems will show their systems, share perspectives and
discuss the interaction of accountability on data collection and data
collection on accountability. Draft recommendations will be provided.
7.
Power of Parents as FM Team
Members (Parts B/C) [Molly
Tabor]
Sharon Walsh,
Coordinator of Part C Technical Assistance, NCSEAM; Deb Kunz, IL; Mary
Eaddy, SC; Amanda Tower, NM; Caroline Smit, CT
Parents have been proven to be effective and
powerful focused monitoring team members. Parents from four states will
participate on a panel to share their experiences as Part B and Part C
focused monitoring team members.
8.
Incarcerated & Committed
Youth: Accountability and Monitoring Considerations (Part B)
[Tabor Auditorium]
Senior Consultants Maureen Wirth,
Sarah Cannon, and Barb Taylor, CO Department of Education
The practical and logistical challenges
faced when monitoring special education compliance in these unique settings
can be daunting. This session will include an overview of Colorado's
monitoring history, and then will focus on how Colorado implements its CIMP
in the juvenile justice system, the adult correction system and the state
psychiatric hospitals.
9.
Aligning General Supervision
Child/Family Outcomes Measurement and Data Systems with SPP/APR (Part C)
[Continental A]
Mary Jones,
Program Manager, ID Children’s Developmental Services; Charles Peterson,
Senior Research Analyst, ID State Department of Health and Welfare; James
Leinen, Educational Consultant, Western Regional Resource Center;
Carolee Eslinger, Program Specialist, ID Department of Health and
Welfare
Many states are challenged with designing
general supervision systems that collect sufficient data to ensure
compliance, performance, and results for children and families yet does not
stress systems resources. This session focuses on how one state aligned
their program monitoring indicators, outcome measurement, and data system
with the SPP/APR.
10.
State Support of the
Corrective Action Plan: Critical to Improved Student Outcomes (Part B)
[Continental B]
Sandy Schmitz,
Director of Technical Assistance, National Center for Special Education
Accountability Monitoring; Ginny O’Connell, Program Manager, GA
Department of Education; Kathy Barker, Coordinator, MI Department of
Education; Caroline Coston, MI Contractor for Technical Support, OH
State University; Shauwsan Daniels, Special Education Director,
Pelham City Schools; Don Brightman, Ph.D., Direction of Special
Education, Grand Rapids Public Schools
Representatives from Georgia and Michigan
will present strategies including internal Department of Education
capacity-building designed to provide the support districts need to ensure
success in correcting noncompliance and in demonstrating improvement in the
priority area. District representatives from both states will share their
experiences from a district perspective.
2:30 Break
2:45 State Breakout Sessions
11.
Collaboration Between Special
Education & General Education to Ensure Accountability in Special Education
(Part B) [Continental C]
Michael Crowley,
Administrator Monitoring/Program Effectiveness, AR Department of Education
Special Education Unit; Beverly Smart, Consultant, AR Department of
Education Special Education Unit; Lynn Springfield, Ed.D.,
Consultant, AR Department of Education Special Education Unit
This session will describe how the Arkansas
Department Education data system is used by the special education unit to
monitor and provide technical assistance to school districts in
collaboration with the state school improvement process in the special
education trigger areas of graduation, dropout rate, suspension/expulsion,
LRE, and disproportionality.
12.
Natural Disasters: Dealing
with the Unexpected (Parts B/C) [Tabor
Auditorium]
Darla Griffin,
Program Specialist/Consultant, SERRC; Susan Batson, Assistant
Director of Educational Improvement & Assistance Division, LA Department of
Education; Melody Bounds, Director, Office of Special Education, MS
Department of Education; Kathy Clayton, Senior Director of IDEA
Coordination, TX Education Agency; Mabrey Whetstone, State Director
of Special Education, AL Department of Education
This panel session will provide information
from Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas about the unexpected and
widespread impact of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The challenges for
general supervision systems and accountability have been unique. Lessons
learned and shared insights will be discussed by state leaders from the
affected states.
13.
The NCSEAM Parent Survey:
Interpreting Results & Setting Meaningful Performance Targets (Parts B/C)
[Molly Tabor]
Batya Elbaum,
Associate Professor, University of Miami; William P. Fisher, Jr.,
Senior Research Scientist, Avatar, International, Inc.; Alan Coulter,
Director, NCSEAM
Using actual state data from the NCSEAM
Parent Survey, this session will provide guidance on three topics related to
the upcoming APR: interpreting measures and percentages addressing the Part
B/619 and Part C parent/family indicators; interpreting variability across
LEAs/Part C programs within a state; and setting meaningful performance
targets.
14.
Improving Student Outcomes
through Customized, Web-based Monitoring Approach (Part B)
[Continental A]
Lynn Busenbark,
Director of Program Support, AZ Department of Education; Diane Mignella,
AZ Department of Education
This presentation features an innovative
approach to Part B monitoring through a web-based system that combines the
use of technology and LEA results on SPP/APR indicators. The outcome is an
efficient, accurate general supervision component that is designed to drive
statewide improvement on selected SPP performance indicators.
15.
Utilizing Local
Self-Assessment to Enhance State General Supervision Systems (Part B)
[Continental B]
Sandy Schmitz,
Director of Technical Assistance, NCSEAM; Kathy Barker, Coordinator,
MI Department of Education; Chris Drouin, Coordinator, CA Department
of Education; Christine Clinton-Cali, Consultant, MI Department of
Education; Stan Harkness, Administrator of Focused Monitoring and
Technical Assistance Unit, CA Department of Education; Bob Farran,
Director, Southwest Special Education Local Plan Area;
Steve Ward,
General Elementary School Teacher, Manistee Public Schools
The states of Michigan and California will
share a component of their general supervision system involving a local
district self assessment. Speakers will include representatives from the
State Department of Education as well as local district personnel offering a
local perspective.
4:15 Break
4:30 OSEP Plenary [Continental ABC]
States’ Reporting to the Public of Local
Performance Data
Marsha Brauen,
Vice President, Westat; Jane Nell Luster, Data Director, NCSEAM
This session is designed to provide states
with guidance on reporting local SPP/APR data to the public. The presenters
will discuss minimum requirements, suggest possible enhancements, and
explore challenges. Examples of reporting formats will be used to illustrate
the minimum requirements and possible enhancements.
5:00 Adjourn
5:15 - Post Conference Session
6:45
What do the Data Mean? Evaluating IDEA
Monitoring and Improvement Practices
[Lawrence A/B]
Marsha Brauen,
Vice President, Westat; Tom Fiore, Senior Study Director, Westat
For IES, Westat completed a survey of Part B
and C agencies in the 50 states and DC. This interactive hearing will give
participants the opportunity to react to data patterns and interpretations
of the findings from 2004-05. Do the findings ring true? Why or why not?
What matters most?
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