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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 140

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

In addition, the IDEA Data & Research Office will conduct a study to determine if school choice, residential

treatment facilities, and students who transfer into a district have a direct effect on how the State determines

disproportionate representation.

At the direction of the ADE-SEU, the Arkansas IDEA Data & Research Office will issue an RFP for the

development of the Automated Monitoring Interface ( AMI

) Software. This software will interact with the

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Computer Automation Systems, Inc. program Special Education Automated System, SEAS™, an electronic

IEP program used by school districts in the State. The AMI

software will allow remote electronic

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compliance monitoring of IEPs.

The ADE-SEU will expand the Focused Monitoring Profiles to include weighted risk ratios for the black,

white, and Hispanic racial/ethnic groups.

The Arkansas IDEA Data & Research Office will conduct an analysis of weighted risk ratios for all

racial/ethnic groups by disability and present a report to the M/PE Section for monitoring considerations.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will incorporate the protocol for identifying inappropriate

FFY 2006

policies, procedures, and practices into the Monitoring Procedural Handbook.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will incorporate a district disproportionality self-assessment in the monitoring

process for the identification of inappropriate policy, procedures, and practices leading to disproportionality.

The Arkansas IDEA Data & Research Office will oversee the final implementation of the AMI

software.

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The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will test the use of the AMI

software as a means to conduct desk audits of

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IEPs in the review of district policy, procedures, and practices that may lead to inappropriate identification.

The ADE-SEU will continue to monitor districts for disproportionate representation using data reviews and

analysis including child count and the monitoring priority indicators on the Focused Monitoring Profiles.

The IDEA Data & Research Office in conjunction with the M/PE Section will revise the disproportionality

methodology for the identification of disproportionate representation by racial/ethnic groups in a disability

category.

The ADE-SEU will continue to monitor districts for disproportionate representation using

FFY 2007

data reviews and analysis including child count and the monitoring priority indicators on the Monitoring

Profiles.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will continue to review district policies, procedures, and practices that may

lead to inappropriate identification.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will continue to use the district disproportionality self-assessment in the

monitoring process for the identification of inappropriate policy, procedures, and practices leading to

disproportionality.

The ADE-SEU M/PE Section will continue to use the AMI

software as a means to conduct desk audits of

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IEPs in the review of district policy, procedures, and practices that may lead to inappropriate identification.

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