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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

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

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software.

The SEU M/PE Section will incorporate the protocol for identifying inappropriate policy,

FFY 2008

procedures, and practices into the Monitoring Procedural Handbook.

The SEU M/PE Section continues to use a district disproportionality self-assessment in the monitoring

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

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

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

The IDEA Data & Research Office will work with the Associate Director of Special Education and the

educational consultant reviewing the self-assessments to update the disproportionality self-assessment to

insure all necessary components are included in the document.

Dr. Jody Fields, Director Arkansas IDEA Data and Research will present “The Ins and Outs of

Disproportionality: Understanding the Federal Requirements,” March 2, 2009. The workshop will explain

the difference between disproportionality in the Annual Performance Report and Coordinated Early

Intervening Services

The Arkansas Local Education Agency Resource Network (AR-LEARN) will continue to expand its

assistance to LEAs in meeting the challenges of providing quality special education services to address the

needs of students.

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

FFY 2009

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 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 review district policy, procedures, and practices that may lead

to inappropriate identification.

The IDEA Data & Research Office will work with the Associate Director of Special Education to revise the

disproportionality calculations by reviewing multiple methodologies before making the determination to

maintain the existing methodology and adding some additional criteria such as a child count “N” size of 40.

The IDEA Data & Research Office will work with the Associate Director of Special Education and the

educational consultant reviewing the self-assessments to update the disproportionality self-assessment to

insure all necessary components are included in the document.

Improvement activities to be undertaken in 2010-11 for this indicator will include:

FFY 2010

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

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

disproportionality.

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