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State Performance Plan 2005-2012 - Part B - Arkansas Department Of Education Page 147

Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

• Further, failure of a LEA to submit referral data, without prior notification that they had zero

referrals for the year, results in an automatic 0% LEA rate for the related indicator(s) and any data

missing which prohibits the calculation of a record (i.e. a missing date) are considered a missed

timeline since verification of timeliness cannot be made. This results in the elevation of the record

being “flagged” for noncompliance.

4. Verification of Services and Correction

• The referral tracking data captures eligibility determination date, placement to special education

(y/n) and parent consent to place date, thus allowing verification of the whole process. If these data

elements are missing, the IDEA Data & Research Office staff reviews the APSCN special education

modules and/or the MySped Resource DDS Application to verify that students who had their

evaluation timelines exceed 60 day were evaluated, had eligibility determined, and had an IEP

developed when found to be eligible.

• Verification of correction of noncompliance is further conducted by reviewing the referral tracking

data for the current school year. Referrals already entered into the student management system are

reviewed to determine if the LEA is currently in compliance. If correction of noncompliance cannot

be verified the records are elevated from a “flag” to a “red flag”.

Baseline Data for FFY 2005

Measurement:

a. Number of children for whom parental consent to evaluate was received: 11,158

b. Number determined not eligible whose evaluations were completed within 60 days (or State

established timeline): 2,438

c. Number determined eligible whose evaluations were completed within 60 days (or State established

timeline): 7,817

Account for children included in a , but not included in b or c . Indicate the range of days beyond the timeline

when eligibility was determined and any reasons for the delays.

Percent = ( b + c ) divided by a times 100 ((7817+2438)/11,158)*100) = 91.91%

Discussion of Baseline Data

Report

Measurable and Rigorous Target

Year

Not applicable

FFY 2004

In 2005-06, 11,158 children with parent consent to evaluate were evaluated. The number of

FFY 2005

children evaluated within the State’s 60-day timeline was 10,255 or 91.91%, of which 2,438

or 23.77% were determined not eligible while 7,817 or 76.23% were determined eligible. The

evaluations of the remaining 903 students exceeded the 60-day timeframe with 650

determined eligible and 253 found not eligible.

The number of days beyond the 60-day timeline ranged from 1 to 219. Reasons for exceeding

the 60-day timeline are unclear, as this was not part of the initial data collection. However,

Arkansas did collect reasons for the delay in eligibility determination, reflecting the previous

version of the indicator, which included child or family illness, child unavailable, student

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