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Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit

Part B State Performance Plan

(a) If the number of dropouts for grade seven was 0 and the October 1 enrollment was 51, the 7th grade

dropout rate is 0/51 = .00 or 0.00%.

(b) If the number of dropouts for grade eight was 3 and the October 1 enrollment was 63, the 8th grade

dropout rate is 3/63 = .0476 or 4.76%.

dropout rate is 1/56 = .0179 or 1.79%.

(d) If the number of dropouts for grade 10 was 2 and the October 1 enrollment was 60, the 10th grade

dropout rate is 2/60 = .0333 or 3.33%.

(e) If the number of dropouts for grade 11 was 4 and the October 1 enrollment was 54, the 11th grade

dropout rate is 4/54 = .0741 or 7.41%.

(f) If the number of dropouts for grade 12 was 3 and the October 1 enrollment was 57, the 12th grade

dropout rate is 3/57 = .0526 or 5.26%.

Overall the rate would be 10/284 = .0352 or 3.52%

Baseline Data for FFY 2004

In 2005, an average of 3.32% of students with IEPs age 14-21 dropped out of high school as compared to

4.59% of all students grade 9-12 resulting in a mean difference of –1.27 percentage points

(3.32% - 4.59%). The analysis further revealed that the special education dropout rate is 27.67% lower than

the dropout rate for all students. Additionally, 9 districts (3.5%) triggered on the dropout monitoring priority

indicator; thus, identifying them for possible monitoring during the 2005-06 school year.

Discussion of Baseline Data

FFY 2004

Measurable and Rigorous Target

In 2004, the Arkansas General Assembly passed a new dropout formula to insure that students

moving from one district to another would not be inadvertently counted as a dropout. This

change in tracking and reporting procedures continues to show the historical lower special

education dropout rate when compared to all students in grades 9-12.

Using a moving average based on the past four years (2002 - 2005) of data, Arkansas

FFY 2005

anticipates the percentage of youth with IEPs dropping out of school to decline from 3.32 to

2.70%.

In 2007, Arkansas anticipates the percentage of youth with IEPs dropping out of school to

FFY 2006

slightly increase from 2.70 to 2.83%.

In 2008, Arkansas anticipates the percentage of youth with IEPs dropping out of school to

FFY 2007

slightly increase from 2.83 to 2.87%.

The target for the percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high school is 4.28%.

FFY 2008

FFY 2008 reporting represents a new baseline for the indicator due to the changes in the

measurement requiring the use of ESEA reported data. For 2008-09 the alignment matches the

requirements of the Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR). The CSPR uses the

Common Core of Data (CCD) required dropout data for students in grades 7-12, which reports

one year in arrears. The reporting requirements differ from previous IDEA reporting, which

included the most current school year and students ages 14-21, which equated to grades 9-12.

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