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277 Arkansas Department of Education Special Education Unit
Part B State Performance Plan
Statewide Video Broadcast: A three-hour statewide video will be broadcast in September 2008
FFY 2008
to provide specific information on assessment processes for both the benchmark and the alternate portfolio.
This will be broadcast to all of the regional Educational Service Cooperatives and other agencies equipped
to receive the signal from the ADE studio. This training will be presented by Charlotte Marvel of the
Assessment and Curriculum Unit and Tom Hicks of the Special Education Unit. Interactive time will be
allowed for questions at the conclusion of the session. Additionally, regional assessment trainings will be
held in the spring of 2009 by the ADE Assessment Unit at the following locations: Fort Smith, Mountain
Home, Jonesboro, Forrest City, Monticello, Hope and Little Rock.
Standards Based IEPs: The SEU will sponsor a two-day seminar for LEAs and other interested professionals
in the spring of 2009 on Standards Based IEPs. Marla Holbrook from the Alabama Department of Education
along with colleagues from the University of North Carolina and the Department of Education of South
Carolina will present trainer of trainer information to prepare the LEAs for the new Standards Based IEP
initiative of the ADE-SEU. This initiative will be rolled out during the spring of 2010 and implemented
beginning the fall of 2011.
The use of Standards Based IEPs will require all student IEPs to be tied directly to the content standards
which are the base for the benchmark exam. By linking the IEPs and related instruction directly to the
standards, student performance will improve.
ADE Initiatives: The Arkansas SPDG maintains a collaborative relationship with the broader ADE, and the
SPDG staff is centrally involved in numerous ADE initiatives. The Closing the Achievement Gap (CTAG)
initiative, Arkansas’ Response to Intervention (RTI) model, involves a partnership crossing all units of the
ADE. CTAG is broadly formulated on an infrastructure aligned with a problem solving, decision-making
model and Response to Intervention design. Initiated in 2006-2007, the continuing focus is on systemic
reform, and ensuring that districts are receiving the services and supports necessary (including positive
behavioral supports) to identify and close the achievement gaps among diverse student populations.
Arkansas SPDG personnel are also centrally involved on the ADE Leadership Team for the Differentiated
Accountability Pilot for School Improvement. Beginning in 2009-2010, SPDG staff will participate on the
Smart Accountability Support Teams for schools not meeting AYP through Arkansas’ Smart Accountability
framework. The SPDG-supported products and practices, such as the Literacy Matrix, RIDE Reading
Intervention Bank, and PBSS will be used as part of the support system for these schools. Schools in Years
3-6 of School Improvement will be encouraged to use SIM Content Enhancement Routines as a core
academic intervention in their schools beginning in Fall 2009.
Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention Project: The Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention Project,
a collaborative effort of the SPDG, ADE, and the University of Central Arkansas’ Mashburn Center for
Learning, will continue its focus on adolescent literacy by providing professional development and follow
up to secondary educators (general and special education) in the Strategic Instruction Model (SIM). During
the 2008-09 school year, the Arkansas Adolescent Literacy Intervention Project will expand to include
seven middle and high schools with teachers participating in Strategic Instruction Model (SIM). Nine SIM
Apprentice Professional Developers will complete the SIM Potential Professional Developer Institute and
become fully certified SIM Professional Developers by the end of 2008-09. This will dramatically increase
Arkansas’ capacity to offer SIM professional development across the state to general and special educators
enabling them to better support Arkansas’ struggling adolescent learners.
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