1. Results-Driven Accountability
Update
Office of Special Education Programs
August 27, 2012

2. IDEA Data
Comparisons
Six Years of APR Data

3. Trend in National Average Percent of Timely
Transition of Students with Disabilities

4. Trend in National Average
Percent of Accurate Data

5. Trend in National Average Percent of
Written Complaints Timely Resolved

6. Trend in National Average Percent of Timely
Evaluations of Students with Disabilities

7. Trend in National Average Percent Due Process
Hearings Adjudicated within Timelines

8. Comparison of Dispute Resolution
Resolved/Adjudicated within Timelines

9. Comparison of Outcomes for
Students with Disabilities

10. Trend in National Average Reading
Proficiency for Students with Disabilities

11. Trend in National Average Math Proficiency
for Students with Disabilities

12. Comparison of Academic Proficiency
for Students with Disabilities

13. The primary focus of Federal and State
monitoring activities shall be on-
• improving educational RESULTS and
functional OUTCOMES for all children with
disabilities
• ensuring that States meet… the program
requirements, with… emphasis on those
most related to improving results
20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(2)
Sec. 616(a)

14. Monitoring Priorities
The Secretary shall monitor the States, and shall require each
State to monitor the local educational agencies…using quantifiable
indicators in each of the following priority areas…:
(A) Provision of a free appropriate public education in the least
restrictive environment.
(B) State exercise of general supervisory authority, including child
find, effective monitoring, the use of resolution sessions,
mediation,…and a system of transition services.
(C) Disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in
special education and related services to the extent the
representation is the result of inappropriate identification.
The Secretary shall consider other relevant information and data,
including data provided by States under section 618.
Sec. 616(a)

15. Components of RDA
 SPP/APR – APR Indicators measure results
 Determinations – Broadly reflect State
performance (not just compliance and
accurate data)
 Differentiated monitoring and technical
assistance based on weighted identification
of States

16. Initial Steps
O Offer opportunities for input
O Conference calls
O Blog, email, etc.
O Meetings
O ED Steering Committee
O OSEP Steering Committee and Strategy
Team
O OSEP Logic Model
O Better understand what results data are
available and how they can be used