Going Beyond Special Education Comparison Reports Barry Frye Manager of Student Data Information Systems Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08
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Example Special Education Comparison Report (Disability Tab)
Why does PDE provide your district with a Special Education Comparison Report? How do you verify the counts between the two years? Who is involved? On a scale of 1-4, 4 being the highest, how much time does the verification require? What types of errors have you identified? What changes have you made as a result?
Today is January 6, 2016
Can you think of any reasons why a student would be on 2014-2015 & not appear in 2015-2016?
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Can you provide some reasons why different students would appear on 2015-2016?
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Remember, today is January 6, 2016
The Bobbsey Twins do not appear in 2015-2016 data. What are the possibilities? ? ? July 1, 2014 . Dec 1, 2014 June 30, 2015 July 1, 2015 Dec 1, 2015 Jan 6, 2016 -TODAY June 30, 2016
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6 Excel Spreadsheets for: December 1, 2014 Output created from these spreadsheets. June 30, 2015 December 1, 2015
Additional Counts helpful? Names behind the Counts more helpful? Would this information be useful to your district? Who Can Make This Happen.docx
Going Beyond Special Education Comparison Reports Barry Frye Manager of Student Data Information Systems Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08 4500 6th Avenue Altoona, PA 16602 814-940-0223 (ext. 1345) bfrye@iu08.org