July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education State Performance Plan Annual Performance Report Indicators 8, 11, 12, 13, and 14 July 2009

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Indicator: Percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities. Measurement: Percent = [(# of respondent parents who report schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities) divided by the (total # of respondent parents of children with disabilities)] times 100.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Target: Increase the percentage of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities by 2.0 percentage points to Percent = [Total Respondents responding Yes divided by Total Respondents] times 100.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Target Data for FFY 2007 (SY ):  Percent = 230 of 363 respondents indicated YES = 63.4% - Target of 65.46% Not Met  94 of 363 respondents indicated No = 25.90%  39 of 363 respondents indicated they were NOT SURE = 10.7%

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Survey was part of Focused Monitoring Visits for FY 2007 (SY 2007 – 2008) For FY 2008 (SY ):  Required by OSEP to change to allow data collection from all districts  Collected Data with online survey

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Directions: If you have more than one child receiving special education services, please fill out a survey for each child. School District’s Name: Child’s Information: Gender – M or FAge - Race/Ethnicity -Grade - Child’s Primary Disability - Autism (AU) Deaf-Blind (DB) Developmentally Delayed (DD) Emotional Disability (EmD) Hearing Impaired (HI) Language/Speech (L/S) Mental Retardation (EMR,TMR,S/Pr) Multiple Disabilities (MD) Other Health Impairment (OHI) Orthopedic Impairment (OI) Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Visually Impaired (VI)

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey Must also calculate Representativeness by:  Race  Disability  Gender  Age  Grade

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 8 Parent Survey District Responsibility:  Administer survey with fidelity  Increase response rate  Increase representativeness  Protect data and survey

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 11 Child Find Indicator: Percent of children with parental consent to evaluate, who were evaluated within 60 days (or State established timeline). Target: 100% of children with parental consent to evaluate were evaluated and eligibility determined within 60 days.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 11 Child Find Measurement:  a. # of children for whom parental consent to evaluate was received.  b. # determined not eligible whose evaluations were completed within 60 days (or State established timeline).  c. # determined eligible whose evaluations were completed within 60 days (or State established timeline). Account for children included in a but not included in b or c. Indicate the range of days beyond the timeline when the evaluation was completed and any reasons for the delays. Percent = [(b + c) divided by (a)] times 100.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 11 Child Find Target Data for FFY 2007 (SY ):  a. # of children for whom parental consent to evaluate was received = 722  b. # determined not eligible whose evaluations and eligibility determinations were completed within 60 days = 86  c. # determined eligible whose evaluations and eligibility determinations were completed within 60 days = 582 Percent = (( )/722) = 92.52% - Target of 100% Not Met

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 11 Child Find Data for APR is pulled from the bottom portion of the Intervention Screen at the end of each school year using the Data Analysis Report Users can use the Intervention Compliance Report to compare data and find specific students

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC When you select for Intervention Success? either “Yes – Student is referred to Child Study” OR “No”: This will activate the LSC Referral Date data field – when you enter this date (can’t be before the TST Decision Date), you would want to notify your District SPED Office that you are referring a student to them for testing The District SPED role will then enter the next eight data elements if needed

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC Once the LSC Referral Date has been entered the following two data fields should be entered. LSC Response – users have three choices: TST - Referred Back to TST REGED - Remains in Regular Ed SPED - Referred for Comprehensive Assessment LSC Response Date – date LSC Response was entered When the user selects 'Referred Back to TST' or 'Remains in Regular Ed' for the LSC Response, data entry stops for those students (LSC Response Date is still required).

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC These three data fields (Parental Consent to Evaluate, Eligibility Decision, and Parent Permission to Serve) have a Yes or No answer in the drop down box – everyone defaults to null Parental Consent to Evaluate – user selects Yes if the parent has given permission to test, select No if the parent declines permission Parental Consent to Evaluate Date – user should enter evaluation date Eligibility Decision – user selects Yes if the student has tested eligible or No if the student did not test eligible to be served Parent Permission to Serve – user selects Yes if the parent has given permission for the student to be served or No if the parent declines permission A Yes in ALL THREE data fields is required to allow access to the next two data fields (Eligibility and IEP Dates)

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Intervention Tab: Student Referred to LSC The user enters the Eligibility Date (which can’t be before the LSC Referral Date) and IEP Date (which can’t be before the Eligibility Date) All fields have to be Y to enter these fields OR before the dates will pull from the Student Update screen

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Student Intervention Compliance Report REPORT DATA ELEMENTS: Name (Last Name, First Name, MI) MSIS Student ID Inv # 1, Inv #2, Inv #3, Inv #4 – an “X” will appear in the column to reflect the criteria the student met Type of Referral – “Inv” will represent Intervention and “CS” will represent Child Find Referral to TST – must be within 20 school days of Referred to Intervention date TST Decision Date – must be within 18 weeks of the Referral to TST date – MSIS will use school days to calculate Intervention Success Y – Intervention Success was entered N – No Intervention Success was entered Eligibility Date – must be within 60 calendar days of the Parental Consent to Evaluate Date IEP Date – must be within 30 calendar days of Eligibility Date L/S Student – Y or N NOTE: A “Y” will appear under each of the above headings if the dates are in compliance. An “N” will appear under each of the above headings if the dates are NOT in compliance. For Inv Success, a Y indicates a selection was made and an N indicates that no selection was made. Looking for an N under the Eligibility Date column

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Indicator : Percent of children referred by Part C prior to age 3, who are found eligible for Part B, and who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays. Target: Mississippi will increase the number of eligible children transitioning from Part C to Part B, receiving services at age 3 to 100%.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Measurement:  a. # of children who have been served in Part C and referred to Part B for eligibility determination.  b. # of those referred determined to be NOT eligible and whose eligibilities were determined prior to their third birthdays.  c. # of those found eligible who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays.  d. # of children for whom parent refusal to provide consent caused delays in evaluation or initial services. Account for children included in a but not included in b, c, or d. Indicate the range of days beyond the third birthday when eligibility was determined and the IEP developed and the reasons for the delays. Percent = [(c) divided by (a – b – d)] times 100.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Data comes from a monthly file from the Department of Health File is loaded into MSIS Matching procedure is run to see if any students exist in MSIS with an MSIS ID Pull those students who match in MSIS and check the IEP date against their DOB Districts can review Not Matching report and submit to MDE the status of student

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Target Data for FFY 2007 (SY ):  a. # of children who have been served in Part C and referred to Part B for eligibility determination = 504  b. # of those referred determined to be NOT eligible and whose eligibilities were determined prior to their third birthdays = 300  c. # of those found eligible who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays = 177  d. # of children for whom parent refusal to provide consent caused delays in evaluation or initial services = 11 Percent = (177 / (504 – 300 – 11)) * 100 = 91.76% - Target of 100% Not Met

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 12 C to B Reasons for student to be removed from Not Matching report:  A. Parent Refused Services  B. Service Discontinued  C. Not Eligible  D. Parent wants to delay to later school year  E. Moved out of state  F. Parent did not respond  G. No Permission to test  H. Parent did not show up  I. Student is deceased  J. Referred to Part C after 33 months  K. Unknown to district and First Steps (you will need to talk to First Steps in your area before sending in this reason)  L. Enrolled in University based program

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 Transition Indicator: Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-secondary goals. Target: 100% of youth aged 16 and above will have an IEP that includes coordinated measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-secondary goals.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 Transition Measurement: Percent = [(# of youth with disabilities aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post- secondary goals) divided by the (# of youth with an IEP age 16 and above)] times 100.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 Transition Actual Target Data for FFY 2007 (SY ):  Percent = # of youth with disabilities aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-secondary goals divided by # of youth with an IEP age 16 and above times 100.  Percent = 11,174 / 11,589 = 96.42% - Target of 100% Not Met

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 13 Transition

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 Post-Secondary Indicator: Percent of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in secondary school and who have been competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school. Target: Increase the number of competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school by 1.0, from to 59.97%.

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 Post-Secondary Measurement: Percent = [(# of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in secondary school and who have been competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school) divided by the (# of youth assessed who had IEPs and are no longer in secondary school)] times 100. Percent = 2030 / 3234 = 62.77% - Target of 59.97% Met

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 Post-Secondary Screen The Post-Secondary screen in MSIS lists all your students that exited in the prior school year (Modules ->Special Education ->Post Secondary) to allow you to enter the data for Indicator 14. Students listed on the screen exited your district during the prior school year and you now indicate what they are doing a year later. Select from the drop-down box: Y for Yes, N for No, U for Unknown (NOTE: Military Service counts for Employment), or R for Re-enrolled in Secondary; If you answered Y, select CE for Competitively Employed, PS for Post- Secondary, or B for Both; Any comments you want to make should be entered under the Notes column. Data should be entered on this screen for by September 18, 2009

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Indicator 14 Post-Secondary Screen

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Transition Services Compliance Report Run Pre Cut-Off for a listing of those students who have an N or null in the live database Run Post Cut-Off for a listing of those students who have an N or null in the archived tables

July 2009 Copyright © 2009 Mississippi Department of Education Ellen Davis Burnham