1. Going Beyond Special Education Comparison Reports
Barry Frye
Manager of Student Data Information Systems
Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08

2. Spreadsheet examples were created with Microsoft® Excel® 2016
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3. Example Special Education Comparison Report
(Disability Tab)

4. 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?

5. Today is January 6, 2016

10. Can you think of any reasons why a student would be on 2014-2015 & not appear in 2015-2016?

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16. Can you provide some reasons why different students would appear on 2015-2016?

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21. Remember, today is January 6, 2016

22. The Bobbsey Twins do not appear in 2015-2016 data.
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July 1, 2014 .
Dec 1, 2014
June 30, 2015
July 1, 2015
Dec 1, 2015
Jan 6, TODAY
June 30, 2016

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27. 6 Excel Spreadsheets for:
December 1, 2014
Output created from these spreadsheets.
June 30, 2015
December 1, 2015

28. Additional Counts helpful? Names behind the Counts more helpful?
Would this information be useful to your district?
Who Can Make This Happen.docx

29. Going Beyond Special Education Comparison Reports
Barry Frye
Manager of Student Data Information Systems
Appalachia Intermediate Unit 08
4500 6th Avenue
Altoona, PA 16602
(ext. 1345)