1. March 2006

2. 1.The Right Children Child Find: Increase the numbers of children identified as Emotionally Disturbed (EmD) and Other Health Impaired (OHI) Reduce the disproportionate representation of minorities Mattie T. Priorities

3. GOAL 1: Increase the percentage of students with Emotional Disturbance to be at 0.55% (75% of the 0.74% of the national average as indicated in the Twenty-third Annual Report to Congress) by 2009- 10. Target Met

4. GOAL 2: Increase the percentage of students with Other Health Impairments to be at 0.30% (75% of the 0.40% of the national average as indicted in the Twenty-Third Annual Report to Congress) by 2009- 2010. Target Met

5. GOAL 3: Ensure that districts have a differential of 1.15 or less in the proportion of Black students from the proportion of Other race students identified with educable mental retardation by 2009-2010. Target Not Met

6. GOAL 4: Ensure that districts have a differential of 1.85 or less in the proportion of Black students from the proportion of Other race students identified as specific learning disabilities (by 2009-2010). Target Not Met

7. 2.The Right Settings Increase the number of students educated in regular classes and decrease the number of children in separate classes. Mattie T. Priorities

8. Least Restrictive Environment With Typical Peers “Least Restrictive Environment” is a legal requirement and a measure of program success (Congress ’03) Research findings

9. Less than 20%=Regular (Inclusion) 21%-60%=Resource Greater than 60%=Self-Contained Least Restrictive Environment Definition: Time Removed from Regular Education

10. GOAL 5: Increase the percentage of students with disabilities, excluding students identified with speech and language impairments, who are in general education classes 80% or more of the day 5% by 2009-2010. Target Met

11. GOAL 6: Increase the percentage of students with low incidence disabilities who are in general education classes 80% of the day 3% by 2009- 2010. Target Met

12. GOAL 7: Decrease the percentage of students with disabilities, excluding students identified with speech and language impairments, who are educated in separate settings 60% or more of the day 5% by 2009-2010. Target Met

13. GOAL 8: Decrease the percentage of students with low incidence disabilities who are educated in separate settings 60% or more of the day 3% by 2009-2010. Target Met

14. Activities to Achieve Desired Results Data Profiles Technical Assistance Centers Professional Development Recognition Products and Publications Focused Monitoring

17. Technical Assistance Centers PREPS, Mississippi State North MS Consortium, Ole Miss Gulf Coast Education Initiative, Southern Miss

18. Professional Development Building Educationally Responsive Schools Leadership Institute (3 rd annual), February 23- 24, 2006 Leadership Series (Part II, April 13, 2006) On-site Training for “Tipping Districts” Collaboration among Offices of Academic Education to offer training and resources to implement the Three-Tier Instructional Intervention Policy State Personnel Development Grant from USDE Web site

19. Recognition Sites of Promising Practice Clinton School District Lawrence County School District Madison County School District Pass Christian School District

20. Products and Publications Professional Development Toolkit Specific Learning Disability Protocol Materials and practices review instrument (Contract with NCCREST) Policies & procedures review instrument (Contract with Vanderbilt University)