State Performance Plan/

Annual Performance Report

FFY 2013
Presented to:
Governors Advisory Council for Exceptional Citizens
1/20/15
Presented by:
Mary Ann Mieczkowski
Barbara Mazza
Delaware Department of Education
Exceptional Children Resources

Overview
SPP and APR now one document
FFY 2013 focuses on target setting for 2013 2018
Transitioned from paper copy to GRADS360
Report content and format streamlined
Indicator 17 will be submitted on April 1, 2015
Present overview to GACEC in March

Monitoring Priorities within APR

General Supervision
Disproportionality
Free and Appropriate Public
Education
(FAPE) in the Least Restrictive
Environment (LRE)

Indicator 15/Resolution Sessions

Hearing requests through resolution session settlement
agreements (results)

19 complaints files
4 Resolution sessions
4 Written settlement agreements through resolution
15 complaints dismissed or withdrawn

No Targets Set
"States are not required to establish baseline or targets if
the number of resolution sessions is less than 10.

Indicator 16/Mediations
Mediations resulting in mediation agreements. (results)

8 Mediations Requested
5 Mediations Resulted in Agreements
3 resolved without agreements

No Targets Set
"States are not required to establish baseline or targets if
the number of resolution sessions is less than 10.

Indicator 11/Timely Evaluations

Percent of children evaluated within required timeline

Target not met

Target: 100%
FFY 2013 Data: 99.8% (FFY 2012 - 99.8%)
1 student in 1 LEA

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

100% (Set by OSEP)

Indicator 12/Early Childhood

Transition
Percent of children who transition from Part C to Part B by their
third birthday. (compliance)
Target not met for FFY 2013
Target: 100%
FFY 2013 Data: 97% (FFY 2012 - 98%)

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

100% (Set by OSEP)

Indicator 13/Secondary Transition

Percent of youth with IEPs that include appropriate
postsecondary goals. (compliance)
Target not met
Target: 100%
FFY 2013 Data: 48.43% (FFY 2012 - 50.5%)
Transition includes 8 components if one is noncompliant, all
are noncompliant.
Change in process from LEAs where on-site monitoring is
conducted to all LEAs conducting a self-assessment.

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

100% (Set by OSEP)

Indicator 14/Post-School Outcomes

Percent of youth with IEPs: (results)
A. Enrolled in higher ed within 1 year of leaving high school

Target not met

Target: 22%
FFY 2013 Data: 19.74% (FFY 2012 - 17.%)

B. Enrolled in higher ed or competitively employed within 1 year

of leaving high school

Target met
Target: 52 %
FFY 2013 Data: 52.56% (FFY 2012 - 48%)

Indicator 14/Post-School Outcomes

Percent of youth with IEPs: (results)
C. Enrolled in higher ed or in some other postsecondary
education/training program; or competitively employed within
1 year of leaving high school.

Target not met

Target: 100%
FFY 2013 Data: 65.64% (FFY 2012 - 61%)

Indicator 14/Post-School Outcomes

Targets
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8

Enrolled in higher education

within one year of leaving high
school.

22
%

25
%

28
%

32
%

34
%

37
%

Enrolled in higher education or

competitively employed within
one year of leaving high school.

52
%

55
%

58
%

61
%

64
%

67
%

Enrolled in higher education or

in some other postsecondary
education or training program;
or competitively employed or in
some other employment within
one year of leaving high school

100
%

100
%

100
%

100
%

100
%

100
%

Monitoring Priorities within APR

General Supervision
Disproportionality
Free and Appropriate Public
Education
(FAPE) in the Least Restrictive
Environment (LRE)

Indicators 9 &10/Disproportionate
Representation
Percent of LEAs with disproportionate representation of racial
and ethnic groups in special education that is the result from
inappropriate identification. (compliance)
Target not met

Target: 0%
FFY 2013 Data: 4.65% (FFY 2012 0%)
2 LEAs were identified with noncompliance (1 district/
1 charter) both have completed all corrective action
More charter schools met n size (15)

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

100% (Set by OSEP)

Monitoring Priorities within APR

General Supervision
Disproportionality
Free and Appropriate Public
Education
(FAPE) in the Least Restrictive
Environment (LRE)

Indicator 6/Preschool LRE

Percent of children aged 3 through 5 with IEPs who: (results)
A. Attend a regular early childhood program and receiving the majority
of special education and related services in the regular early
childhood program
Target met
Target: 35%
FFY 2013 Data: 45.52% (FFY 2012 43.50%)
B. Attend a separate special education class, separate school or
residential facility.
Target met
Target: 42%
FFY 2013 Data: 35.43% (FFY 2012 37.7%)

Indicator 6/Preschool LRE

Targets for FFY 2013 - 2018
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8

Attend a regular early childhood

program and receiving the
majority of special education
and related services in the
regular early childhood program

45
%

46
%

47
%

48.
5%

49
%

50.
5%

Attend a separate special

education class, separate
school or residential facility.

35
%

35
%

34
%

33.
5%

32
%

31
%

Indicator 7/Preschool Outcomes

Percent of children aged 3 through 5 with IEPs who demonstrate
improvement in social/emotional skills, acquisition and use of
knowledge and skills and use of appropriate behaviors. (results)
Social/Emotional Skills
Target met
Target: 85%
FFY 2013 Data: 86.14% (FFY 2012 85%)
Acquisition/Use of Knowledge/Skills
Target not met
Target: 88%
FFY 2013 Data: 86.63% (FFY 2012 87.40%)

Indicator 7/Preschool Outcomes

Use of Appropriate Behavior
Target not met
Target: 87%
FFY 2013 Data: 85.6% (FFY 2012 87.10%)
Targets for FFY 2013 - 2018
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8

Social/Emotional Skills
(% showing growth)

85
%

86
%

86
%

86.
2%

86.
4%

86.
6%

Acquisition/Use of Knowledge
and Skills (% showing growth)

88
%

88
%

88
%

88.
2%

88.
4%

88.
63
%

Appropriate Behavior
(% showing growth)

87
%

87
%

87
%

87.
2%

87.
4%

87.
6%

Indicator 5/LRE
Percent of children with IEPs served: (results)
A. Inside the regular classroom 80% of more of the day

Target met
Target: 67%
FFY 2013 Data: 67.2%

(FFY 2012 64.9%)

B. Inside the regular classroom less than 40% of the day

Target met
Target: 15.6%
FFY 2013 Data: 15.54%

(FFY 2012 15.3%)

Indicator 5/LRE
C. In separate schools, residential facilities, or
homebound/hospital placements

Target met
Target: 5.2%
FFY 2013 Data: 5.16%

(FFY 2012 6.7%)

. Targets for FFY 2013 2018

FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8

Served inside the regular

classroom 80% of more of
the day

67
%

68
%

69
%

70
%

71
%

72
%

Served inside the regular

classroom less than 40% of
the day

15.
6%

15.
5%

15.
3%

15.
1%

14.
9%

14.
7%

Served in separate schools,

5.2

5.0

4.8

4.5

4.0

3.5

Indicator 8/Family Involvement

Percent of parents with a child receiving special education
services who report that schools facilitate parent involvement as
a means of improving services for children with disabilities.
(results)
Target met
Target: 87%
FFY 2013 Data: 90.97% (FFY 2012 89.7%)
Response rate continues to be a concern
Last 3 years ranged from 10 14%
Stakeholder feedback - Revise Process

Indicator 8/Family Involvement

Spring, 2015
Separate cover letter with assurances for confidentiality
Indicate survey developed in collaboration with GACEC,
Del PTA, PIC
Increase # of questions revise content to address specific
areas of IEP process and special education services
Provide access to survey through additional
modalities/languages
Advertise distribution: Del PTA, PIC
Targets for FFY 2013 - 2018
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8
Percent of parents who report
that schools facilitate parent
involvement as a means of
improving services for children
with disabilities

87
%

87
%

87
%

88
%

89
%

90
%

Indicator 3A/LEAs Meeting

AYP/AMAO
Percent of LEAs that meet AYP/AMO targets for students with
disabilities. (results)
# of Districts
in the State

Element
ary
Middle
Grade
10

16
16
19

# of Districts
that met the
minimum n
size
Reading
15
16
12

Math
15
16
12

# of Districts
that meet the
minimum n
size AND met
AYP
Reading Math
11
13
9
8

10
11

Indicator 3A/LEAs Meeting

AYP/AMAO
Percent of LEAs that meet AYP/AMO targets for students with
disabilities. (results)

Elementar
y
Middle
Grade 10

FFY 2013
FFY 2013
FFY 2012
Target
Data
Data
Reading/Math Reading/Mat Reading/Mat
h
h
53.0
80.0
80.0
53.0
63.0

59.38
79.16

81.3
70.0

Indicator 3A/LEAs Meeting

AYP/AMAO
Percent of LEAs that meet AYP/AMO targets for students with
disabilities. (results)
Targets for FFY 2013 2018
Align with ESEA Flex Waiver
ESEA Flex Waiver is in the process of renewal
When renewal process has been completed and Smarter
assessment data is reviewed from Spring 2015, new
targets will be established for FFY 2014 2018.

FFY
Grade
Band
Target

2013 2018 Reading/Math

Elementary
Middle Grade
10
53.0
53.0
63.0

Indicator 3B/Participation Rate

Participation rate for children with IEPs (results)
Reading
Grad
e

Status

Target

FFY 2013 Data

Target met

95%

96.22%
(FFY 2012/96.31%)

Target met

95%

96.6%
(FFY 2012/96.31%)

Target met

95%

96.7%
(FFY 2012/96.53%)

Target met

95%

96.33%
(FFY 2012/96.97%)

Target met

95%

96.41%
(FFY 2012/96.99%)

Target met

95%

96.87%
(FFY 2012/96.54%)

10

Target not

95%

90.1%

Indicator 3B/Participation Rate

Participation rate for children with IEPs (results)
Math
Grad
e

Status

Target

FFY 2013 Data

Target met

95%

98.6%
(FFY 2012/99.17%)

Target met

95%

98.78%
(FFY 2012/98.75%)

Target met

95%

98.76%
(FFY 2012/98.87%)

Target met

95%

97.69%
(FFY 2012/98.31%)

Target met

95%

97.43%
(FFY 2012/98.01%)

Target met

95%

97.78%
(FFY 2012/98.01%)

10

Target not

95%

92.45%

Indicator 3B/Participation Rate

Participation rate for children with IEPs (results)

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

95% for all grades in reading and math

Aligns with ESEA Flex Waiver

Indicator 3C/Proficiency Rate

Proficiency rate of students with IEPs on the state-wide
assessment. (results)
Reading
Grad
e

Status

Target

FFY 2013 Data

Target not
met

41.4%

33.87%

Target not
met

41.4%

36.45%
(FFY 2012/38.85%)

Target not
met

41.4%

38.91%
(FFY 2012/38.19%)

Target not
met

41.4%

30.32%
(FFY 2012/31.84%)

Target not
met

41.4%

30.04%
(FFY 2012/27.51%)

Target not
met

41.4%

29.29%
(FFY 2012/32.69%)

10

Target not

41.4%

34.56%

(FFY 2012/33.33%)

Indicator 3C/Proficiency Rate

Proficiency rate of students with IEPs on the state-wide
assessment. (results)
Math
Grad
e

Status

Target

FFY 2013 Data

Target not
met

41.8%

36.69%

Target not
met

41.8%

37.00%
(FFY 2012/38.83%)

Target not
met

41.8%

33.08%
(FFY 2012/33.91%)

Target not
met

41.8%

23.21%
(FFY 2012/25.12%)

Target not
met

41.8%

27.61%
(FFY 2012/22.79%)

Target not
met

41.8%

27.73%
(FFY 2012/32.88%)

10

Target not

41.8%

30.96%

(FFY 2012/34.95%)

Indicator 3C/Proficiency Rate

Participation rate for children with IEPs (results)
Targets for FFY 2013 2018
Aligns with ESEA Flex Waiver
ESEA Flex Waiver is in process of renewal.
Once renewal is completed, targets will be revised.

FFY
2013

FFY
2014

FFY
2015

FFY
2016

FFY
2017

FFY
2019

Readin 41.4%
g
Grades
3 8,
10

47.3%

53.1%

59.0%

64.9%

64.9%

Math
41.8%
Grades
3 8,
10

47.7%

53.5%

59.3%

65.1%

65.1%

Indicator 1/Graduation Rate

Percent of youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a
regular diploma. (Results)
Target not met
Target: 63%
FFY 2013 Data: 59.83% (FFY 2012 56.8%)
Targets for FFY 2013 2018
Aligns with ESEA Flex Waiver
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8
Percent of youth with IEPs
graduating high school with a
regular diploma

63
%

66.
7%

71.
4%

74.
1%

77.
8%

81.
5%

Indicator 2/Dropout Rate

Percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high school. (results)
Target not met
Target: 5.10%
FFY 2013 Data: 5.12% (FFY 2012 5.88%)
Calculation of dropout rate aligns with Title I of the
ESEA Flex Waiver.
Targets for FFY 2013 2018
FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY FFY
201 201 201 201 201 201
3
4
5
6
7
8
Percent of youth with IEPs
dropping out of high school

5.1
%

4.8
%

4.5
%

4.2
%

3.9
%

3.6
%

Indicator 4A/Suspension & Expulsion

Compares the rates of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10
days in a school year for children with IEPs in the LEA to the rates for
students without IEPs in the same LEA. (results)
Process
1.

If data shows that the LEA has an n size of 15 or more students with IEPs
that have been suspended/expelled disproportionate to students without
IEPs, the LEA is identified with significant discrepancy and directed to
complete a self-assessment to review policies, procedures, and practices
which includes a review of individual student records.

2.

DDOE reviews the self-assessment and student records to determine if the

LEA is noncompliant with policies, procedures, or practices.

3.

If the LEA is found noncompliant, they are cited with significant discrepancy
relating to the rates at which students with IEPs and students without IEPs
are suspended or expelled.

Indicator 4A/Suspension & Expulsion

Compares the rates of suspensions and expulsions of greater
than 10 days in a school year for children with IEPs in the LEA to
the rates for students without IEPs in the same LEA.
Target not met for FFY 2013
Target: 0%
FFY 2013 Data: 2.56%/1 LEAs (students with IEPs are
2.56 times more likely to be suspended/expelled than
students without IEPs)
(FFY 2012 10.26%/4 LEA)

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

0% (Set by OSEP)
State bar will be reduced by .02 each year

Indicator 4B/Suspension & Expulsion

Compares the rates of suspensions and expulsions greater than 10 days
in a school year for children in the LEA with IEPs in each racial/ethnic
category to the rates for all students without IEPs in the same
racial/ethnic categories in the LEA. (compliance)

Process
1.

If data shows that the LEA has an n size of 10 or more students with IEPs
in racial/ethnic categories that have been suspended/expelled
disproportionate to students without IEPs in the same racial/ethnic
categories, the LEA is identified with significant discrepancy and directed to
complete a self-assessment to review policies, procedures, and practices
which includes a review of individual student records.

2.

DDOE reviews the self-assessment and student records to determine if the

LEA is noncompliant with policies, procedures, or practices.

3.

If the LEA is found noncompliant, they are cited with significant discrepancy
relating to the rate at which students with IEPs in racial/ethnic categories
and students without IEPs in the same racial/ethnic categories are
suspended or expelled.

Indicator 4B/Suspension & Expulsion

Percent of LEAs with significant discrepancy, by race or ethnicity,
in rate of suspensions/expulsions grater than 10 days and where
policies/procedures/practices do not comply with procedural
safeguards (compliance)
Target not met
Target: 0%
FFY 2013 Data: 12.82% /5 LEAs (students with IEPs in
racial/ethnic categories are 12.83 times more likely to be
suspended/expelled than students without IEPs in the
same racial/ethnic categories)
(FFY 2012 9.75%/4 LEAs)

Targets for FFY 2013 2018

0% (Set by OSEP)
State bar will be reduced by .02 each year

Questions?

Mary Ann Mieczkowski

maryann.mieczkowski@doe.k12.
de.us
302.735.4210
Barbara Mazza
barbara.mazza@doe.k12.de.us
302.735.4210