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10/27/05 SERC 3 Educational Benefit Educational Benefit can be measured by… Passing marks Advancement from grade to grade Progress toward goals and objectives Improved scores on district/statewide assessments/ alternate assessment Passing the high school exit examTRANSCRIPT
Examining IEP s for Educational Benefit
East Haven Public SchoolsMarch 28, 2006
25 Industrial Park Road, Middletown, CT 06457-1520 · (860) 632-1485
10/27/05 SERC2
What is “Educational Benefit”?
Dialogue with your neighbor
What does this term mean to you?
10/27/05 SERC3
Educational Benefit
Educational Benefit can be measured by… Passing marks Advancement from grade to grade Progress toward goals and objectives Improved scores on district/statewide
assessments/ alternate assessment Passing the high school exit exam
10/27/05 SERC4
Focused Monitoring“The primary focus of Federal and
State monitoring activities… improving educational results and
functional outcomes for all children with disabilities”
(H.R. 1350 §§616 (a)(2))616 (a)(2))
10/27/05 SERC5
Why Procedural Compliance is Not Enough?“You can be in compliance
with all 755 required items and not be achieving results for students with disabilities.”
Alan Coulter
10/27/05 SERC6
Current Underlying Concept
Compliance Consists of Two Interrelated Elements:
Educational Procedures+
Educational Benefit (Results)
BOE v. Rowley, decision, June 28, 1982
www.hdc.lsuhsc.edu
10/27/05 SERC7
How is Educational Benefit Obtained?
“instruction… should be reasonably calculated to enable the child to achieve passing marks and advance from grade to grade”
Judge RehnquistBOE v. Rowley decision, June 28,1982
Assessing for Educational Benefit
A Process for Districts to Examine IEPs
10/27/05 SERC9
Educational Benefit Analysis
Reviewing IEP documentation for a 3-year cycle
Analyzing the relationship among needs, goals, and services
Comparing progress across annuals Looking for patterns in the planning process Discussing if the IEP was reasonably planned
to result in educational benefit Reviewing the child’s progress("State and Local Processes for Monitoring Educational Benefit", 2004)
10/27/05 SERC10
Steps for the Process STEP 1
Chart what is recorded in the IEPs about needs, goals and objectives, services and progress.
STEP 2Analyze the needs, goals and services within each IEP for alignment.
STEP 3Compare across each IEP to determine progression of progress (or lack of progress).("State and Local Processes for Monitoring Educational Benefit", 2004)
10/27/05 SERC11
STEP 1
Jigsaw the documentation of each IEP
Look for… Present Level of Performance (p 3, 4-5) Goals & Objectives, Accommodations &
Modifications (pp 4 & 8, 7 & 8) Services (p 5, 11) Progress made on annual goals (p 4, 7)
("State and Local Processes for Monitoring Educational Benefit", 2004)
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STEP 1
For each IEP Record what is written on the IEP.
Information must be present in the IEP Information is verbatim as much as possible Short-hand and abbreviations are ok, but
paraphrasing or summarizing is not
Color Coded Green- what is written in IEP Blue-strengths Red-supporting documents (psy. evals)
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
Domain
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Present Level
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Concerns
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Goals, Objectives, Accommodations,
& Modifications
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
Service
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
Progress
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
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STEP 2
For each IEP The group will determine the alignment
between each component The recorder will draw circles and
arrows to show alignment
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
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STEP 3
Comparing each IEP The group will determine if there was a
change from the previous IEP to the next IEP
The recorder will note the changes using 0, +, or –
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
o No change from prior year
+ Increased complexity or progress
- Decreased complexity or progress
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
KTEA Reading 2.1 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 2.5 G.E.
+
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
Comp. is sig. below grade level
+
O
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O
Improve comp of read material from 2.5 to 4.0
+
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O
Given passage state 2 details
+
O
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O
Given passage ans correctly 6/6 W quest
+
O
-
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O+
O
-
O
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O+
O
-
O
Present Levels
Concerns Goals/ Objectives
Services Progress
Academic/Cognitive Language Arts:
KTEA Reading 3.4 G.E.Oral Reading Inventory 3.2 G.E.
Comp. is sig. below grade level
Improve comp of read material from 3.2 to 5.0
Given passage state 2 detailsGiven passage ans correctly 5/6 W quest
Learning center 3.75 hrs/wk
S
S
S
+
O+
O
-
O
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Summary of Reflection
+ Needs for Improvement