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Technical Assistance for APR Part B Indicator 3 – Assessment

Overview

States annually provide data to the U.S. Department of Education about the participation and performance of students with disabilities in state assessments. They also provide data on progress toward meeting the No Child Left Behind measure of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). These assessment data comprise Part B Indicator 3 of the Annual Performance Reports (APRs) that states submit to the Office of Special Education Programs to document their progress toward targets identified in their State Performance Plans (SPPs). Indicator 3 is one of 20 indicators that are used to document the progress of school-age students with disabilities. Other indicators include, for example, disproportionality, dropout rate, and graduation rate.

Although states report their AYP and assessment data publicly, they must meet specific expectations for how the data are submitted as part of their SPPs and APRs. States report on the percent of districts meeting the state’s AYP objectives for students with disabilities (for those districts that conform to state criteria about the population of students with disabilities in a given grade – called “minimum n”). They also report on the participation of students with disabilities in various assessment options: regular assessment without accommodations, regular assessment with accommodations, alternate assessment based on grade-level achievement standards, alternate assessment based on modified academic achievement standards, and alternate assessment based on alternate academic achievement standards. They also must report on the percentage of students scoring as proficient on the various assessments. Because of the important role assessment data plays in state decision making regarding interventions to improve the participation and performance of students with disabilities on state assessments, there is a need for technical assistance for APR Indicator 3 of Part B. NCEO provides such technical assistance, which includes:

  • Improving awareness through provision of summary reports of APR Part B Indicator 3 data
  • Addressing connection points between APR Part B Indicator 3 and Table 6 of states’ 618 submissions
  • Providing tools to improve the quality of APR Part B Indicator 3 data
  • Other information and activities in response to identified needs
     

NCEO Data Viewer. Search an interactive site to build individualized summary reports using APR Part B Indicator 3 data.

2009 OSEP Instructions for APR. Once released, OSEP instructions to state personnel charged with completing the 2009 Annual Performance Report (for 2007-08 school year data) for their state will be posted here.
 

NCEO Resources:

2006 NCEO SPP Analysis

2007 NCEO APR Analysis

2008 NCEO APR Analysis

NCEO Web site

NCEO Data Viewer:
Available databases are (1) State Policies on Assessment Participation and Accommodations for Students with Disabilities, and (2)Annual Performance Reports

NCEO Accommodations Bibliography:
Online and up-to-date accommodations research bibliography

Other Resources:

RRFC Portal for materials on Part B Indicators, including Indicator 3

Webinar:
To come!

 

NCEO Tools:

APR Table Maker: Use this tool to transfer data from Table 6 excel files to tables which can be copied and pasted into APR Indicator 3 Reports-to come

PowerPoint Presentations:

Similarities and Differences between APR and Table 6 Data

2007 Data Presentation

Other Documents of Interest:

Annual Performance Reports (federally reported data):
2005-06 Report

2004-05 Report
2003-04 Report
2002-03 Report

Annual Reports on Public Reporting (publicly reported data):
Trends report-to come
2005-06 Report-to come
2004-05 Report
2003-04 Report

Federal Regulations on Assessment:
To come!

 

 

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