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.

2010 APR General Instructions and Formatting Template.   Overview of OSEP instructions and template for use in 2010 APR.

2010 OSEP Instructions for APR: by Indicator.   OSEP instructions for completing the 2010 Annual Performance Report for 2008-09 school year data.

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NCEO Resources: 2009 NCEO APR Analysis 2008 NCEO APR Analysis 2007 NCEO APR Analysis 2006 NCEO SPP 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 Presentations: National call to address Indicator 3 issues (November 25, 2008) Data Manager's Blog: 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): 2006-07 Report 2005-06 Report 2004-05 Report 2003-04 Report 2002-03 Report Annual Reports on Public Reporting (publicly reported data): Trends report 2006-07 Report 2005-06 Report 2004-05 Report 2003-04 Report Federal Regulations on Assessment: To come!