Special Education
State Performance Plan and
Annual Performance Report
Moving To Results-Driven
Accountability
June 2013
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Tom Torlakson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Agenda
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• IDEA Monitoring and Reporting
• Results-Driven Accountability
• Revisions to the State Performance
Plan and Annual Performance Report
• State Systemic Improvement Plan
• Timeline
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IDEA Monitoring and Reporting
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Currently, the Office of Special Education
Programs’ (OSEP) monitoring
requirements focus on whether LEAs are
complying with IDEA when serving
students with disabilities – often referred
to as a “compliance model”
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IDEA Monitoring and Reporting
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The current requirements for monitoring
and reporting compliance with IDEA are
identified via the 20 indicators in the
State Performance Plan (SPP) and the
Annual Performance Report (APR)
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Monitoring and Reporting
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• OSEP is increasing the emphasis of its
monitoring and reporting requirements
toward determining whether services
being provided to students with
disabilities are effective in improving the
educational and functional outcomes for
students, while still maintaining most of
the compliance requirements
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Monitoring and Reporting
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• OSEP has termed this approach
“Results-Driven Accountability” (RDA)
• OSEP has made significant revisions to
the monitoring and reporting process
(SPP and APR) in order to align with the
new focus on RDA
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Revisions to the SPP and APR
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The revisions are guided by the
following principles –
1. Align with the principles of Results
Driven Accountability (RDA), i.e., focus
on those things that are most likely to
impact improved educational results and
functional outcomes for students with
disabilities
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Revisions to the SPP and APR
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
2. Reduce reporting burden by only
requiring information that is prescribed
by statute and regulation, or
information that is directly linked to
improved educational outcomes and
functional results for students with
disabilities
3. Maintain data sources and
measurements unless absolutely
necessary
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1. Align with the Principles of
RDA
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The revisions by OSEP to address RDA
include:
• A focus on three results indicators:
– Indicator 1: Graduation Rates
– Indicator 3: Assessment
– Indicator 14: Post Secondary Outcomes
• The inclusion of a new indicator:
– Indicator 17: The State Systemic
Improvement Plan
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Indicator 17: State Systemic
Improvement Plan (SSIP)
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
A comprehensive, multi-year plan for
improving results for students, which
includes three phases:
• Phase 1: FFY 2013-14 (Reported in February 2015)
– Data analysis
– Identification of the focus for improvement
– Infrastructure to support improvement and
build capacity
– Theory of Action
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Indicator 17: SSIP
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Phase 2: FFY 2014-15 (Reported in February
2016)
– Infrastructure development
– Support for local agency implementation of
evidenced-based practices
– Evaluation plan
• Phase 3: FFY 2015-16, 2016-17, 201718, 2018-19 (Reported in February 2017, 2018, 2019, and
2020 respectively)
– Results of ongoing evaluation and revisions
to the SPP/APR
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2. Reduce Reporting Burden
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
OSEP has designed one report document
that includes both SPP and APR
information and eliminates the reporting of
the following compliance indicators…
• Indicator 15: Timely Correction of
Noncompliance (this a duplication of data
reported under indicators 4B, 9, 10, 11,12, and
13)
• Indicator 16: Complaints (60 day
timeline)
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2. Reduce Reporting Burden
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The new SPP/APR also eliminates:
• Indicator 17: Due Process (45 day
timeline)
• Indicator 20: Timely and Accurate Data
(OSEP will evaluate California’s
performance on required submissions)
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New SPP/APR Report
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
The new single document identified as
the SPP/APR will include:
• A detailed introduction that describes the
systems designed to drive improved
results for students with disabilities
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General Supervision System
Technical Assistance System
Professional Development System
Stakeholder involvement
Reporting to the public
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New SPP/APR Report
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Targets for each indicator, determined
with stakeholder input, which covers the
years FFY 2013 through FFY 2018
• Data for all indicators
• Explanation of slippage in indicators
• The State Systemic Improvement Plan
(Indicator 17)
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3. Maintain Data Sources
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Maintains Indicators 1-14 as they
currently exist
• Renumbers Indicators 18 (Mediation)
and 19 (Resolution Sessions) to 15
and 16, respectively
• It is undetermined at this time if
Indicator 17, the SSIP, will require
any new data sources
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Timeline
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The FFY 2012 SPP and APR (Program
year 2012-13), to be submitted to OSEP
on Feb. 1, 2014, will be based on the
current SPP and APR format
• The FFY 2013 SPP/APR (Program year
2013-14), to be submitted to OSEP on
Feb. 1, 2015, in the new single document
format and will include Indicator 17 SSIP
Phase 1 requirements
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Timeline
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• The FFY 2014 SPP/APR (Program year
2014-15), to be submitted to OSEP on
Feb. 1, 2016 will include Indicator 17 SSIP
Phase 2 requirements
• The FFY 2015 SPP/APR (Program year
2015-16), to be submitted to OSEP on
Feb. 1, 2017 will include Indicator 17 SSIP
Phase 3 requirements
• The FFY 2016, 2017, and 2018 SPP/APR
will include all phases of Indicator 17
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Questions
TOM TORLAKSON
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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