Massachusetts Department of
Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street, Malden, Massachusetts 02148-4096
Telephone: (781) 338-3700
TTY: N.E.T. Relay 1-800-439-2370
December 1, 2010
Michael E. McFarland, Superintendent
Norfolk County Agricultural High School
400 Main Street
Walpole, MA 02081
Re: Mid-cycle Report
Dear Superintendent McFarland:
Enclosed is the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Mid-cycle Report based on the Mid-cycle
Review conducted in your district in June 2010. In this Mid-cycle Review the Department monitored selected
special education criteria to determine your district’s compliance with special education laws and regulations.
The review consisted of information gathered from one or more of the following activities: staff interviews,
review of student records, examination of documentation, and/or classroom observation.
The Department found one or more of the criteria monitored in your district to be “Partially Implemented” or
“Not Implemented.” In all instances where noncompliance has been found, the Department has prescribed
corrective action for the district. This corrective action must be implemented as soon as possible, but in no case
later than a year from the date of this report. You will find these requirements for corrective action included in
the enclosed report, along with requirements for submitting progress reports using the enclosed form.
Please provide the Department with your written assurance that all of the required corrective action will be
implemented by your district within the timelines specified in the report. You must submit your statement of
assurance to Darlene Lynch, Director, Program Quality Assurance Services, by December 20, 2010.
Your staff's cooperation throughout this Mid-cycle Review is appreciated. If you have questions about this
letter or the enclosed report, please do not hesitate to contact Joan Brinckerhoff at (781) 338-3715.
Sincerely,
Joan Brinckerhoff, Ph.D., Mid-cycle Review Chairperson
Program Quality Assurance Services
Darlene A. Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
cc:
Mitchell D. Chester, Ed.D., Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education
Elizabeth Y. Ahern, Ed. D., Supervisor, Program Quality Assurance Services
Harold Cohen, Board of Trustees Chairperson
Jane Wiggin, Local Program Review Coordinator
Encs:
Mid-cycle Report
Mid-cycle Progress Report form
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REPORT
NORFOLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
Dates of the Mid-cycle Review Onsite: June 4, 2010
Date of this Report: December 1, 2010
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REPORT IS IN TWO SECTIONS.
Required Special Education Criteria Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review
Current special education criteria available by scrolling down to the special education instrument at
http://www.doe.mass.edu/pqa/review/cpr/default.html
Criterion
SE 3
Special
requirements
for the
determination
of specific
learning
disability
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
PI
Student
records,
documentation
and staff
interviews
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
The student records for students
with learning disabilities did not
always contain the forms to
determine a specific learning
disability (SLD). The district
reported that the forms for SLD
were not used with students
identified with nonverbal learning
disabilities.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
The district must provided training
to Team Chairs and special
education teachers on the
appropriate use of the SLD forms.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for compliance
related to the completion of
appropriate forms for the
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Please submit
a copy of the
agenda and
sign-in sheets
for the training
to the
Department on
or before
February 28,
2011.
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
determination of a specific learning
disability.
The district must maintain the
following documentation and
make it available to the
Department upon request: a)
Names of students, by school,
whose parents require essential
documents in the language of the
home. b) Date of the review: c)
Name(s) of the person(s) who
conducted the review, their title(s)
and their signature(s).
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Submit the
results of a
post-training
administrative
review of
student records
to ensure the
use of SLD
determination
forms.
Indicate the
number of
records
reviewed at
each level, the
number found
to be
compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause
for any
continuing
noncompliance
and a
description of
additional
corrective
actions to be
taken by the
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective
Action and
Timelines for Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
district to
address any
identified noncompliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011
SE 52A
Registration
of
educational
interpreters

Documentation
and staff
interviews
The district currently does not
have any students that require a
sign language interpreter. The
district is aware of the
requirements to ensure that
interpreters hired or contracted
must be registered with the
Massachusetts Commission for the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
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Additional Special Education Criteria Monitored in this Mid-cycle Review
Current special education criteria available by scrolling down to the special education instrument at
http://www.doe.mass.edu/pqa/review/cpr/default.html
Criterion
SE 1
Assessments
selected and
interpreted
SE 2
Required and
optional
assessments
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)

PI
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district uses standardized
assessments to measure
cognitive functioning and
achievement (WISC, WAIS, and
WIAT). As needed, a
depression index or another
instrument is added.
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district does not always
assess in the area of suspected
disability. In some cases a math
or language assessment was
needed (as indicated on progress
reports, report card or MCAS
results) but not provided.
Students identified with a
specific learning disability did
not always have comprehensive
achievement or subject area
testing (math, language)
completed.
In addition the history of the
student’s educational progress in
the general curriculum
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
The district must provide training
for the Special Education
Administrator on selecting
appropriate assessments to ensure
the areas of suspected disability and
other required assessments are
identified on the consent to
evaluate form and completed by
appropriately trained staff.
Provide evidence of training for
appropriate staff on the completion
of achievement and subject area
assessments (reading, writing, and
math) for students who may have a
specific learning disability and on
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Please provide
the training
agenda, hand
outs and a sign in
sheet with the
date, names,
roles and
signatures of
each participant
by February 28,
2011.
Submit the
results of a posttraining
administrative
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(Educational Assessment A) and
assessment by a teacher with
current knowledge regarding the
student’s specific abilities in
relation to learning standards of
the Massachusetts Curriculum
Frameworks and the district’s
general education curriculum, as
well as an assessment of the
student’s attention skills,
participation behaviors,
communication skills, memory
and social relations with groups,
peers and adults (Educational
Assessment B) were not
consistently found in the student
records.
documenting the information on the
student’s history of progress in the
general education curriculum and
the teacher information on learning
standards, participation behaviors,
communication skills, memory and
social relations.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for
compliance related to completion
of assessments in the areas of
suspected disability and required
assessments to determine
eligibility.
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
review of student
records related to
required
assessments.
Indicate the
number of
records reviewed
at each level, the
number found to
be compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause for
any continuing
non-compliance
and a description
of additional
corrective actions
to be taken by the
district to address
any identified
non-compliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011.
Criterion
SE 4
Reports of
assessment
results
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
PI
Student records
and staff
interviews
The reports from the contracted
evaluator do not consistently
define in detail and in
educationally relevant and
common terms, the student
needs, offering explicit means of
meeting them.
The district must provide
contracted school psychologists and
liaisons that administer evaluations
to determine eligibility with
training on writing the
recommendation section of the
report to include educationally
relevant information on meeting the
student’s needs identified during
the evaluation.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for
compliance related to the
completeness of evaluation reports.
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Please submit a
copy of the
agenda and signin sheets for the
training on
writing
evaluation
reports to the
Department on or
before February
28, 2011.
Submit the
results of a posttraining
administrative
review of student
records for
compliance
related to
completeness of
evaluation
reports. Indicate
the number of
records reviewed
at each level, the
number found to
be compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause for
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
any continuing
non-compliance
and a description
of additional
corrective actions
to be taken by the
district to address
any identified
non-compliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011.
SE 8
IEP Team
composition and
attendance

Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The special education
administrator interprets all
evaluations at the Team meeting.
SE 9A
Elements of
eligibility
determination,
general
education
accommodations
and services to
ineligible
students

Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district follows procedures
to determine eligibility and
provides general education
accommodations for students
who are not eligible for special
education. The district initially
uses the SST instructional
support team to determine
accommodations for students
who struggle in the general
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Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
education curriculum. The
district does not dismiss students
from related services without
conducting an evaluation.
SE 13
Progress reports
PI
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
Special education liaisons
provide progress reports to the
administrator of special
education one week after report
cards are issued. Some student
records indicated a lack of
progress and other progress
reports are written broadly, not
specifically to the IEP goal.
The district must provide staff
members who write progress
reports (liaisons and related service
personnel) with training on writing
progress reports specific to the IEP
goal.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for the content
of progress reports.
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
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Please provide
the training
agenda and signin sheet with
date, names,
roles and
signatures for the
training on the
content of
progress reports
by February 28,
2011.
Submit the
results of a posttraining
administrative
review of student
records for
compliance
related to
progress reports.
Indicate the
number of
records reviewed
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
at each level, the
number found to
be compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause for
any continuing
non-compliance
and a description
of additional
corrective actions
to be taken by the
district to address
any identified
non-compliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011
SE 18A
IEP
development
and content
PI
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district does not always
complete the information under
the IEP goal that states how it
will measure whether a student
reaches a goal. In addition, the
performance criteria on Present
Level of Performance (PLEP) A
and B are blank. The age related
considerations on Present Level
of Performance B are blank for
all students. The Present Level
The district must train Team
Chairpersons to fully complete the
IEP forms. Specifically, this
training needs to focus on
measurable goals and Present Level
of Performance (PLEP) A and B
pages.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for the
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Please provide
the agenda,
handouts and
sign-in sheet with
date, name, role
and signature for
training on IEP
content by
February 28,
2011.
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
of Performance B on the IEPs
does not include the social skills
goals or information related to
social pragmatics.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
completeness of IEPs.
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Submit the
results of a posttraining
administrative
review of student
records for
compliance
related to
completeness of
IEPs. Indicate
the number of
records reviewed
at each level, the
number found to
be compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause for
any continuing
non-compliance
and a description
of additional
corrective actions
to be taken by the
district to address
any identified
non-compliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011.
Criterion
SE 18B
Determination
of placement;
provision of IEP
to parent
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
PI
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district does not secure
consent to placement changes
initially made for freshmen
students. Some students have a
partial inclusion placement in
middle school and are placed in
full inclusion when they enter
Norfolk County Agricultural
High School. The administrator
of special education states that
she or a designee attends
transition meetings at the
sending district, yet the IEP
consented to by the parents is
not fully implemented for
incoming freshmen.
The district is responsible for
implementing the consented to
IEPs for incoming students. The
district must conduct an analysis
and determine the root cause of the
continued non-compliance related
to ensuring that when incoming
students are scheduled, the
individual schedules conform with
the current, consented to IEP. The
district then must plan and
implement actions that will address
the underlying cause of the
continued non-compliance in this
area.
Additionally, the district must
develop and implement an internal
oversight and tracking system to
ensure that all IEPS for incoming
students are fully implemented.
Further, the district must conduct a
post-analysis administrative review
of student records to ensure that the
district is maintaining compliance
with the implementation of IEPs for
all incoming students.
*Please note when conducting
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Submit a
narrative
description that
identifies the root
cause of the
continued noncompliance and
provides a
detailed
description of the
corrective action
steps taken.
Please be sure to
include the
timeline of the
actions taken by
the district,
indicate the staff
member(s)
responsible for
the
implementation
by name and role
and if applicable,
the staff
members who
were involved in
the overall
corrective action
process. Please
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
be sure to include
sufficient,
relevant
documentation of
the corrective
action steps taken
that effectively
demonstrate the
district’s efforts
to correct the
continued noncompliance by
February 28,
2011.
Submit a detailed
narrative
description of the
internal oversight
and tracking
system that the
district has
adopted to
address the
oversight of IEP
implementation
for incoming
students by
February 28,
2011.
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Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Subsequent to the
corrective action,
submit a
narrative
description of the
results of the
administrative
review of student
records to ensure
that current,
consented to
IEPs for
incoming
students are fully
implemented as
required.
Identify the name
and role of the
reviewer, the
number of
records reviewed,
the number of
IEPs that were
fully
implemented and
meet the
requirements of
this criterion, the
root cause of any
continued noncompliance and
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Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
any steps taken to
correct concerns
identified in the
process to the
Department on or
before June 17,
2011.
SE 20
Least restrictive
program
SE 25
Parental consent

PI
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district has included all
students in several classes with
their nondisabled peers. Each
IEP reviewed that contained pull
out services on the C grid had an
appropriate nonparticipation
justification statement.
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
The district does not secure
parental consent for the changes
in placement for freshmen
students when there is a
placement change from partial
or sub-separate placement in
middle school to full inclusion in
high school.
See SE 18B
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See SE 18B
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
SE 32
Parent advisory
council for
special
education
PI
Documentation
and staff
interviews
The PAC has not had the annual
training on parent and student
rights. The last one was held in
March 2009.
The district must provide a
workshop on parent and student
rights to the Parent Advisory
Council annually, as required.
Please provide
the schedule or
calendar of PAC
related meetings
and trainings for
the 2010-2011
school year to the
Department by
February 28,
2011.
SE 34
Continuum of
alternative
services and
placements
PI
Documentation
and staff
interviews
The district does not offer a
continuum of alternative
services and programs that meet
the needs of incoming students.
Specifically, for freshman
students, the district is not
providing the special education
services, related services or
placement as indicated and
consented to on the student’s
current IEP. The district’s
practice is to implement some
services and place the students
in available programming
placements at the beginning of
the school year, then at a later
point in the school year they
convene an IEP Team meeting
The district must evaluate its
existing programs and services,
identify the gaps and develop a
plan to close those gaps in the
continuum of alternative services
and placements. The continuum
must assure that all students
identified as having a specific
disability receive appropriate
supports and services as described
in the IEP.
Submit a
narrative
description of the
results of the
district's internal
evaluation of its
existing
programs and
services,
including a
description of
any proposed
expansion of the
range of
programs and
related service
options available
to meet needs of
The district must conduct an
administrative review of student
records of incoming freshmen for
the fall of 2011 to ensure that a
range of programs and services are
available to meet those needs.
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
and propose an IEP based on the
services available, which is not
always consistent with the
student’s needs.
SE 35
Assistive

Documentation,
student records
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
The district provided a list of
assistive technology and
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
the district's
special education
student
population and
the timelines for
implementation
by February 28,
2011.
The school must
submit an update
on the
implementation
of its plan to
expand its
existing
programs and
services and
provide the
results of the
review of the
needs of the
incoming
freshman class to
the Department
by September
17, 2011.
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
technology;
specialized
materials and
equipment
SE 40
Instructional
grouping
requirements
SE 43
Behavioral
interventions

PI
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
and staff
interviews
supplementary materials that are
used to support student learning.
Recently three staff members
were trained in Kurtzweil.
Documentation
and staff
interviews
The grouping that was cited in
the CPR is no longer in effect
and all groups are within the
required student to teacher ratio.
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
Records demonstrated that the
district does not consistently
conduct functional behavioral
assessments (FBAs) as needed
and that the staff members
responsible for conducting these
assessments are not familiar
with the FBA process.
Interviews indicated that the
guidance counselors have been
designated to conduct functional
behavioral assessments;
however at the time of this
review those individuals were
not knowledgeable on how to
complete a functional behavioral
assessment.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
The district must provide training
to guidance counselors and other
staff members designated to
conduct functional behavioral
assessments, on how to conduct
functional behavioral assessments.
Further, the district must conduct
internal monitoring of student
records post-training for
compliance with the
implementation of functional
behavioral assessments.
*Please note when conducting
internal monitoring the district
must maintain the following
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Please provide
evidence of
training (agenda
and sign-in
sheets with name,
role and
signature) on
functional
behavioral
assessments by
February 28,
2011.
Submit the
results of a posttraining
administrative
Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
documentation and make it
available to the Department upon
request a) List of student names
and grade level for the records
reviewed; b) Date of the review;
c) Name of person(s) who
conducted the review, their
role(s) and signature(s).
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(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
review of student
records for
compliance
related to
functional
behavioral
assessments.
Indicate the
number of
records reviewed
at each level, the
number found to
be compliant, an
explanation of
the root cause for
any continuing
non-compliance
and a description
of additional
corrective actions
to be taken by the
district to address
any identified
non-compliance.
Please submit
this to the
Department by
June 17, 2011.
Criterion
SE 46
Procedures for
suspension for
students with
disabilities
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)

Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
Documentation
and staff
interviews
The Student Services office
collects and maintains
suspension information in order
to track patterns and the number
of days of suspension.
SE 49
Related services
PI
Documentation,
student records
and staff
interviews
See SE 34.
SE 55
Special
education
facilities and
classrooms
PI
Documentation
and staff
interviews
The district has a classroom in
the basement where special
education support is provided
that is not between and amongst
other regular education
classrooms.
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
The district must move the
classroom away from the cluster of
special education services and
away from the stigma of being
located in the basement.
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
Provide building
floor plans
indicating the
new location for
this instructional
group by
February 28,
2011.
The Department
will conduct an
on-site visit to
confirm the
relocation of the
special education
support
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Criterion
Criterion
Implemented

Criterion
Partially
Implemented
(PI) or Not
Implemented
(NI)
Method(s) of
Investigation
Basis of Determination about
Criterion
If Partially Implemented or Not
Implemented:
(a) Required Corrective Action
and Timelines for
Implementation
(b) Progress
Report Due
Date(s) and
Required
Elements
classroom by
June 17, 2011.
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December 1, 2010
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
MID-CYCLE REVIEW
School District: NORFOLK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL
M I D – CY C L E P R O G R E S S R E P O R T
Date Prepared: ____________________________________
Prepared by: __________________________________________________________________
(name and title)
Criterion: _______________________
Topic: ________________________________________________________________________
For each criterion for which you prepare a progress report, please



make a copy of this cover page,
fill in the information requested above, and
attach a complete description of the corrective action taken and any accompanying documentation.
(Description of corrective action for each criterion and any accompanying documentation should include all of the
“Progress Report Required Elements” for that criterion in the Mid-cycle Report.)
Send the whole set of completed progress reports to:
Darlene Lynch, Director
Program Quality Assurance Services
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, MA 02148-4906