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State and Federal Accountability Directors of Special Education October 10, 2013

State and Federal Accountability Directors of Special Education October 10, 2013. Region One Education Service Center Office of School Improvement, Accountability, and Compliance. NCLB Waiver September 30, 2013. Conditional Waiver 2013-2014. May 2, 2014 Extension Deadline Principal 2.

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State and Federal Accountability Directors of Special Education October 10, 2013

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  1. State and Federal AccountabilityDirectors of Special EducationOctober 10, 2013 Region One Education Service Center Office of School Improvement, Accountability, and Compliance

  2. NCLB WaiverSeptember 30, 2013 Conditional Waiver 2013-2014 May 2, 2014 Extension Deadline Principal 2

  3. NCLB WAIVER • Three Principles • State Identification of Schools • Single Intervention System • Funding Flexibility

  4. Principles

  5. Principle 1: College and Career Ready Expectations for All Students • Adoption of college and career-ready standards • Transition to college and career-ready standards • Development and administration of annual, statewide, aligned, high-quality assessments that measure student growth

  6. Principle 2: State Developed Differentiated Recognition, Accountability and Support • Establishment of ambitious but achievable annual measurable objectives • Identification of reward, focus and priority schools • Provide incentives and supports for other Title I schools • Build SEA, LEA, and school capacity to improve student learning

  7. Achieving Annual Measurable Objectives2013-2020

  8. Principle 2: Identification

  9. Priority Schools • Lowest Five Percent of Title I Schools in Texas • Based on proficiency on the statewide reading and mathematics assessments, and graduation rates. Title I Schools Rank Order

  10. Priority Schools

  11. Focus Schools • Lowest Ten Percent of Title I Schools in Texas • Based on system safeguard performance gaps in reading and mathematics for each student group compared to the AMO. Title I Schools Rank Order

  12. Reward Schools Highest Performing Reading, Mathematics, Graduation Highest Performing in Progress

  13. Interventions • Schools identified as priority and focus will have intervention requirements.  • Districts should consider targeting and/or identifying resources to be afforded to schools following the identification and notification.

  14. Principle 3: Supporting Effective Instruction • Development and adoption of guidelines for local teacher and principal evaluation and support systems • Provisions ensuring that LEAs implement teacher and principal evaluation and support systems

  15. ESEA Funding Flexibility • Texas school districts will no longer be required to set aside 20 percent of their Title I federal dollars to provide Supplemental Educational Services (SES) or School Choice transportation. A district will now be free to use those funds on academic intervention programs it deems most effective for its students. • Texas school districts identified in school improvement will no longer be required to spend not less than 10 percent of the Title I, Part A funds for district-wide professional development.  The use of Title 1 funds on non-Title I campuses is not allowable. • Texas campuses identified in school improvement will no longer be required to spend not less than 10 percent of the Title I, Part A campus allocation for providing high-quality professional development to the campus principal and teachers. • The use of Title 1 funds on non-Title I campuses is not allowable.

  16. Resources Texas Education Agency. (September 18, 2013) ESEA Flexibility Request.Retrieved from: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=25769803880 Texas Education Agency. (September 30, 2013) Letter from US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. Retrieved: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=25769803880 Texas Education Agency. (September 18, 2013) Letter from Commissioner of Education, Michael Williams. Retrieved: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=25769803880 Texas Education Agency. (October 3, 2013) Program Monitoring and Interventions TETN. Texas Education Agency. (October, 2013) School Improvement and Support. Guidance on SIP Fiscal Requirements.

  17. Contacts Division of Instructional Support Office of School Improvement, Accountability and Compliance Dr. Tina McIntyre, Administrator 956 984-6027 tmcintyre@esc1.net Belinda S. Gorena, Coordinator 956 984-6173 bgorena@esc1.net Benjamin Macias, Evaluation and Assessment Specialist 956 984-6234 bmacias@esc1.net Kelly VanHee, Specialist 956 984-6190 kkvanhee@esc1.net

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