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Improving Graduation Rates for Special Education Students in Wisconsin

This initiative aims to enhance graduation rates among students with IEPs in Wisconsin schools by setting progressive targets aligned with ESEA guidelines. The state is focused on achieving a goal of 80% graduation rate, with steady improvements earmarked annually towards this objective. Stakeholders meet regularly to update targets and strategies, ensuring continuous progress towards the overarching goal. The special education team plays a crucial role in this process, collaborating with cross-agency workgroups to align Indicator 1 targets with ESEA mandates. By fostering collaboration and commitment, Wisconsin seeks to foster successful high school completion for all students.

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Improving Graduation Rates for Special Education Students in Wisconsin

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  1. Indicator 1 Graduation Change in Target Wisconsin DPI Special Education Team Stakeholders Meeting December 16, 2009

  2. Indicator 1 – Current Targets and Goal • For the development of the State Performance Plan, we used the 2014 graduation goal of 98%, based on Wisconsin’s NCLB Consolidated State Application (September 1, 2003 submission) • CIFMS Stakeholders developed plateau-step targets demonstrating substantial improvement to 2010-11.

  3. OSEP Guidance for APR – Changes to Indicator 1 • Indicator 1: Percent of youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a regular diploma. (20 U.S.C. 1416 (a)(3)(A)) • Measurement: States must report using the graduation rate calculation and timeline established by the Department under the ESEA • Instructions for Indicators/Measurement: Targets should be the same as the annual graduation rate targets under Title I of the ESEA

  4. Wisconsin Title I Graduation Rate Target • The 2008 Title I regulations also require each State to set a goal and targets for high school graduation and to incorporate the goal and targets into its AYP definition, beginning in 2009-2010. NCLB High School Graduation Rate Non-Regulatory Guidance, December 2008 Wisconsin’s current AYP target under Title I of the ESEA is: • A high school graduation rate of at least 80 percent …. From Wisconsin DPI’s An AYP Primer

  5. Wisconsin SPP Graduation Rate Target • Indicator 1 targets should be the same as the annual graduation rate targets under Title I of the ESEA • Indicator 1: Eighty percent of youth with IEPs will graduate from high school with a regular diploma.

  6. New ESEA Title I Requirement:Establish Annual Graduation Rate Targets • A State must establish annual graduation rate targets that reflect continuous and substantial improvement from the prior year toward meeting or exceeding the State’s graduation rate goal (34 C.F.R. §200.19(b)(3)(i)(B)). NCLB High School Graduation Rate Non-Regulatory Guidance, 2008

  7. Wisconsin DPI – ESEA Graduation Rate Workgroup • A DPI cross-agency ESEA workgroup has been convened to set new graduation targets demonstrating continuous and substantial improvement in 2010 • The Special Education Team is represented on that workgroup • Because of OSEP’s new directive, our Indicator 1 targets will be aligned with the new ESEA targets once they are developed

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