Wisconsin State Performance Plan Indicator

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WisconsinState Performance PlanIndicator 8

• Thomas J. Delaney, Ed.S., M.A.
• North Central Regional Resource Center
• Wisconsin CIFMS Stakeholders Meeting
• February 8, 2006

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State Performance Plan (SPP)

• New Wisconsin Promise
• Continuous Improvement and Focused Monitoring
  System (CIFMS)
• Input and feedback from stakeholders.
• The SPP is a six-year plan for improving outcomes
  of children with disabilities in Wisconsin.

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SPP Indicator 8

• Part B
• Indicator 8
• Percent of parents with a child receiving special
  education services who report that schools
  facilitated parent involvement as a means of
  improving services and results for children with
  disabilities. (OSEP)

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SPP Indicator 8

• New Indicator
• Percent of respondent parents who report
  schools facilitated parent involvement as a means
  of improving services and results for children
  with disabilities divided by the total of
  respondent parents of children with disabilities
  times 100 (OSEP).

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SPP Indicator 8

• OSEP required WDPI to describe how data will be
  collected so that the State will be able to
  report baseline data and targets in the FFY 2005
  APR due 2/1/07.
• Sampling of parents with a survey is allowed.
  When sampling will be used, a description of the
  sampling methodology outlining how the design
  will yield valid and reliable estimates must be
  submitted to OSEP.

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SPP Indicator 8

• WDPI included in the SPP its plan under this
  indicator to gather baseline data on parent
  involvement.
• WDPI is working with the National Center on
  Special Education Accountability Monitoring
  (NCSEAM) and the North Central Regional Resource
  Center (NCRRC) to develop a method for data
  collection in Wisconsin.

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SPP Indicator 8

• WDPI will utilize a parent survey created by
  NCSEAM.
• The annual sample for this indicator consists of
• Selected LEAs
• Parents and primary caregivers of children with
  disabilities reported to WDPI on the December 1
  child count.

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• Sample is stratified by local education agency
  size and type
• Category 1LEAs in which all schools are charter
  schools
• Category 2LEAs with one or more charter schools
• Category 3LEAs containing no charter schools
• Category 4Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS)
• Category 5State schools, Department of Health
  and Family Services (DHFS), and Department of
  Corrections (DOC)

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• Three strata
• Stratification Based on LEA Enrollment
• Categories 2 and 3
• Stratification Based on MPS
• Category 4
• Stratification Based on Educational Entity Type
• Categories 1 and 5

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• The purposes for clustering the LEAs into strata
  are to
• Ensure that parents whose children and youth with
  disabilities were receiving services in all types
  of education entities could be included in the
  sample
• Ensure that the widest range of educational
  entities could be included in the sampling pool,
  particularly those that serve low-incidence
  disabilities and
• Facilitate the overall logistics involved with
  data collection.

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• Selecting the sample of local education agencies
  for each stratification level involves a
  two-stage process.
• The first stage involves selecting LEAs by a
  roster method of sampling. Using this
  procedure, LEAs in Table 2 will be listed in rank
  order for each enrollment level (i.e., A-F).

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• Every Nth LEA will be selectedbased on the
  number to be sampled annually over the six-year
  period.
• This process will be repeated for each level A-F
  until the total of 72 LEAs has been selected
  (one-sixth of the LEAs in the state).

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SPP Indicator 8 LEA Sampling

• Following selection of all 72 LEAs for the first
  year of data collection, a second stage will
  ensue to select eligible parents of children and
  youth with disabilities.
• The parents and primary caregivers of 383
  students with disabilities will be randomly and
  proportionally selected from the local education
  agencies that are annually selected within each
  stratum.

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SPP Indicator 8 Parent Sampling

• Following selection of all 72 LEAs for the first
  year of data collection, a second stage will
  ensue to select eligible parents of children and
  youth with disabilities.
• The parents and primary caregivers of 383
  students with disabilities will be randomly and
  proportionally selected from the local education
  agencies that are annually selected within each
  stratum.

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SPP Indicator 8 Parent Sampling

• WDPI will ensure a sample is randomly selected
  that is representative of all parents of children
  and youth with disabilities by race/ethnicity and
  disability categories.
• The random selection of 383 parents for this
  sample reflects a confidence level of 95.
• Remember
• The population to be sampled is the population of
  all students served statewide by the special
  education system.
• Calculation of the sample size is based on
  potential variance in response (e.g. yes or
  no has o 0.5) and desired accuracy of
  estimation, not the size of the population.

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SPP Indicator 8 Parent Sampling
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SPP Indicator 8 Survey

• To compose the survey, WDPI will select items
  from the full set of Part B Parent Survey items
  developed and technically validated by the
  National Center for Special Education
  Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM).
• Data collection procedures will largely involve
  the utilization of an internet parent survey,
  along with mail and phone response options, to
  ensure wide coverage and the best return rate
  possible.

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SPP Indicator 8 Report

• A report will be prepared by the NCRRC
  summarizing the results using a descriptive
  narrative accompanied with charts and graphs.
• To maintain confidentiality, no data will be
  reported in which it is possible to identify any
  particular child, school or district.
• The NCRRC will submit the report to the WDPI for
  inclusion in future annual performance reports
  (APRs).

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Thank You!

• For more information, contact
• Pat Bober
• Special Education Team
• Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction
• Phone [phone]
• E-Mail Patricia.Bober_at_dpi.state.wi.us