IDEA and NCLB

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IDEA and NCLB

• The Connection

Elizabeth Burmaster, State Superintendent Wisconsi
n Department of Public Instruction December 2003
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Currently

• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
  (IDEA) has been scheduled for reauthorization
  since 2002.
• Presently, both the House and the Senate have
  developed draft legislation.
• It doesnt look like anything will come to pass
  in the near future.

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The Connection

• No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and Individuals with
  Disabilities Act (IDEA) connect in a variety of
  ways, the most significant of which include
• Testing
• Accountability and Adequate Yearly Progress
• The impact of NCLB sanctions on schools in
  relation to students with disabilities
• Highly Qualified Teachers
• Paraprofessionals

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Testing Students with Disabilities

• NCLB requires
• 95 of enrolled students, including students with
  disabilities, must participate in state
  assessments in reading and mathematics.
  (Currently, grades 4, 8, and 10 and in 2005-06
  every grade 3-8, and at least once in grades
  9-12).
• Students with disabilities are a disaggregated
  subgroup under NCLB and schools and districts are
  held accountable when they reach a cell size of
  50 or more.

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Testing Students with Disabilities

• IDEA requires
• Students with disabilities must participate in
  annual statewide assessments with or without
  appropriate accommodations or alternate
  assessments and in the grade level in which they
  are enrolled.

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Testing Students with Disabilities

• Currently, about 2 of Wisconsin students take
  the Alternate Assessment.
• Students with disabilities who take Wisconsins
  Alternate Assessment are credited for test
  participation.

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Accountability andAdequate Yearly Progress

• NCLB Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)
• Test participation
• Graduation or attendance
• Reading
• Math
• Disaggregated by specific subgroups, including
  students with disabilities.

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2002-03 Statewide AYP Data (as of 12/1/03)

106 schools missed AYP
Breakdown by indicators
Reading
Math
Test Participation
Other Indicator
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2002-03 Statewide AYP Data (as of 12/1/03)

22 districts missed AYP
Breakdown by indicators
Reading
Math
Test Participation
Other Indicator
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2002-03 Statewide AYP Data (as of 12/1/03)
Students with Disabilities

40 met 95
29 missed AYP
Test Participation
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2002-03 Statewide AYP Data (as of 12/1/03)
Students with Disabilities

5 met 61
37 made Safe Harbor
5 Missed AYP
Reading
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2002-03 Statewide AYP Data (as of 12/1/03)
Students with Disabilities

12 Met 37
26 made Safe Harbor
9 Missed AYP
Math
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Accountability
Disconnect

• IDEA accountability is built around the
  Individualized Education Program (IEP)
• IDEA seeks progress for individual child rather
  than state benchmarks
• IDEA provides entitlement until age 21

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Sanctions

• Impact on special education delivery models
• School choice and FAPE

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Highly Qualified Teachers

• all teachers hired after January 8, 2002 and
  teaching in a program supported by Title I funds
  be highly qualified and all teachers teaching
  core academic subjects are to be highly
  qualified by 2005-06.
• HOUSSE and PI 34

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Paraprofessionals

• All Title I paraprofessionals newly hired after
  January 8, 2002 must have
• at least 2 years of higher education or an
  associates degree or
• passed formal state or local tests/assessments
  designed to demonstrate knowledge and ability in
  certain subject areas.
• All Title I paraprofessionals hired before
  January 8, 2002 must meet the above requirements
  by the end of the 2005-06 school year.
• Approximately 50 of paraprofessionals in
  Wisconsin are special education
  paraprofessionals.

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Resources

• Information on No Child Left Behind in Wisconsin
  can be found at
• www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/esea/index
• Information on Individuals with Disabilities
  Education Act in Wisconsin can be found at
• www.dpi.state.wi.us/dpi/dlsea/een