Last week, the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the United States Department of Education officially released the state determination letters for implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). As I reported earlier this month, Delaware received a rating of “needs assistance”. In June, I reported the special education ratings for each school district and charter school. Both articles contain my thoughts on these ratings and how they don’t capture what it needs to.
The US DOE lags two years behind so these findings are based on the 2015-2016 school year in Delaware. This was the second year of the Smarter Balanced Assessment.
As part of their release, the US DOE included documents for each state on how they reached their determination. Below is the Delaware documents. Also included are the letters sent for IDEA Part B and IDEA Part C.
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I see you are as alert as ever! Why would they be 2 years behind??
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Hey, long time no hear! US DOE is always two years behind on this. As far back as I can see. You would think with the technology we have now they could catch up!
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Yeah, I’ve been derailed for a while. Hopefully back on track. I agree about the technology. Absolutely no excuse for not being up to date. We know that an entire school can change from great to pitiful in a single year.
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I get why they can’t do the 2017-2018 school year by the end of June of 2018, but they can certainly catch up on the 2016-2017 year.
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Good point. And it shouldn’t take 6 months to get test scores.
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I hope you are doing well Teachezwell!
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I am! Thank you!
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