The General Supervision Fast Fives are designed to be short, easy-to-read briefs on a variety of topics related to state special education accountability and support systems. Each brief will follow the same “fast five” format in that it will delve into five key aspects of a given topic. We look forward to adding more “fast fives” to this collection in the months and years to come.
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Monitoring is an important component of state general supervision systems and typically encompasses various types of activities at different levels of intensity. States must monitor all local education agencies (LEAs) at least once every 6 years. Some states are grappling with the best way to meet this expectation in light of a large number of […]
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One of the most important responsibilities of a state education agency (SEA) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is to ensure that each local education agency (LEA) provides students with disabilities a free appropriate public education (FAPE) that responds to their unique needs and supports them to be successful in future educational, employment, […]
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A key responsibility of state education agencies (SEAs) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is to monitor local education agency (LEA) implementation of the law (34 C.F.R. § 300.600–604). This Fast Five details five principles (plus one!) that we recommend SEAs incorporate as part of their LEA monitoring.
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The State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) is an important tool for states to assess local education agency (LEA) implementation of IDEA. However, reviewing LEA performance on the SPP/APR indicators must not be the only tool. This Fast Five introduces five factors (plus one!) other than the SPP/APR indicators that states should consider when monitoring […]
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This Fast Five defines the role of accelerated learning to support all students, but specifically students with disabilities. This Fast Five provides considerations and ideas to support LEA’s to plan for and implement accelerated learning.
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This Fast Five applies the five coherence drivers articulated in Fullan and Quinn’s 2015 book, Coherence: The Right Drivers in Action for Schools, Districts, and Systems, to the work of general supervision and explores how they can strengthen the connective tissue between the system’s components. A coherent general supervision system will function in a coordinated […]
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The RBAS “Fast Five” series is designed to provide short, bite-size information on a key topic related to special education general supervision, accountability and support systems. This Fast Five explores the topic of Educational Benefit Review (including its history, the purpose, and process for conducting one) and how states can incorporate the process into their […]
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This Fast Five, based on interviews with several states, offers five considerations when determining whether and how to incorporate results data into state special education general supervision systems.
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This Fast Five, based on interviews with several states, offers five considerations for authentically engaging stakeholders in the development and implementation of results-based accountability and support systems.
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This Fast Five, based on interviews with several states, provides five strategies for amplifying a focus on results data in special education general supervision systems.
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This Fast Five provides answers to five questions about risk assessments including what they are, how states use them to guide their monitoring of LEAs, and sample data points states have incorporated into their risk assessment calculations.
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The RBAS “Fast Five” series is designed to provide short, bite-size information on a key topic related to special education general supervision, accountability and support systems.
Document | Fast Five
The RBAS “Fast Five” series is designed to provide short, bite-size information on a key topic related to special education general supervision, accountability and support systems.
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SEAs typically offer LEAs incentives to support the increased likelihood of compliant implementation and improved outcomes and will sanction LEAs following the occurrence of noncompliance or failure to improve toward targets over time. States often use incentives and sanctions (often on a continuum of increasing intensity) to influence LEA actions related to annual determinations, progress […]
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This Fast Five, based on interviews with several states, outlines various lessons states have learned as they have designed and implemented results-based accountability and support systems.
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State dispute resolution systems provide a wealth of important information to state educational agencies (SEAs) about local implementation of the IDEA. This resource offers five strategies for effectively using the data generated by a state’s dispute resolution system to improve its implementation of the IDEA, the health of its general supervision system, and LEA practices.
