Five Strategies for Effectively and Efficiently Staffing State Monitoring Activities

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 LEAs to monitor and limited state agency staff to devote to monitoring activities. The purpose of this brief is to offer state agencies several strategies for effectively and efficiently fulfilling their IDEA general supervision responsibilities and meaningfully monitoring and supporting LEAs to implement the law.