In a nutshell, we believe that differences
in special education enrollment require focused attention and deeper analysis by those in a position to drive change.
In other words, your company is seeking to «increase [the] special education enrollment» as a deliberate political strategy to head off critics.
Kate Dove, a special education advisor to CCSA, agreed that the high - autonomy option was a big reason for the increase in
special education enrollment at charters.
The report finds that the discrepancy between traditional and charter
school special education enrollment in California is caused by a host of structural barriers and challenges, the most important of which, is the degree of charter school autonomy in special education.
The Association used the 2015 IDEA Basic Entitlement data available online and merged estimated
special education enrollment data from the AIMS testing file to determine the impact of special education students that are unaccounted for.
This study, from the Center on Reinventing Public Education, uses NYC data to analyze the factors driving the gap in
special education enrollment between charter and traditional public schools.
Yet as WSJ reporter Leslie Brody points out, English - language learners make up about 7 percent of the students who attend the city's charter schools, while
special education enrollment stands at 17 percent.
However, three data points cause concern: in combination, they indicate that many of the responding authorizers do not 1) require special education outcomes as part of charter performance contracts; 2) see persistent failure to serve students with disabilities as a behavior that merits serious consequence; or 3) identify themselves as responsible for
enforcing special education enrollment proportionality.
According to O'Neill, states like Massachusetts and Connecticut, which are considered leaders in public education, have
special education enrollment rates above the national average.
The comparison of
special education enrollment percentages is a good place to begin asking questions, but this comparison by itself only scratches the surface of the larger special education landscape.
Based on member feedback, we provided a webinar to help our schools understand how to get access to the Charter School Expansion Act (CSEA) grant, which is intended to
address special education enrollment discrepancies
In this formula, the school's
special education enrollment receives the greatest funding at $ 513 per student; whereas the percentage of students in poverty and percentage of the population are funded at $ 29 and $ 91, respectively.
For example, students with autism make up 6.9 % of district
school special education enrollment, but only 2.2 % of Commonwealth charters — a total of just 17 students with autism in 16 schools.
Yet as WSJ reporter Leslie Brody points out, English - language learners make up about 7 % of the students who attend the city's charter schools, while
special education enrollment stands at 17 %.
Although most of the charter sectors trail traditional public schools regarding the notoriously unreliable measure of
special education enrollments, that gap is so small (3 percentage points) that it can't plausibly explain the greater productivity of charters.
An article in the Houston Chronicle exposed that the TEA has been encouraging schools to set a goal of 8.5 %
special education enrollment.
While Detroit Public Schools» enrollment has been in precipitous decline since 2009, the district's
special education enrollment is climbing quickly because charter schools simply don't offer the services those students need.
The gap between traditional K - 12 public school
special education enrollment and charter special education enrollment in LEA and LEA - like charter schools is only 1.5 % (LEA charter schools enroll 8.7 % of students with disabilities compared to 10.3 % statewide; LEA - like charter schools serve 10.2 % compared to 11.7 % in Los Angeles Unified School District).
Charter schools that opened after 1998 or have experienced a significant increase in
their special education enrollment are eligible to submit data to the Department through the Charter School Expansion Act (CSEA) grant.
In this report, the Center on Reinventing Public Education provides some context to these policy responses to
special education enrollment in charter schools by describing the distribution of students with disabilities in...
The district staff report also shows that the school's
special education enrollment (16 percent, with 89 percent high - incidence, 11 percent low - incidence) exceeded the district's at similar schools (9 percent).
«The District's Office of Independent Monitor has reported that
the special education enrollment at independent charters has continued its upward trend.
While IDEA currently provides district leaders with a few exceptions, such as a decrease in
special education enrollment to readjusting their current special education funding levels, the recession acutely highlighted how the exceptions need to be broadened at the local level.
This is the primary driver of the gap in
special education enrollments.
Using student - level data, Winters shows that Denver's
special education enrollment gap starts at roughly 2 percentage points in kindergarten and is more than triple that in eighth grade.
The long - term effects on adult outcomes were analyzed using numerous measures, including the California Achievement Test,
special education enrollment, earnings, employment, health behaviors, marriage duration and crime rates.