Significant DisproportionalitySignificant Disproportionalityand CEISand CEIS

Special Education Directors’ MeetingSpecial Education Directors’ MeetingSeptember 2010September 2010

Dr. Lanai JenningsCoordinator, Office of Special Programs

What is Significant Disproportionality

States must annually collect and examine data to determine if Significant Disproportionality is occurring based on race or ethnicity.

Authority: Section 618(d) of the IDEA and the implementing regulations in 34 CFR §300.646

What is Significant Disproportionality

Data analyses by race/ethnicity must include the following: identification of children as children with

disabilities; identification of children as children with a

particular disability; placement of children with disabilities in particular

educational settings; and the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary

actions, including suspensions and expulsions.

What is Significant Disproportionality

Statistical results stand alone A review to determine whether the significant disproportionality is the result of inappropriate identification is not applicable

SEA must require any LEA identified as having significant disproportionality in any of the four above-mentioned analysis categories to reserve the maximum amount of funds for comprehensive Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS).

15% of IDEA funds

Defining “Significant Disproportionality”

States have the authority to define for LEAs

State determines

criteriafor what level of

disproportionality is significant

How does WV defineSignificant Disproportionality

1. Cell size = 202. Relative Risk Ratios (RRR)

must be greater than or equal to 3.0

3. Placement and identification are examined

4. Discipline: type, duration, and incidence

5. Consecutive year provision

Additional OSP Business Rules

• No rounding occurs for the resultant RRR. – a RRR of 2.9999 does not trigger consequences for

the district• When fewer than 20 students in a single

minority group are identified as having a disability, placement in an LRE, or assigned OSS, ISS, or total removals, the RRR is not required to be calculated– However, OSP may choose to do so to report to

districts for tracking purposes.

SIGNIFICANT DISPROPORTIONALITY IS NOT

SPP/APR INDICATORS 4B, 9, OR 10

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Has Significant Disproportionality been identified in your district?

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Disproportionalityand

CEIS Resources

http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/SignificantDisproportionality-CEIS.html

What happenswhen significant

disproportionalityis identified?

Require LEAs touse 15% of Part B funds

for CoordinatedEarly Intervening Services

(CEIS)

…particularly, but not exclusively, for children in those groups significantly over identified.

For Determinations of Significant Disproportionality

States must:

What are Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS)?

http://wvde.state.wv.us/osp/CEIS_Memo08-09.pdf

CEIS

• Services provided through IDEA funding for at-risk students who do not receive special education services

• K-12• Direct academic or behavioral interventions• Professional development

For Determinations ofSignificant Disproportionality

LEA must:

Publicly reporton the revision of

policies,practices,

and procedures

Reporting RequirementsCEIS is a new 618 report

Two required reporting mechanisms:

1. LEA Application

CEIS program description

Total number of students who received CEIS during the school year

Total number of students who received CEIS in prior school years and who later qualified for special education and/or related services

2. WVEISweb Intervention Screens

Identifies students by WVEIS number

Specify only students who received CEIS during the prior school year

Click Yes here(Default setting is No)

Why is Significant Disproportionality Important?

• More likely to be assigned to segregated classrooms or placements

• More likely to be assigned long term suspensions

• Have limited access to inclusive and general educational environments

• Experience higher dropout rates and low academic performance

• Often exposed to substandard and less rigorous curricula

• May be missclassified or inappropriately labeled

Minority students

Why is SignificantDisproportionality Important?

• May receive services that do not meet their needs; and

• Are less likely than their white counterparts to return to general education classrooms.

Minority students

• Are more likely to become dropouts or receive a certificate of attendance and/or experience– High unemployment rates– Lack of preparation for the workforce– Difficulty in gaining access to

postsecondary education

Why is SignificantDisproportionality Important?

Minority students

Other factors that may contribute to Significant Disproportionality:

• Language• Intrinsic deficits

Child poverty & associatedrisk factors

• Assumptions about intelligence• Wait-to-fail model• Research to practice gap