SPP: Public Agency Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment

Conducting the Self-Assessment

Sampling

The procedural compliance self-assessment uses sampling techniques in part to develop a data set. Several random samples are used in the self-assessment: evaluations; IEPs; secondary transition; and discipline. The directions for creating each sample are in Appendix C of the Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Manual. Sampling is used as a cost-effective method of assessing a public agency's performance without reviewing information on every child. The information gathered is used to generalize from the sample to all children with disabilities served by the public agency. To increase precision, some samples have been "stratified" to ensure certain subgroups are adequately represented in the sample. For example, samples of IEPs and IEP team evaluations are stratified to ensure elementary, middle, and high school students are represented. A table for determining sample size is in Appendix D of the Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Manual.

Evaluating Compliance

Current school year IEPs, IEP team evaluations from the previous school year, public agency records, and interviews are used to conduct the self-assessment. Record review checklists have been developed by the WDPI for use with pupil records of students in the samples. The checklists contain requirements relevant for each sample. For example, there is a checklist of evaluation requirements for use with the sample of IEP team evaluations; a checklist of requirements relating to the development of IEPs for use with the IEP sample; and another checklist of secondary transition requirements for use with a sample of secondary students' records. Some requirements involve interviews of school staff or parents of students in the sample. Interview protocols are provided for these requirements. The interview protocols are used in conjunction with the IEP sample. Interview protocols and checklists appear in Appendix E of the Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Manual. The WDPI has established evaluation standards and directions for each requirement in the self-assessment. The standards and directions are applied by the public agency staff in completing the self-assessment. These appear in Appendix F of the Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Manuel.

Training Materials

• Recommended Regional Trainings for Indicator #13 Checklist Item T-3 Completion
• Special Education Mediasite Trainings - Select the presentation you wish to view.
• Self-Assessment Training Webcast, Section 2, Conducting the Self-Assessment: Sampling Webcast - PowerPoint Presentation
• Self-Assessment Training Webcast, Section 3, Conducting the Self-Assessment: Evaluating Procedural Compliance Webcast - PowerPoint Presentation
• Self-Assessment Training Webcast, Section 3a, Conducting the Self-Assessment: Evaluating Secondary Transition Procedural Compliance Webcast - PowerPoint Presentation
• Special Education Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment Manual
• Directions for Developing Self Assessment Samples - Appendix C
  • Sample 1: Evaluations
  • Sample 2: IEPs
  • Sample 3: Secondary Transition
  • Sample 4: Discipline
• Table for Determining Self Assessment Sample Sizes - Appendix D
• Random Number Sequence Generator at Random.org
• Record Review Checklists and Interview Protocols - Appendix E
  • Evaluation Record Review Checklist - Evaluation Recording Form - Fillable Recording Form
  • IEP Record Review Checklist - IEP Recording Form - Fillable Recording Form
  • Secondary Transition Record Review Checklist - Transition Recording Form - Fillable Recording Form
  • Discipline Recording Form - Fillable Recording Form
  • Checklist for Non-Record Review Items (Ns)
  • I-18 Interview Protocol
  • I-19 Interview Protocol
• Standards and Directions for Assessing Requirements
• Compliance Examples for Indicator 13
• The Assessment Matrix (for IEP Record Review Checklist, Item I-20)
• Forms Conversion Chart: A Key to DPI's Special Education Forms
• Sample Electronic Reporting Form (Revised copy to be posted in September)
• SPP Targets and Goals Chart
  
  
• Self-Assessment/Sampling Activities for the Cycle

If you have questions about the self-assessment process that are not answered in this section or on the Self-Assessment Questions and Answers page, please submit your question by email.

For questions about this information, contact Courtney Jenkins 608-267-9183 or Paul Sherman 608-267-9157.

Last updated on 7/30/2009 9:09:53 AM