SPP: Public Agency Procedural Compliance Self-Assessment

Validating the Self-Assessments

Annually, the WDPI selects public agencies to validate the accuracy of their procedural compliance self-assessments. The WDPI uses a number of factors to determine which public agency self-assessments to validate, including the number of requirements found in noncompliance, whether the public agency has established an ad hoc self-assessment committee that includes parents, and timeliness of reporting. Any public agency advanced on the monitoring schedule because of concerns identified by the WDPI special education team is included in validation activities. Any public agency scheduled for a focused monitoring visit is included in validation activities. Also WDPI randomly selects for validation the self-assessments of some public agencies. WDPI may collect additional data onsite if warranted.

When conducting the validation, WDPI staff tests the accuracy of data obtained from public agency record reviews, interviews, and other documents. WDPI staff examines student records from each self-assessment sample. WDPI staff determines whether the public agency staff accurately determined compliance. For requirements assessed through interviews, WDPI staff interviews public agency staff who conducted interviews to determine if they obtained sufficient information to make a reliable conclusion and correctly applied the compliance standard for the requirement.

If the WDPI determines some requirements are not accurately assessed, the public agency staff is instructed in the proper assessment of the requirements and required to demonstrate correct assessment of the requirement. The public agency then reassesses all records in the samples for the requirements found not accurately assessed. After completing the reassessment, the public agency files a revised self-assessment report with the WDPI. The revised self-assessment results for an independent charter school are reported by WDPI to the charter school’s authorizing entity. A revised corrective action plan is reported to the WDPI with the reassessment results, if the results of the reassessment warrant revision of the plan. The reassessment report and the revised corrective action plan are reviewed by WDPI staff.

• Special Education Mediasite Trainings - Select the training you wish to view.
• Self-Assessment Training Webcast, Section 6, Validation and Verification Activities:
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• 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 Paul Sherman 608-267-9157 or Patricia Williams 608-267-3720.

Last updated on 8/25/2008 2:59:38 PM