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The Massachusetts Annual Performance Report: 2002-2003

The Massachusetts Annual Performance Report: Students with Disabilities School Year 2002-03 provides an overview of activities related to special education specific to federally identified clusters for the period beginning July 1, 2002 and ending June 31, 2003. In the past, this report was conducted every two years and was referred to as the Massachusetts Biennial Performance Report. However, under new reporting requirements, this analysis will now be conducted and produced annually and will be referred to as the Massachusetts Annual Performance Report (APR). This report responds to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR), section 34 CFR 80.40.

Executive Summary

Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) Required Cluster Areas

  Cluster I - General Supervision

  Cluster II - Early Childhood Transition

  Cluster III - Parent Involvement

  Cluster IV - Free Appropriate Public Education in the Least Restrictive Environment

  Cluster V - Secondary Transition

Office of Special Education Programs Required Attachments

  Attachment 1: Cluster Area I -General Supervision (Dispute Resolution - Complaints, Mediations, and Due Process Hearings Baseline/Trend Data)

Attachment 2:

  Cluster Area IV - Free Appropriate Public Education in the Least restrictive Environment

  Explanation of Progress and Slippage

  Attachment 3: Report of the Participation and Performance of Students with Disabilities on State Assessments by Content Area, Grade, and Type of Assessment

Massachusetts Annual Performance Report Appendices

Appendix A: Policy and procedural information on Monitoring, Complaints Management, and Hearings Resolutions

  A.1 Public School Coordinated Program Review System

  A.2 Approved Private Day and Residential Special Education School Program Review Procedures

  A.4 Civil Rights - Methods of Administration (MOA)

  A.5 Coordinated Program Review Cycle and Mid-Cycle Review Schedule (Sample)

  A.6 Special Education Focused Monitoring: Pilot Procedures

  A.7 Problem Resolution System Information Guide

  A.8 Hearing Rules for Special Education Appeals

  A.9 Special Education Mediation Brochure

Appendix: B: CPR and Problem Resolution Data

  B.1 Continuous Improvement Plan (CIP) Final Report

  B.2 Overview of 2002 - 2003 Coordinated Program Review Findings

  B.3 Coordinated Program Review CIP Data

  B.4 Problem Resolution System CIP Data

  B.5 CPR - Appendix III data (CIP information)

Appendix C: OSEP Data Verification Visit

  C.1 OSEP Data Verification Letter

  C.2 BSEA Response to OSEP Data Verification Visit

  Appendix D: School System Summary Report - Staff - October 1, 2001

Appendix E: Changes for Reporting Accurate and Timely Data for Table 5 Discipline Report

  E.1 Violence or Drug-Related Incidents

  E.2 Student Discipline Records

Appendix F: Graduation and Assessment Data

  F.1 Competency Determination Rate Charts 1 and 2

  F.2 School Leaders' Guide to the 2003 Mid-Cycle AYP Reports

  Appendix G: Longitudinal Placement Data - Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education State Total Percent Special Education Enrollment and Special Education Enrollment by Placement/Prototype: School Years 1991 to 2003

  Appendix H: Early Care and Education in Massachusetts Public School Preschool Classrooms