Family & Community Special Communities
Special Education

Massachusetts State Performance Plan (MA SPP) for FFY 2005-2012 AND Annual Performance Report FFY 2009 (MA APR)

Submitted February 1, 2011
Revised April 19, 2011

This page contains both the Massachusetts State Performance Plan (MA SPP) for FFY 2005-2012 and the Massachusetts Annual Performance Report (MA APR) for FFY 2009. Developed in accordance with 20 U.S.C. 1416(b)(1), the MA SPP responds directly to the 20 indicators identified by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), and includes baseline data, targets, and improvement activities for each indicator. The MA APR responds directly to the indicators identified by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) in Information Collection 1820-0624, Part B State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR). The FFY2009 MA APR provides information on Indicators 1, 2, 3, 4A, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20. The revised SPP includes new baseline data for indicators 4B, 13, and 14

View Entire Report

Download PDF Document
size: 890 KB  Download MS WORD Document
size: 2.28 MB

MA SPP for FFY 2005-2012

Download PDF Document
size: 770 KB  Download MS WORD Document
size: 3.13 MB

MA APR for FFY 2009

Report by Section

Cover letter/ Overview of Development

  

SPP Cover Letter

  

APR Cover Letter

Office of Special Education (OSEP) Monitoring Priority Areas

  

Appendix A: Description of Selected Cross-Cutting Improvement Activities

FAPE in LRE:

Indicator #1: Graduation Rates    SPP    APR

Indicator #2: Drop-Out Rates    SPP    APR

Indicator #3: Assessment    SPP    APR

Indicator #4: Suspension/Expulsion    SPP    APR

Indicator #5: School Age LRE    SPP    APR

Indicator #6: Preschool LRE    SPP    APR

Indicator #7: Preschool Outcomes    SPP    APR

Indicator #8: Parent Involvement    SPP    Appendix B: MA Parent Survey    APR    Appendix B: MA Parent Survey (FFY 2005)

Disproportionality:

Indicator #9: Disproportionality - Child with a Disability    SPP    APR

Indicator #10: Disproportionality - Eligibility Category    SPP    APR

Effective General Supervision / Child Find:

Indicator #11: Child Find    SPP    APR

Effective General Supervision / Effective Transition:

Indicator #12: Early Childhood Transition    SPP    APR

Indicator #13: Secondary Transition    SPP    Appendix C: Postsecondary Transition Planning Checklist    Appendix D: Transition Planning Form (TPF)    APR

Indicator #14: Post-School Outcomes    SPP    Appendix E: Massachusetts Post-School Outcomes Survey (FFY 2006)    Appendix F: Massachusetts Post-School Outcomes Survey (FFY 2009)    APR    Appendix C: MA Post-School Outcomes Surveys (FFY 2006)

Effective General Supervision / General Supervision:

Indicator #15: Identification and Correction of Noncompliance    SPP    Appendix G: Correction of Noncompliance Data for FFY 2004    APR    Appendix E: Indicator #15 Worksheet for FFY 2009

Indicator #16: Complaint Timelines    SPP    Appendix H: Attachment 1 - Report of Dispute Resolution for FFY2009    APR    Appendix E: Table 7 - Report of Dispute Resolution for FFY 2009

Indicator #17: Due Process Timelines    SPP    APR

Indicator #18: Hearing Requests Resolved by Resolution Sessions    SPP    APR

Indicator #19: Mediation Agreements    SPP    APR

Indicator #20: State Reported Data    SPP    Appendix I: Indicator #20 Scoring Rubric for FFY 2006    APR    Appendix F: Indicator #20 Scoring Rubric for FFY 2009