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GSEG Alaska |
Contacts
Art Arnold - Project Director
Department of Education and Early Development
Office of Special Education Programs
801 West 10th Street,
Suite 200
Juneau, AK 99801-1894
Phone: 907-465-2972
Fax: 907-465-3396
Claudia Shanley - Program Manager
Early Intervention, Healthy Families and ECCS
Office of Children's Services
Alaska Dept. of Health and Social Services
3601 C Street, Suite 978
PO Box 240249
Anchorage, Alaska 99524-0249
Phone: 907-269-3423
Claudia_Shanley@health.state.ak.us
Absolute Priority's four focuses
- Developing or enhancing Part B state outcome indicators and methods to collect and analyze outcome indicator data.
- Developing or enhancing Part C state outcome indicators and methods to collect and analyze outcome indicator data.
- Developing, enhancing, or redesigning state assessment systems including alternate assessments and Using Universal Design Principles
- Developing or enhancing state systems to disseminate and implement research based promising educational or early intervention practices
Goals
- Develop standards and outcome indicators for children birth to 21.
- Increase Department of Education and Early Development (EED) and DHSS capacity to capture and analyze data to measure the outcomes of children with disabilities.
- Ensure Alaska's developmental profile and alternate assessment are effective tools.
- Develop statewide model for disseminating research-based promising practices.
Objectives
Goal 1
- Develop performance standards for children birth to second grade, including children with disabilities.
- Revise and expand outcome indicators for children with disabilities.
Goal 2
- Integrate Part C recipients and common EED's accountability system
- Expand the capacity of the web-based management systems to provide outcome data for children with disabilities.
- Enhance EED and DHSS IDEA compliance monitoring systems to improve the collection of outcome data for children with disabilities.
- Increase capacity of EED Oracle data warehouse to measure outcome indicators.
Goal 3
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the Developmental profile.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of the Alaska's alternative assessment.
Goal 4
- Collect statewide data on dissemination sources for LEA's and Part C providers.
- Develop effective statewide research dissemination process.
0-21 (Does provide info specific to 3-5)
Select child outcome areas and indicators
Yes
Select family outcome areas and indicators
Yes
Review existing state systems for outcome development
Utilize workgroups to revise current outcome indicators and develop additional outcome indicators for respective age group.
Review other systems or literature for outcome development
Outcome development plan
Developing task forces and teams to address different facets of research
Part C workgroup (standards 0-3)
Part B early childhood workgroup (standards 3-5)
Part B school workgroup (standards k-2)
Stakeholder review committee
Develop/review measurement approaches
Review current measurement tools
Develop/modify data collection approaches and database
Yes
Assessment tools currently in use will be analyzed
Alaska's developmental profile (assesses children entering Kindergarten) and Alternative Assessment for children with disabilities. Stakeholder committee will review proposed outcome indicators and provide feedback. Need to be reviewed for quality and accuracy.
Database system to be analyzed and/or updated
Enhance and revise EED (Alaska dept of education and early development) and DHSS (dept of health and social service) compliance monitoring systems to improve outcome data collection for children with disabilities. Adapt system to utilize Local education agencies and provider performance on outcome indicators to determine which entities are monitored. Increase capacity of Oracle data warehouse to measure outcome indicators - provide training. Develop web-based access portals to allow providers to access Oracle.
Develop connections between Part B and C outcomes
Standards will flow sequentially among age groups to ensure consistent measurement.
Develop connections between programs other than C and B (Ex. Head Start)
Provide training in use of revised database system -Oracle.
Pilot test (Field test) data collection procedures
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Previous work and granted programs upon which current efforts will build
Previously awarded GSEG for support of revising CIMP, and student ID system. Developed web based IEP system.