NH Dept of Education
New Hampshire Department of Education submits Follow The Child Growth Model proposal to the US Education Department. (February 15, 2008)
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) Grade Eleven Test Results Released (February 21, 2008)
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP) Grades Three Through Eight Test Results Released (January 29, 2008)
The Most Powerful Advocacy Tool in IDEA 2004: Your State Advisory Panel
by Sue Heath, Associate Editor, Wrightslaw
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The most powerful tool in IDEA 2004 is also the most overlooked - the state advisory panel described in Section 1412(a)(21) of IDEA. (20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(21)
Each state has an advisory panel. The panel provides the state department of education with guidance about special education and related services for children with disabilities.
Does special education in your community or state need to be strengthened or improved?
You need to think about becoming a member of your state advisory panel.
Duties
According to IDEA, "The advisory panel shall –
• advise the State educational agency of unmet needs within the State in the education of children with disabilities;
• comment publicly on any rules or regulations proposed by the State regarding the education of children with disabilities;
• advise the State educational agency in developing evaluations and reporting on data to the Secretary under Section 1418;
• advise the State educational agency in developing corrective action plans to address findings identified in Federal monitoring reports under this part; and
• advise the State educational agency in developing and implementing policies relating to the coordination of services for children with disabilities.
Are your aware of "unmet needs" in educating children with disabilities in your state? Are services for children with disabilities fragmented? Is your state developing rules and regulations to implement IDEA?
NH State Advisory Committee-SAC (Panel)
New HampshireSpecial Education State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR)
June 15, 2007 OSEP Letter ~ State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performamce Report (APR)
New Hampshire Part B FFY 2005 SPP/APR Response Table
State Performance Plan (SPP) Presentation
Special Education Association May 21, 2007
(PowerPoint Presentation)
Minimum Standards In Public Schools
NCLB: Growth Models - Proficiency for All Students by 2014
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) Updates and Results
New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP)
Release of NECAP Results
NECAP assessment results for grades 3-8 are scheduled to be released on Tuesday, January 29, 2008. Grade 11 results, due to standard setting, will be released the third week in February. Exact dates will be published soon. All public reports will be available on-line through the School District Profile and the NECAP web page, and all confidential student level information will be available on a password protected secure website.
Contact: Tim Kurtz, 271-3826, tkurtz@ed.state.nh.us
Schools in Need of Improvement (SINI)
Standards for Paraeducators under No Child Left Behind
NH Student Accounting Handbook- July 2007
Highly Qualified Teachers Requirements
Meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher requirements. The Procedures and Guidelines Toolkit - Final June 2006
Highly Qualified Teachers and IDEA Flowchart
NASDSE and the National Education Association (NEA) have prepared a flow chart to describe the highly qualified teacher (HQT) provisions in the new Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), P.L. 108-446.
NH Dept Of Education Memos
Key Monthly Messages
Initiatives
NH Early Learning Curriculum Guidelines and Preschool Outcomes for Young Children with Disabilities
Ages 3 - 5
New Hampshire's Vision for Redesign - Moving from High Schools to Learning Communities
