Table A Chart-- Washington Part B

Issues Identified in the State Performance Plan

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| **SPP Indicator**     | **Issue**            | **Required Action**  |
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| **[Indicator 14- Post | In a letter dated    | As indicated in the  |
| School Outcomes:      | October 25, 2005,    | February 14, 2006    |
| Sa                    | your State indicated | OSEP memorandum, if  |
| mpling]{.underline}** | census data would be | a revised sampling   |
|                       | collected for this   | plan has not been    |
| Percent of youth who  | indicator. However,  | accepted by OSEP by  |
| had IEPs, are no      | on pages 1 and 2     | the time the State   |
| longer in secondary   | under indicator 14   | submits its FFY 2005 |
| school and who have   | in the SPP it is     | APR on February 1,   |
| been competitively    | unclear whether the  | 2007, the State must |
| employed, enrolled in | plan presented is a  | submit a revised     |
| some type of          | sampling plan or a   | sampling methodology |
| postsecondary school, | plan to collect      | with the State's FFY |
| or both, within one   | census data. An      | 2005 APR that        |
| year of leaving high  | evaluation of the    | describes how data   |
| school.               | information on page  | were collected. In   |
|                       | 1 and 2, which       | the FFY 2005 APR,    |
| (20 U.S.C.            | appears to be a      | you also need to     |
| 1416(a)(3)(B))        | sampling plan for    | explain how your     |
|                       | indicator 14, showed | State addressed the  |
|                       | that it was not      | deficiencies in the  |
|                       | technically sound    | data collection      |
|                       | (see OSEP's February | noted in the         |
|                       | 14, 2006             | attachment to the    |
|                       | memorandum). Data    | OSEP memorandum. If  |
|                       | will lack validity   | you decide not to    |
|                       | if based on a        | sample, but rather   |
|                       | sampling plan that   | gather census data,  |
|                       | is not technically   | the SPP should       |
|                       | sound. OSEP is       | reflect that you     |
|                       | concerned because    | plan to collect data |
|                       | your plan is to use  | from every district  |
|                       | these invalid data   | over the six year    |
|                       | to establish         | period and include   |
|                       | baseline data for    | districts with a     |
|                       | this indicator. The  | student population   |
|                       | submission of        | over fifty thousand  |
|                       | invalid data is      | in the sample each   |
|                       | inconsistent with    | year. Please inform  |
|                       | Federal statute and  | OSEP if you decide   |
|                       | regulations,         | not to sample and    |
|                       | including section    | revise your SPP      |
|                       | 616(b)(2)(B) of the  | accordingly.         |
|                       | IDEA, and will       |                      |
|                       | affect OSEP's        |                      |
|                       | determination of the |                      |
|                       | State's status under |                      |
|                       | section 616(d) of    |                      |
|                       | the IDEA.            |                      |
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| **[Indicator 14- Post | In a letter dated    | The State may use    |
| School Outcomes:      | October 25, 2005,    | the system described |
| Flexibility in        | your State requested | in its October 25,   |
| Rep                   | flexibility in       | 2005 letter, in      |
| orting]{.underline}** | measuring and        | collecting and       |
|                       | reporting on this    | reporting            |
| Percent of youth who  | Indicator by         | post-school outcome  |
| had IEPs, are no      | continuing, as you   | data in the SPP. The |
| longer in secondary   | have been for the    | State must ensure    |
| school and who have   | past eight years, to | that "competitively  |
| been competitively    | collect outcome data | employed" and        |
| employed, enrolled in | at approximately six | "enrolled in some    |
| some type of          | months" after        | type of              |
| postsecondary school, | graduation or        | postsecondary        |
| or both, within one   | exiting high school. | school" are          |
| year of leaving high  | Your letter          | operationally        |
| school.               | indicates that       | defined when it      |
|                       | collecting this data | collects and reports |
| (20 U.S.C.            | within the same time | baseline data and    |
| 1416(a)(3)(B))        | frame as the         | sets targets in the  |
|                       | previous eight years | FFY 2006 APR due     |
|                       | will allow you to    | February 1, 2008.    |
|                       | continue with the    | This is critical in  |
|                       | comparative data     | ensuring that        |
|                       | analysis that is in  | consistent data are  |
|                       | place.               | collected from one   |
|                       |                      | year to the next.    |
|                       | Consistent with the  |                      |
|                       | SPP instructions,    |                      |
|                       | States' post-school  |                      |
|                       | outcomes data        |                      |
|                       | collection must      |                      |
|                       | include the          |                      |
|                       | following: 1. Data   |                      |
|                       | on all exiters,      |                      |
|                       | including dropouts;  |                      |
|                       | 2. Data that will    |                      |
|                       | allow the State to   |                      |
|                       | report annually to   |                      |
|                       | the Department and   |                      |
|                       | the public on the    |                      |
|                       | State's performance; |                      |
|                       | and 3. Data that     |                      |
|                       | will allow the State |                      |
|                       | to report annually   |                      |
|                       | to the public on the |                      |
|                       | performance of each  |                      |
|                       | LEA on the           |                      |
|                       | Indicator.           |                      |
|                       |                      |                      |
|                       | We have determined   |                      |
|                       | that your proposed   |                      |
|                       | post-school outcome  |                      |
|                       | data collection is   |                      |
|                       | consistent with the  |                      |
|                       | above requirements.  |                      |
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