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Timestamp: 2018-09-19 20:46:09
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§9101', '§602', '§1111', '§1119', '§1111', '§9101', '§1111']

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Protocol for Department of Education (ED) Review to Determine Which States Must Submit Revised HQT Plans State: GEORGIA Date of Review: 5/1/06 Overall Recommendation: _____ Revised Plan Not Required: The State is making substantial progress and is not required to submit a revised HQT plan __X__ Revised Plan Required: The State has shown good-faith effort in meeting the HQT goal but a revised HQT plan is required _____ Revised Plan Required, Possible Sanctions: The State has not shown good-faith effort in meeting the HQT goal. A revised HQT plan is required and the Department will consider appropriate administrative actions or sanctions Comments to support recommendation: • While Georgia has made progress implementing its HQT procedures, the State was found to be out of compliance on its definitions for special education teachers. Georgia has submitted an acceptable corrective action plan to address this issue, but the review of the HQT status of special education teachers will not be completed until the end of the 200506 school year. Georgia publishes an annual report card with HQT data, but the information is not presented in the required NCLB HQT format. In addition, special education teachers were excluded from the data. Georgia submitted HQT data in its most recent CSPR. However, because special education teachers are not included, the data are incomplete. Georgia has a variety of strategies that address staffing inequities between high- and lowpoverty schools. The State, however, lacks a comprehensive equity plan that would provide a statewide blueprint to ensure that all children have access to a high-quality teacher.
Requirement 1: Appropriate HQT Definitions—A State must have a definition of a “highly qualified teacher” that is consistent with the law, and it must use this definition to determine the status of all teachers, including special education teachers, who teach core academic subjects [ESEA §9101(23); IDEA §602(10)]. Y/N/U Evidence Y Does the State have an appropriate HQT definition in place? Y Do the definitions apply to all teachers of core academic subjects, including special education teachers? Y Has the State used these definitions to determine the HQ status of all teachers? N If the State has established HOUSSE procedures, has it completed its review of teachers who are not new to the profession? Y=Yes; N=No; U=Undecided Finding: ___ Requirement 1 has been met _X_ Requirement 1 has been partially met ___ Requirement 1 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline* Supporting Narrative: • The U.S. Department of Education (ED) conducted an NCLB Title II, Part A, monitoring review of Georgia and is satisfied that the State has implemented the correct HQT definitions and procedures. Georgia was issued a finding with regard to determining the HQT status of special education teachers, but has provided an acceptable corrective action plan to ED to address the issue. However, according to the State’s proposed timeline, the review of new special education teacher data will not be completed until after 2005-06. Georgia is in the process of conducting the final HOUSSE review of its veteran teachers.
Source: SEA Monitoring Protocol, Monitoring Report for the April 20-22, 2005 visit (5/10/05), State Response (8/3/05), Addendum to State Response (8/26/05); ED Resolution Letter (10/31/05).
Requirement 2: Public Reporting of HQT Data—A State must provide parents and the public with accurate, complete reports on the number and percentage of classes in core academic subjects taught by highly qualified teachers. States and districts must provide these data to parents through school, district, and State report cards. Parents of students in schools receiving Title I funds must be notified that they may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their children’s teachers, and they must be notified if their children have been assigned to or taught for four or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not highly qualified [ESEA §1111(h)(6) and §1119(i)]. Y/N/U Evidence N Does the State have an Annual State Report Card that contains required information on the qualifications of teachers, including the percentage of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers? N Does the State have annual report cards for all of its LEAs and schools that contain required information on the qualifications of teachers, including the percentage of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers? Y Does the State assure that all report cards are available to the public? Y Does the SEA assure that principals in all Title I schools send the required notification to parents when children are taught by teachers who are not HQ? Does the SEA have evidence that notification occurs in a timely way? Y Does the SEA ensure that parents of students in Title I districts are notified that they may request information regarding the professional qualifications of their children’s teachers? Y=Yes; N=No; U=Undecided Finding: ___ Requirement 2 has been met _X_ Requirement 2 has been partially met ___ Requirement 2 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: Website link to report cards: http://reportcard2005.gaosa.org/k12/content.aspx The most recent report card data are for the 2004-2005 Year. Were HQT data included in the report cards? Yes Other information (if available):
Georgia issues annual report cards containing HQT data. However, the data do not include special education teachers and are reported by FTE classes. The data are not disaggregated by poverty-level. Data on the number of teachers who are on emergency permits also are missing from the annual report cards. Georgia received a finding on Title I hiring and parental notification, but submitted a corrective action plan that satisfies the compliance issue.
Requirement 3: Data Reporting to ED—States must submit complete and accurate data to the U.S. Secretary of Education on their implementation of the HQT requirements as part of their Consolidated State Performance Report (CSPR). In addition to reporting the number and percentage of core academic classes being taught by highly qualified teachers in all schools, States must report on the number and percentage of core academic classes being taught in “high-” and “low-poverty” schools [ESEA §1111(h)(4)(G) and §9101(23)]. States must also provide additional information in the CSPR that describes, for classes taught by non-HQ teachers, the reasons why the teachers are not highly qualified. Y/N/U Evidence Did the State submit complete HQT data in the 2004-05 CSPR? Are the submitted HQT data reported at the classroom level? Were data disaggregated for elementary and secondary schools? Were data disaggregated by high- and low-poverty elementary schools and high- and low-poverty secondary schools? Y Did the State provide specific information describing the reasons why teachers are not highly qualified? Y=Yes; N=No; U=Undecided N Y Y Y Finding: ___ Requirement 3 has been met _X_ Requirement 3 has been partially met ___ Requirement 3 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: • • Georgia submitted 2004-05 data in its March 2006 CSPR. However, special education teachers were not included in the data. The State reported its greatest challenge in meeting the HQT goal is secondary classes taught by certified general education teachers who have not demonstrated subject-matter competence in those subjects (59 percent of classes not taught by HQT). Source: Consolidated State Performance Report, March 2006.
Requirement 4: Equity Plans—States must have a plan in place to ensure that poor or minority children are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at higher rates than are other children [ESEA §1111(b)(8)(C)]. Y/N/U Evidence N Does the State have a plan in place to ensure that poor or minority children are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-offield teachers at higher rates than are other children? N Does the plan include specific strategies for addressing inequities in teacher assignment? Y=Yes; N=No; U=Undecided Finding: ___ Requirement 4 has been met _X_ Requirement 4 has been partially met ___ Requirement 4 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: • As is evident from the State’s monitoring review, Georgia has various strategies for recruiting and retaining experienced and high-quality teachers in hard-to-staff schools. However, the State lacks a cohesive written plan to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers at higher rates than are other children.
Source: SEA Monitoring Protocol, Monitoring Report for the April 20-22, 2005 visit (5/10/05), State Response (8/3/05), ED Resolution Letter (10/31/05).
School Type Total Number of Core Academic Classes NA NA NA NA NA Number of Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers NA NA NA NA NA Percentage of Core Academic Classes Taught by Highly Qualified Teachers 94 NA NA 95 NA
School Type Total Number of Number of Core Percentage of Core Core Academic Academic Classes Taught Academic Classes Taught Classes by Highly Qualified by Highly Qualified Teachers Teachers 430,521 324,956 105,565 91,895 127,264 418,585 317,958 100,627 88,798 125,180 97.2 97.8 95.3 96.6 98.3
School Type Total Number of Number of Core Percentage of Core Core Academic Academic Classes Taught Academic Classes Taught Classes by Highly Qualified by Highly Qualified Teachers Teachers 220,240 210,797 95.7
14,342 26,900 61,032
13,674 26,408 59,291
95.3 98.2 97.1
100,645 44,600 159,218
97,906 44,046 151,506
97.3 98.8 95.2
Finding: ___ The State is making annual progress in increasing the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers _X_ The State is not making annual progress in increasing the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: • While on the surface it appears Georgia is making significant progress in meeting the HQT goal, the data do not include special education teachers. Because the data do not accurately reflect the HQT status of the State’s entire teaching workforce, progress cannot be determined at this time. Georgia changed its data collection methods between 2002-03 and 2004-05 in order to improve data quality. Data trends may be a result of these changes. Source: Consolidated State Performance Reports.
The 2004-05 CSPR data must show that the State has made substantial progress in reaching the goal that, after the 2005-06 school year, 100 percent of all core academic classes will be taught by a highly qualified teacher. Y/N/U/NA Evidence Is the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers in high-poverty elementary schools reasonably close to (e.g., within 5 U points) the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers in low-poverty elementary schools? Is the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers in high-poverty secondary schools reasonably close to (e.g., within 5 U points) the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers in low-poverty secondary schools? Has the State made substantial progress since 2002-03 in reaching N the goal of 100 percent of classes taught by highly qualified teachers? Are at least 90 percent of classes, in total, taught by highly qualified U teachers? Are at least 90 percent of elementary school classes taught by U highly qualified teachers? Are at least 90 percent of secondary school classes taught by highly U qualified teachers? If more than 90 percent of classes are taught by highly qualified teachers, do the data on teachers who remain non-HQT suggest U special cases that may make it difficult for the State to meet the HQT goal? Y=Yes; N=No; U=Undecided; NA=Not Applicable Finding: ___ The State has made substantial progress in meeting the HQT goal _X_ The State has not made substantial progress in meeting the HQT goal ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: • • Because Georgia did not include special education teachers in its HQT data, the State’s progress in meeting the HQT goal cannot be determined. Georgia changed its data collection methods between 2002-03 and 2004-05 in order to improve data quality. Data trends may be a result of these changes. Source: Consolidated State Performance Reports.
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