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Ohio Department of Education March 30-April 1, 2005
U.S. Department of Education Monitoring Team Julie Coplin Elizabeth Witt Tamara Morse Azar (Westat) Ohio Department of Education Marilyn Troyer, Associate Superintendent, Center for the Teaching Profession Lou Staffilino, Executive Director, Center for the Teaching Profession Regina Lukitch, Consultant, Federal Student Programs Stephen Barr, Executive Director, Office of Reform and Federal Student Programs Rosie Dougherty, Assistant Director, Federal Student Programs Paolo DeMaria, Associate Superintendent of School Finance Jill Dannemiller, Associate Director, Office of Accountability David Shaw, Data Analyst, Center for the Teaching Profession Barry Bentley, Assistant Director, Data Management Stephanie Gerber, Associate Director, Office of Reform and Federal Student Programs South-Western City School District Bill Wise, Assistant Superintendent Matt Cygnor, Personnel Director Sherri Houghton, Licensure and Professional Development Karolyn King, Coordinator for State and Federal Programs Karen New, Assistant Treasurer Bexley School District Ann Hyland, Assistant Superintendent East Cleveland City Schools Myrna Loy Corley, Superintendent Pamela Prince Cheryl King State Agency for Higher Education (SAHE) Jonathan Tafel, Vice Chancellor for Educational Linkages and Access Russell O. Utgard, Project Director for Improving Teacher Quality Marlene Rushay, Professional Development
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Overview of Ohio: Number of Districts Number of Schools Number of Teachers State Allocation LEA Allocation State Activities SAHE Allocation SEA Administration SAHE Administration Scope of Review: Like all State educational agencies (SEAs), the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), as a condition of receiving funds under Title I, Part A and Title II, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), provided an assurance to the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) that it would administer these programs in accordance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements, including those in Title I, Part A that concern “Highly Qualified Teachers” and those that govern the use of Title II, Part A funds. See §9304(a)(1) of the ESEA. One of the specific requirements the Department established for an SEA’s receipt of program funds under its consolidated state application (§9302(b)) was submission to the Department of annual data on how well the State has been meeting its performance target for Performance Indicator 3.1: “The percentage of classes being taught by ‘highly qualified’ teachers (as the term is defined in §9101(23) of the ESEA), in the aggregate and in ‘high-poverty’ schools (as the term is defined in §1111(h)(1)(C)(viii) of the ESEA).” The purpose of the U.S. Department of Education’s (ED) monitoring team visit to Ohio was twofold: first, to review the progress of the State in meeting the Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), including the identification of areas needing corrective action as well as promising practices; and second, to review the use of ESEA Title II, Part A funds by the State, selected districts, and the State agency for higher education (SAHE) to ensure that the funds are being used to prepare, retain, and recruit high-quality teachers and principals so that all children will achieve to a high standard. The monitoring review was conducted at the ODE office and on-site at the South-Western City Schools. In addition to meeting with representatives from the ODE, the team met with LEA representatives from South-Western City Schools and conducted phone interviews with East Cleveland City Schools and Bexley School District. The ED monitoring team conducted the SAHE interview with Jonathan Tagel, Russell O. Utgard, and Marlene Rushay of the Ohio Board of Regents. 612 standard districts, 141 community schools functioning as LEAs 3,901 117,383 FY2003 $107,150,776 $100,775,305 $2,651,982 $2,651,982 $938,908 $132,599 FY2004 $105,386,560 $99,116,061 $2,608,317 $2,608,317 $923,449 $130,416
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Monitoring Area 1: Highly Qualified Teacher Systems & Procedures Element Description Status Number Critical Element Has the State developed and implemented Recommendation 1.1. procedures, consistent with the statutory definition Commendation of highly qualified, to determine whether all teachers of core academic subjects are highly qualified (§9101(23))? Critical Element Are all new elementary school teachers (including Met requirements 1.2 special education teachers, as appropriate) required to pass a rigorous State test in reading, writing, mathematics, and the other areas of the elementary school curriculum to demonstrate subject-matter competency (§9101(23)(B)(II))? Critical Element Are all new middle and secondary school teachers Finding 1.3 (including special education teachers, as Commendation appropriate) required to demonstrate subjectmatter competency in each core academic subject they teach, consistent with §9101(23)(B)(II)(ii)? Critical Element Are all veteran (i.e., those who are not new to the Finding 1.4 profession) elementary school teachers (including special education teachers, as appropriate) required to demonstrate subject-matter competency by passing a rigorous State test or by completing the State’s “High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation” (HOUSSE) procedures (§9101(23)(C))? Critical Element Are all veteran middle and secondary teachers Met requirements 1.5 (including special education teachers, as appropriate) required to demonstrate subjectmatter competency in each core academic subject they teach, consistent with §9101(23)(B)(II)(ii)? Critical Element If the State has developed HOUSSE procedures, Met requirements 1.6 please provide a copy of the most current version(s). For each set of HOUSSE procedures the State has developed, please describe how it meets each of the following statutory requirements of §9101(23)(C)(ii)
Page 4 –Ohio Monitoring Report Critical Element How does the SEA ensure that, since the beginning 1.7 of the 2002-03 school year, districts only hire highly qualified teachers (including special education teachers, as appropriate) to teach in Title I programs? Critical Element How has the SEA ensured, since the beginning of 1.8 the 2002-03 school year, that districts that use ESEA Title II funds to reduce class size hire only highly qualified teachers for such positions? Critical Element Does the SEA’s plan establish annual measurable 1.9 objectives for each LEA and school to ensure that annual increases occur: • in the percentage of highly qualified teachers at each LEA and school; and • in the percentage of teachers who are receiving high-quality professional development to enable such teachers to become highly qualified and successful classroom teachers (§1119(a)(2)(A)). Critical Element Does the SEA also have a plan with specific steps 1.10 to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified and out-of-field teachers? Does the plan include measures to evaluate and publicly report the progress of such steps (§1111(b)(8)(C))? Critical Element Has the State reported to the Secretary in the 1.11 CSPR the number and percentage of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers, in the aggregate and in high-poverty schools, consistent with the statutory definition of highly qualified (§1111(h)(4)(G); §9101(23))? Critical Element Does the State prepare and disseminate to the 1.12 public an Annual State Report Card (§1111(h)(1)(C)(viii))? If so, how is it disseminated? Met requirement NA
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Monitoring Area 2: Administration of ESEA Title II, Part A Description Status Does the SEA allocate funds according to the statute, using the most recent Census Bureau data as described in the Non-Regulatory Guidance (§2121(a))? Does the SEA require an application from each LEA before providing Title II, Part A funding? If yes, what information does the SEA require in the LEA application (§2122(b))? In particular, does the SEA require each LEA to describe how the activities to be carried out are based on the required local needs assessment (§2122(b))? Does the SEA have a procedure to determine the amount of funds each LEA expended during the period of availability? Does the SEA have a procedure to regularly review the drawdowns of the LEAs? Does the SEA have a written policy on allowable carryover funds? If an LEA cannot obligate funds within the 27 months of availability (which includes the extra year of availability permitted under the Tydings amendment), does the SEA have a procedure for reallocating these funds to other LEAs? Does the SEA have records to show that each LEA meets the maintenance of effort requirements? Does the SEA ensure that it and its component LEAs are audited annually, if required, and that all corrective actions required through this process are fully implemented? Has the SEA identified and provided technical assistance to LEAs that are not making progress toward meeting their annual measurable objectives in meeting the highly qualified teacher challenge? Met requirement
Met requirement Commendation
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Monitoring Area 4: State Agency For Higher Education (SAHE) Activities Element Description Status Number Critical Did the SAHE manage a competition for eligible Met requirement Element 4.1 partnerships? Commendations Critical Does the SAHE have procedures to ensure that Met requirement Element 4.2 eligible partnerships include the required members, i.e., an institution of higher education and the division of the institution that prepares teachers and principals, a school of arts and sciences, and a high-need LEA?
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Critical Element 1.1: Has the State developed and implemented procedures, consistent with the statutory definition of highly qualified, to determine whether all teachers of core academic subjects are highly qualified (§9101(23))? Recommendation: The ODE issues a one-year temporary license that is a waiver from full State certification. The license is renewable if the teacher completes 6 semester hours of coursework during the one-year validity of the certification. The Department encourages the State to eliminate its dependency on emergency and temporary certification to meet shortages, especially in special education at the elementary and secondary level. By the end of the 2005-06 academic year, all teachers of core academic subjects must meet the definition of highly qualified, which includes holding full State certification. Full state certification means that the teacher must not have had certification or licensure requirements waived on an emergency, temporary or provisional basis. Commendation: ODE is commended for the rapid development of the State’s highly qualified definition and HOUSSE procedures. The State is collecting its third cycle of highly qualified teacher data during the 2004-05 school year. The State developed the Educator Management Information System database to streamline reporting and data collection efforts. Critical Element 1.3: Are all new middle and secondary school teachers (including special education teachers, as appropriate) required to demonstrate subject-matter competency, in each core academic subject they teach, in one or more of the following ways (§9101(23)(B)(II)(ii))? Finding: Under current ODE licensure requirements, new middle and secondary school teachers of history, geography, civics/government, or economics are not mandated to demonstrate subjectmatter competency in each of those subjects they teach. The State allows middle and secondary social studies teachers new to the profession to demonstrate subject-matter competency by holding a broad-field social studies certificate for grades 7-12 and passing the broad-field social studies assessment. The general social studies certification requirements and the broad-field assessment used for the demonstration of social studies content knowledge may not provide adequate subject-matter preparation for each of the core academic subjects explicitly noted in the statute. The State explained that it has validated the Praxis II Social Studies exam content against the State content standards for middle and secondary social studies courses. Citation: §9101(11) of the ESEA identifies history, geography, civics/government and economics as individual core academic subjects. §9101(23)(B)(ii) of the ESEA requires new teachers of core academic subjects to demonstrate subject-matter competency in each core academic subject they teach. (§9101(23)(C) does the same for teachers not new to the profession.) Further Action Required: The ODE must ensure that all history, geography, civics/government and economics teachers demonstrate subject-matter competency in each of these subjects that they teach, no later than the end of the 2005-06 school year. If the ODE chooses to use a broad-
Page 8 –Ohio Monitoring Report field assessment approach, it must ensure that each core academic subject has a sufficient number of items to reliably determine content knowledge, and that teachers successfully pass the items on each core academic subject “subtest” and not just the test as a whole. Commendation: The ODE is commended for using innovative strategies and the additional flexibility allowed in the reauthorization of IDEA to ensure that all middle and secondary special education teachers have the opportunity to demonstrate subject-matter competency. The State has considered asking special education teachers to take the Praxis II assessment in Reading to become highly qualified in the language arts, thus making these teachers eligible for the additional IDEA flexibility that permits new teachers who are highly qualified in English/ Language Arts, Math, or Science, and instruct in more than one subject area, to have 2 additional years to become highly qualified in the additional area(s). Critical Element 1.4: Are all veteran (i.e., those who are not new to the profession) elementary school teachers (including special education teachers, as appropriate) required to demonstrate subject-matter competency by passing a rigorous State test or by completing the State’s “High Objective Uniform State Standard of Evaluation” (HOUSSE) procedures (§9101(23)(C))? Finding: The ODE allows veteran elementary school teachers to demonstrate subject-matter competency in ways that are not in compliance with the statute as described in §9101(23)(C). The ODE considers elementary school teachers who have National Board Certification or a Master’s degree in elementary education to be highly qualified. Citation: §9101(23)(C)) of the ESEA describes that veteran elementary teachers can demonstrate subject-matter competency by either passing a rigorous State assessment of academic subject matter or by using the high, objective, uniform, State standard of evaluation (HOUSSE). Further Action Required: The ODE should revise their HOUSSE procedures for veteran elementary school teachers to include factors pertaining to holding National Board Certification or a Master’s degree in elementary education. As part of a State’s HOUSSE procedures, either of those qualifications could be sufficient to determine subject-matter competency. Critical Element 1.9: Does the SEA’s plan establish annual measurable objectives for each LEA and school to ensure that annual increases occur: • in the percentage of highly qualified teachers at each LEA and school; and • in the percentage of teachers who are receiving high-quality professional development to enable such teachers to become highly qualified and successful classroom teachers (§1119(a)(2)(A)). Finding: Although Ohio has completed two full cycles of data collection, the ODE has not established annual measurable objectives for each LEA to track the percentage of highly qualified teachers and the percentage of teachers receiving high-quality professional development.
Page 9 –Ohio Monitoring Report Citation: §1119(a)(2)(A) of the ESEA requires that the State develop a plan to ensure that all teachers teaching core academic subjects are highly qualified by no later than the end of the 2005-06 school year, and that the plan establish annual measurable objectives for each LEA and school that includes annual increases in the percentage of highly qualified teachers and in the percentage of teachers who are receiving high-quality professional development. Further Action Required: The ODE must create a plan to establish annual measurable objectives for each LEA to ensure that all teachers of core academic subjects are highly qualified by 2005-06. Critical Element 1.10: Does the SEA also have a plan with specific steps to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified and out-of-field teachers? Does the plan include measures to evaluate and publicly report the progress of such steps (§1111(b)(8)(C))? Finding: The ODE does not have a plan to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by teachers who are inexperienced or unqualified. Citation: §1111(b)(8)(C) of the ESEA requires each State to have a plan that describes “the specific steps the State educational agency will take to ensure that both schoolwide programs and targeted assistance schools provide instruction by highly qualified instructional staff as required by sections 1114(b)(1)(C) and 1115(c)(1)(E), including steps that the State educational agency will take to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at higher rates than other children by inexperienced, unqualified, or out-of-field teachers, and the measures that the State educational agency will use to evaluate and publicly report the progress of the State educational agency with respect to such steps.” Further Action Required: The ODE must submit a written plan with specific procedures to ensure that poor and minority children are not taught at a higher rate than their peers by inexperienced or unqualified teachers. The Department understands that the ODE and selected LEAs are collaborating with the Education Trust in a “Teacher Distribution Project Plan,” with a goal to improve the distribution of effective teachers to low-income, minority, and lowperforming students. This work may form the basis for the required written State plan. Critical Element 1.11: Has the State reported to the Secretary in the CSPR the number and percentage of core academic classes taught by highly qualified teachers, in the aggregate and in high-poverty schools, consistent with the statutory definition of highly qualified (§1111(h)(4)(G); §9101(23))? Finding: The State did not report data in the Consolidated State Performance Report on the number and percentage of classes in core academic subjects that are taught by highly qualified teachers in a manner that is consistent with the statutory definition of highly qualified. ODE reported certification data for special education teachers who directly deliver content to students, rather than highly qualified data. Note: For its 2004- 05 data collection, the State has revised the procedures to collect and report special education teacher data in a manner consistent with the statutory definition.
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Citation: §1111(h)(4)(G) of the ESEA further requires each SEA annually to report to the U.S. Secretary of Education on the percentage of classes (in core academic subjects) taught by highly qualified teachers in the State, local educational agency, and school”1 (a summary of which §1111(h)(5) requires the Secretary annually to report to Congress). Further Action Required: The ODE must submit a written plan with specific procedures and a timeline for reporting amended data to the public and to the Department, as required by §1111(h), on the percentage of classes taught by highly qualified teachers at all grade levels (and disaggregated by high-and low-poverty schools), as required for the Consolidated State Performance Report. Critical Element 1.12: Does the State prepare and disseminate to the public an Annual State Report Card (§1111(h)(1)(C)(viii))? If so, how is it disseminated? Finding: The State publishes data on the qualifications of its teachers online and in an Annual State Report Card and other publications. However, the State incorrectly reported data for special education teachers (also discussed in Critical Element 1.11). In addition, in the Annual State Report Card, the State is required to publish data on the percentage of classes not taught by highly qualified teachers. Citation: §1111(h)(1)(C)(viii) of the ESEA requires each SEA to include in its Annual State Report Card data on the percentage of classes in the State not taught (in core academic subjects) by highly qualified teachers, as the term is defined in §1111(h)(1)(C)(viii) of the ESEA) compared to low-poverty schools. Further Action Required: The ODE must submit a written plan with specific procedures and a timeline for reporting to the public, as required for the Annual State Report Card and in a manner consistent with the statutory requirements, as required by §1111(h).
Critical Element 2.2: Does the SEA require an application from each LEA before providing Title II, Part A funding? If yes, what information does the SEA require in the LEA application (§2122(b))? Commendation: Ohio’s Comprehensive Consolidated Improvement Plan (CCIP) system provides LEAs with an online consolidated application for funding, which includes applications for formula, competitive, and State grants. The system also includes financial management tools, and a document library that contains records of State policies and procedures. ODE also implemented PACTS (Program Audit and Compliance Tracking System), an online service that lets districts determine if they are meeting requirements of federal programs for which they receive funding.
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Critical Element 2.10: Has the SEA identified and provided technical assistance to LEAs that are not making progress toward meeting their annual measurable objectives in meeting the highly qualified teacher challenge? Finding: The ODE has not identified districts that are not making progress toward meeting annual measurable objectives for highly qualified teachers. Because clear annual measurable objectives for LEAs do not exist (discussed further in Critical Element 1.9) the SEAs ability to monitor the districts’ progress toward these goals is limited. Citation: §1119(a)(2)(A) of the ESEA requires each SEA to develop a plan to ensure that all teachers teaching core academic subjects within the State are highly qualified by the end of the 2005-06 school year. See Critical Element 1.9 for more information. Further Action Required: The ODE must submit a written plan with specific procedures and a timeline for implementing this requirement.
Critical Element 3.1: Does the State use its State Activities funds to promote the recruitment, hiring, training, and retention of highly qualified teachers and principals? Commendation: The ODE is using State Activities funds to demonstrate how courses in teacher preparation programs are aligned with the K-12 academic standards and to implement processes for all institutions of higher education to align teacher education programs with the Ohio student content standards.
Critical Element 4.1: Did the SAHE manage a competition for eligible partnerships? Commendation: The Ohio Board of Regents established the Ohio Resource Center for Math, Science and Reading (ORC), a web-based professional development network that promotes standards-based best practices in mathematics, science, and reading.
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