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Timestamp: 2018-06-24 23:01:12
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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: PENNSYLVANIA Date of Review: 5/9/06 Overall Recommendation: _____ Revised Plan Not Required: The State is making substantial progress and is not required to submit a revised HQT plan _____ 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 The monitoring visit in Pennsylvania took place November 15-17, 2005. Consequently, the monitoring process is not yet complete. Comments to support recommendation: While Pennsylvania collects and reports HQT data, the State did not report data in adherence with correct HQT definitions. The data reported in the State’s annual report card and in its 2004-05 CSPR reflect an HQT population that was out of compliance with the NCLB HQT requirements. Given the approaching 2005-06 HQT deadline, the lack of accurate data is a serious concern. • Because Pennsylvania has incorrectly identified its veteran elementary teachers as HQ, Pennsylvania cannot ensure that principals in all Title I schools send the required notification to parents when children are taught by teachers who are not HQ. • Though Pennsylvania has various strategies for recruiting and retaining experienced and high-quality teachers in hard-to-staff schools, 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. Decision Approve _____X________ Signature Julie Coplin /s/ Date 5/11/2006 Disapprove ____________ Signature ________________________ Date ____________ •
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 Does the State have an appropriate HQT definition in place? Do the definitions apply to all teachers of core academic subjects, including special education teachers? N 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 N Y Finding: ___ Requirement 1 has been met ___ Requirement 1 has been partially met _X_ 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 Pennsylvania and found the State to be out of compliance in several areas. Specifically, veteran elementary teachers who predate the State’s testing requirements do not have a HOUSSE option available to them, and the HOUSSE for secondary teachers does not require rigorous demonstration of content knowledge. The State has provided a response to these findings but the corrective action plan is still under negotiation. Pennsylvania is in the process of conducting its final HOUSSE review of its veteran teachers.
Source: SEA Monitoring Protocol, Monitoring Report for the November 15-17, 2005 visit (2/8/06); Pennsylvania State Response (2/23/06, 4/5/06).
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? N 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 ___ Requirement 2 has been partially met _X_Requirement 2 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: Website link to report cards: http://www.pde.state.pa.us/pas/cwp/ 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): paayp.com/report_cards/PA/RC05M.PDF
Pennsylvania’s HQT data are not prepared in accordance with the correct HQT definitions (see Requirement 1). Pennsylvania does not produce an annual State or LEA report card that contains the required NCLB HQT data. Data are reported by teachers, not classes. Because Pennsylvania has incorrectly identified its veteran elementary teachers as HQ, the State cannot ensure that principals in all Title I schools send the required notification to parents when children are taught by teachers who are not HQ.
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 N Y Y Finding: ___ Requirement 3 has been met ___ Requirement 3 has been partially met _X_Requirement 3 has not been met ___ Additional information needed to make determination _______ Date Requested ______ Submission Deadline Supporting Narrative: • While Pennsylvania submitted 2004-05 CSPR data by the required disaggregated categories, the data are not reported in accordance with the correct HQT definitions. In addition, the State does not have a data collection system in place to gather HQT data. Therefore, it submitted proxy estimates rather than actual classroom data. The State indicated that it will be able to report classroom data by 2008. Given that the data reflect an HQT population that was out of compliance with the NCLB HQT requirements, the State cannot meet Requirement 3.
Source: Consolidated State Performance Report, March 2006; Follow-up of 2004-05 CSPR data verification (5/3/06).
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: • Pennsylvania received a finding on its lack of an equity plan during its monitoring review. ED received a corrective action plan that described the State’s strategies for eliminating staffing inequities between high- and low-poverty schools. The approach described in the State’s response did not provide enough detail to determine whether the plan adequately addresses all of ED’s equity concerns.
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 95 NA NA 93 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 -----115,612 --22,511 33,649 96.8 --91.7 99.3
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 107,749 105,292 97.7
11,964 12,098 54,211
11,565 12,074 53,789
96.6 99.8 99.2
10,491 17,037 53,411
9,312 16,847 51,379
88.7 98.8 96.2
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 Pennsylvania submitted 2004-05 CSPR data by the required disaggregated categories, the data are not reported in accordance with the correct HQT definitions. In addition, the State does not have a data collection system in place to gather HQT data. Therefore, it submitted proxy estimates rather than actual classroom data. The State indicated that it will be able to report classroom data by 2008. Given that the data reflect an HQT population that was out of compliance with the NCLB HQT requirements, it is not possible to measure progress the State is making in meeting the HQT goal.
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 U 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: • While Pennsylvania submitted 2004-05 CSPR data by the required disaggregated categories, the data are not reported in accordance with the correct HQT definitions. In addition, the State does not have a data collection system in place to gather HQT data. Therefore, it submitted proxy estimates rather than actual classroom data. The State indicated that it will be able to report classroom data by 2008. Given that the data reflect an HQT population that was out of compliance with the NCLB HQT requirements, it is not possible to measure progress the State is making in meeting the HQT goal.
Source: SEA Monitoring Protocol, Monitoring Report for the November 15-17, 2005 visit (2/8/06); Pennsylvania State Response (2/23/06, 4/5/06); Consolidated State Performance Report, March 2006; Follow-up of 2004-05 CSPR data verification (5/3/06).
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