Cross Indicator Analysis

Cross Indicator Analysis
Melissa Morton, Special Education Director, presented a report that is being shared with every school board in the county. Ms. Morton is also Monroe’s CIMS coordinator, which stands for Continuous Improvement Monitoring System. There are several indicators that special educators have to follow for compliance. Every year the state chooses which ones to monitor more closely. If we are not in compliance with any of the indicators chosen by the state, then we are required to prepare a corrective action plan or, in some cases, a student level corrective action plan.

The first indicator chosen by the state was Timely IEPs. The IEP team must ensure that a child’s IEP is reviewed periodically, but not less than annually, to determine whether the annual goals for the child are being achieved. The second indicator is Child Find, which means all children residing in the State who are in need of special education and related services, are identified, located, and evaluated. The third indicator is Early Childhood Transition, which is the percent of children referred prior to age three, found eligible and having an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthday.

Ms. Morton stated that Monroe Public Schools had 9 late
All schools provide intervention and enrichment time for students, as well as extended day learning. In a Focus School, for example, a principal may assign his or her enrichment liaison to the bottom 30% of students who may be struggling in a subject area that was designated as concern based on MEAP