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National Center for Special Education Research


Characteristics of States Monitoring and Improvement Practices
NCSER 2008-3008
October 2007

Table E-22.  Number and percentage of states that used various compliance or performance criteria to select monitoring units for monitoring, by selection criteria: 2004-05

Selection criteria Percent of
Number of states All states [N=51] States that used prior compliance/performance [n=11]
Did not use prior compliance/performance 40 78
Process and procedural requirements 9 18 82
Provision of child/family services 10 20 91
Child/family outcomes data 3 6 27
Dispute resolution data 5 10 45
State designated focus areas 7 14 64
Other selection criteria 5 10 45
Not applicable.
NOTE: States could select more than one selection criterion, therefore, the Percent columns will not sum to 100.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, Evaluation of States' Monitoring and Improvement Practices Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C Monitoring Evaluation Questionnaire.