Table E-33. Number and percentage of states using various data sources when monitoring monitoring units or planning improvements, by data source and frequency of use: 2004-05

Characteristics of States Monitoring and Improvement Practices

NCSER 2008-3008
October 2007

Data source frequency	Number of states	Percent of all states [N=51]
Parent survey
Never	6	12
Rarely	10	20
Usually	8	16
Always	26	51
Parent interviews or focus groups
Never	6	12
Rarely	13	25
Usually	10	20
Always	22	43
Early intervention specialist survey
Never	24	47
Rarely	10	20
Usually	7	14
Always	7	14
Early intervention specialist interviews or focus groups
Never	16	31
Rarely	9	18
Usually	10	20
Always	16	31
Advocate survey
Never	39	76
Rarely	8	16
Usually	2	4
Always	0	0
Advocate interviews or focus groups
Never	33	65
Rarely	9	18
Usually	3	6
Always	4	8
Site-based administrator (local program director) survey
Never	25	49
Rarely	7	14
Usually	6	12
Always	11	22
Site-based administrator (local program director) interviews or focus groups
Never	8	16
Rarely	5	10
Usually	7	14
Always	30	59
Monitoring unit self-assessment reports
Never	10	20
Rarely	4	8
Usually	11	22
Always	26	51
Public hearings
Never	33	65
Rarely	10	20
Usually	4	8
Always	1	2
Review of child folders, including review of IFSPs
Never	0	0
Rarely	1	2
Usually	2	4
Always	48	94
Review of dispute resolution data
Never	6	12
Rarely	6	12
Usually	7	14
Always	32	63
Review of placement rate data
Never	15	29
Rarely	4	8
Usually	10	20
Always	22	43
Review of child assessment data
Never	8	16
Rarely	1	2
Usually	9	18
Always	33	65
Other data sources
Never	33	65
Rarely	0	0
Usually	2	4
Always	16	31
NOTE: Percentages may not sum to totals because of rounding. 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.

Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Special Education Research

U.S. Department of Education