Table E-72. Number and percentage of states that made various types of monitoring results and local improvement activities publicly available, by type of information and dissemination method used: 2004-05

Characteristics of States Monitoring and Improvement Practices

NCSER 2008-3008
October 2007

Information type and method	Number of states	Percent of all states [N=51]
Individual monitoring unit self-assessment scores/results
Publicly available print reports	3	6
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	2	4
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	25	25
Not available to the public	9	18
Did not have this information	8	16
Aggregated monitoring unit self-assessment scores/results
Publicly available print reports	5	10
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	4	8
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	19	37
Not available to the public	6	12
Did not have this information	12	24
Individual monitoring unit scores on compliance indicators
Publicly available print reports	7	14
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	5	10
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	27	53
Not available to the public	12	24
Did not have this information	3	6
Aggregated monitoring unit scores on compliance indicators
Publicly available print reports	17	33
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	8	16
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	21	41
Not available to the public	7	14
Did not have this information	5	10
Monitoring unit rank on individual compliance indicators
Publicly available print reports	4	8
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	4	8
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	13	25
Not available to the public	9	18
Did not have this information	18	35
Monitoring unit rank on aggregated compliance indicators
Publicly available print reports	3	6
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	3	6
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	14	27
Not available to the public	10	20
Did not have this information	18	35
Individual monitoring unit corrective actions
Publicly available print reports	7	14
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	4	8
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	23	45
Not available to the public	14	27
Did not have this information	4	8
Aggregated monitoring unit corrective actions
Publicly available print reports	6	12
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	2	4
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	16	31
Not available to the public	13	25
Did not have this information	9	18
Individual local improvement plans
Publicly available print reports	3	6
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	2	4
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	21	41
Not available to the public	9	18
Did not have this information	7	14
Aggregated local improvement plans
Publicly available print reports	3	6
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	0	0
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	13	25
Not available to the public	8	16
Did not have this information	17	33
Other types of information
Publicly available print reports	2	4
Postings on publicly accessible web sites	3	6
Press releases	0	0
Only on request	0	0
Not available to the public	0	0
Did not have this information	0	0
NOTE: For each type of information, states could select more than one method, therefore, the Percent column 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.

Institute of Education Sciences
National Center for Special Education Research

U.S. Department of Education