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November 14, 2011
Patricia McKee, Acting Director
Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 3W320
Washington, DC 20202-6132
Dear Ms. McKee,
Based on the guidance in the ESEA Flexibility and ESEA Flexibility Frequently Asked Questions, the Oklahoma
SEA understands that the requests outlined below are not currently allowable. If, however, the USDE
chooses to grant additional flexibility, the Oklahoma SEA would like to grant an array of options to LEAs.
The SEA would like to offer a waiver package to LEAs, similar to the ESEA Flexibility waiver package
offered by USDE to the SEAs.
Such a waiver package would include the following options to foster LEA reforms:
● Alternative reading/language arts assessments for ELL students, necessary exemptions for ELL
students, native language assessments for ELL students;
● Flexibility in the 1% and 2% caps for alternate and modified assessments for students with
disabilities;
● Alternate achievement and graduation rate AMOs for schools that target at-risk students;
● Inclusion of post-four year graduation dates as specified in Individual Educational Programs (IEPs)
for AMOs for students with disabilities;
● Flexibility in approvable uses of federal funds, particularly in Reward Schools;
● Flexibility in rank-order on the LEA Title I Application in order to support Priority and Focus
Schools;
● Expansion to Title I Schoolwide programs for any school that does not meet the 40% poverty
threshold; and
● Combination of subgroups (such as all minority students or all special populations) for schools that
have fewer than 25 students (the state’s N-Size) in any one subgroup.
In order for the SEA to grant such flexibility to LEAs, the LEA must produce evidence that the proposed
reforms are necessary to result in greater improvement in student achievement than otherwise possible.
Sincerely,
Janet C. Barresi
State Superintendent
kw
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| Title | ESEA flexibility request att ocr 1 |
| Full text | 108 November 14, 2011 Patricia McKee, Acting Director Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs U.S. Department of Education 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Room 3W320 Washington, DC 20202-6132 Dear Ms. McKee, Based on the guidance in the ESEA Flexibility and ESEA Flexibility Frequently Asked Questions, the Oklahoma SEA understands that the requests outlined below are not currently allowable. If, however, the USDE chooses to grant additional flexibility, the Oklahoma SEA would like to grant an array of options to LEAs. The SEA would like to offer a waiver package to LEAs, similar to the ESEA Flexibility waiver package offered by USDE to the SEAs. Such a waiver package would include the following options to foster LEA reforms: ● Alternative reading/language arts assessments for ELL students, necessary exemptions for ELL students, native language assessments for ELL students; ● Flexibility in the 1% and 2% caps for alternate and modified assessments for students with disabilities; ● Alternate achievement and graduation rate AMOs for schools that target at-risk students; ● Inclusion of post-four year graduation dates as specified in Individual Educational Programs (IEPs) for AMOs for students with disabilities; ● Flexibility in approvable uses of federal funds, particularly in Reward Schools; ● Flexibility in rank-order on the LEA Title I Application in order to support Priority and Focus Schools; ● Expansion to Title I Schoolwide programs for any school that does not meet the 40% poverty threshold; and ● Combination of subgroups (such as all minority students or all special populations) for schools that have fewer than 25 students (the state’s N-Size) in any one subgroup. In order for the SEA to grant such flexibility to LEAs, the LEA must produce evidence that the proposed reforms are necessary to result in greater improvement in student achievement than otherwise possible. Sincerely, Janet C. Barresi State Superintendent kw |
| Date created | 2012-03-13 |
| Date modified | 2012-03-13 |
