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Eau Claire board highlights gains in special-education family involvement and outlines steps to address disproportionality
Summary
District officials told the board the Indicator 8 family-involvement survey showed gains across measures but had a 10.5% response rate; administrators said they will provide multi-year demographic trend data and pursue targeted professional learning to address overrepresentation of Black students in special education.
Dana McConnell, the district’s director of special education, and Heather Griffith, special education family engagement coordinator, presented results from the federal/state Indicator 8 family-involvement survey and described a set of five priority focus areas the department will pursue.
McConnell said the survey — administered once every five years — is both a federal results-driven accountability measure and a DPI (Department of Public Instruction) tool for evaluating family engagement. “This survey is part of our results driven accountability procedural compliance from the federal government, as well as also from DPI to assess not only compliance, but student achievement in special education,” McConnell said.
The district reported 44 preschool responses and…
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