The Public School System\u2019s Special Education Program and its stakeholders are still working on the State Systemic Improvement Plan, or SSIP, ahead of a nationwide April 1 deadline.<\/p>\n
In an interview yesterday, SpED director Suzanne Lizama said the state plan will \u201cmost likely\u201d focus on reading results for the third grade.<\/p>\n
She noted that the third grade is when students begin taking their SAT 10s.<\/p>\n
Lizama pointed out, though, that the \u201cwork really starts\u201d in Kindergarten and the first and second grades.<\/p>\n
Most state plans are expected to focus on literacy, it was learned. Public schools can focus specifically on which areas to target like reading results for students with learning disabilities, or reading results for certain grade students, for example.<\/p>\n
Recently, low reading and math scores in SpED have been noted across the nation.<\/p>\n
The SSIP is a federal mandate that essentially lets the states \u201cdecide what is it you are going to do increase or improve results for kids with disabilities,\u201d according to Education Commissioner Dr. Rita Sablan in a previous Board of Education meeting.<\/p>\n
An SSIP task force has been working on the state plan over the last year. They are composed of principals, general and special education teachers, and curriculum and instruction staff.<\/p>\n
The SSIP has been described as a \u201ccomplete self-assessment\u201d that will lead to a goal statement for the program in coming years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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