MCPS is…

MCPS Serves
  139,276 total students enrolled
  AfricanAmerican 22.9%
  American Indian 0.3%
  Asian American 15.2%
  Hispanic 21.5%
  White 40.1%
  Students receiving free and reduced meals
25.8%
  International students representing more than
164 countries and speaking 134 languages
Continuum of Services in Comprehensive Schools
Based on Individual Student Needs

General Education
Co-Taught and/or
With Consult from Special Education
Supported Classes

Self-Contained Small Group

classes Instruction
  High School Assessments (HSA)
  English 10
  Algebra

  National, State, and Local Government

  Biology

  Elementary and Middle Maryland School

Assessment (MSA)
  Reading

  Math
  IDEA provides a clear mandate that students
with disabilities are to be educated in the LRE in
their home schools to the maximum extent
possible.

  Prior to the intervention promoting access to

inclusive settings, the data revealed:
  Marylandranked 48 out of 50 states
  MCPS ranked 21 out of 24 local districts
 LRE A Data
(Prior to Intervention)

Should be increasing
 LRE C Data
(Prior to Intervention)

Should be decreasing
 What is Home School Model ?
  Foundation for inclusive elementary school
communities

  Service delivery model – All Our Kids

  Adjusted staffing
  Kept students in their neighborhood elementary school
  Brought services to the students
  Ensured a continuum of services
  Provided co-planning between general and special
educators
Compelling Reasons
Home School Model Support
 What is a Learning Center?
  Self-contained classroom settings within a
comprehensive school

  All or most of instruction is often delivered by

the same teacher

  Located in 5 middle schools and 3 high schools

 Student Profile
  Approximately 3 years below grade level in
reading
  Deficits in the area of calculation and problem
solving
  Disabilities include:
Speech Impairment
Learning Disability
Autism
Other Health Impairment
Mild Mental Retardation
  Academic performance of secondary learning center students
lagged far behind that of their peers with disabilities that were
not in learning centers.

  African American and Hispanic students were overrepresented in

secondary learning centers.

  A large number of students were educated in segregated settings

outside of the home school.

  Students had limited access to grade level curriculum.

  It was difficult for MCPS to provide inclusive educational

opportunities due to the large concentration of students with
disabilities.
 May 2006 MSA Scoring Proficient/Advanced
in Middle Schools with Learning Centers

Reading Mathematics
% Proficient/Advanced % Proficient/Advanced
Middle School
Not LC 18.3 8.2
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. LC 0 0
Not LC 67.4 65.2
Col. E. Brooke Lee LC 7.7 5.8
Not LC 88.9 67.9
Montgomery Village LC 3.4 8.6
Not LC 58.3 58.3
Tilden LC 9.8 7.8
Not LC 12.5 0
White Oak LC 4.0 2.0
 English Biology NSL Algebra

% Passing % Passing % Passing % Passing

Special Ed Not LC 5.9 5.3 29.4 30.4

Learning Center 2.2 13.1 13.8 19.7

Middle School Learning Centers – Disproportionate
Number of African American and Hispanic Students

2005–2006
 High School Learning Centers – Disproportionate
Number of African American and Hispanic Students

2005–2006
 Learning Center Phase Out Support
  Case Management
  Professional Development
  Co-teaching
  Co-planning

  Master Schedule
  Continuum of Services
  Enhanced Staffing to Support Transitioning Students

  Universal Design for Learning

  Assistive Technology
  Interventions
Mark Twain Program
Compelling Reasons
Graduation Rate
 LRE A Data
Pre Intervention Post Intervention

Should be increasing
 LRE C Data
Pre Intervention Post Intervention

Should be decreasing
Student Performance Data
 MSA Gains Over a 5 Year Span
for Home School Model Schools

Reading Math
4 made a 70% point gain 2 made a 70% point gain
14 made a 50% point gain 8 made a 50% point gain

2008
  98% made AYP
  36 (60%) exceeded the AMO target in reading

  21 (35%) exceeded the AMO target in math

 MSA Gains

Reading – Elementary


Subgroup 2005 2006 2007 2008

Special
Educa2on 59.4% 62.3% 67.8% 75.1%

MCPS
Target 62.5% 67.2% 71.8%

Math – Elementary


Subgroup 2005 2006 2007 2008

Special
Educa2on 53.2% 56.5% 60.7% 64.9%

MCPS
Target 58.8% 63.9% 69.1%
  Pre-K Autism public option
  Hours-based staffing at elementary schools

  Expanding hours-based staffing at middle

schools
  Examine hours-based staffing at high schools

  Institute of Middle School Professional

Development for Special Education