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​​Performance Measures and Accountability

Data Collection

LEAs must collect data and submit program reports as required by PDE to document student placements, student progress, and the rate of students' return to the regular education setting. LEAs that place students in AEDY Programs must make sure all required data is collected, maintained, and reported.  Information reported to PDE includes students' demographic data, such as race, ethnicity, gender, the need for EL services, and students eligible for special education services.  Student demographic data will be reviewed by PDE to identify disproportionality in the placement of students in AEDY Programs. LEAs are expected to review their own data for indications of disproportionate placements and develop and implement a plan to incorporate culturally responsive discipline practices, support and reinforce positive behavior development, and employ corrective strategies and interventions to keep students in the regular education setting. 

Below are resources available to assist the districts in identifying issues related to discipline and the direct correlation and effect discipline can have on overrepresentation of specific student populations.

    1. January 8, 2014 Dear Colleague Letter from US Ed and US DOJ on "Nondiscriminatory Administration of School Discipline"
    2. "Rethinking Discipline" page on US Ed's website
    3. Learning for Justice | Education Resources
    4. PDE's Equity and Inclusion Toolkit

Please contact the AEDY Team at PaTTAN (ae​dy@pattan.net) for culturally responsive training, technical assistance and resources. 

Disproportionality

Disproportionate representation, or disproportionality, refers to the overrepresentation of a given population or demographic group (e.g., race, ethnicity, students with disabilities, and gender).  To identify disproportionality, the AEDY year-end report will include a fillable formula to determine the Odds Ratio (OR) of the students placed in the program. OR is the probability that an event occurs to the probability that it does not. For estimates of disparities in student placement in an AEDY Program, the OR is (a) the odds that one particular group (e.g., children who are black) will experience vs. not experience an event (e.g., being placed in an AEDY Program) vs. (b) the odds of another group (e.g., children who are white) will experience vs. not experience the same event.