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April 1, 2011 TO THE ADMINISTRATOR ADDRESSED: SUBJECT: Required RF Tracker Data Collection for Local Education Agencies with Residential Care and Treatment Facilities within Their Geographic Boundaries and/or Jurisdiction The purpose of this letter is to notify local
education agencies (LEAs) of timelines related to the required collection of
data for students with disabilities who reside in residential care and
treatment facilities (RFs) within the geographic boundaries or jurisdiction of
an LEA. In a Texas education Agency (TEA) letter dated September 27, 2010, LEAs
were informed that, during the 2010-2011 program year, the TEA would continue
to use the RF Tracker data collection system to gather data on an
ongoing basis from RF LEAs. LEAs have continued the RF Tracker data
entry process during the 2010-2011 school year, and each RF LEA must complete the LEAs that are required to complete the data collection can access RF Tracker through the Texas Education Agency Secure Environment (TEASE) under the RF Tracker link. It is recommended that LEAs submit an on-line request for access by following the instructions on the TEA website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2684 However, LEA users who work within a shared services arrangement (SSA) and who need access to the application on behalf of more than one LEA still must use the paper TEASE access request form located at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/index2.aspx?id=2684. LEAs that need additional information about TEASE access can contact their education service center (ESC) monitoring contact and/or may review a list of frequently asked questions on the TEA website at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/webappaccess/info-tease.htm. Once TEASE access has been established, the RF Tracker application can be accessed at the following link: https://seguin.tea.state.tx.us/apps/logon.asp. For those LEAs with residential care and treatment facilities
within their boundaries or jurisdiction in which students with disabilities
have resided in 2010-2011, the due date for the completion of the RF
Tracker data collection is June 3, 2011. For the purposes of
the Monitoring and Interventions website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/pmi. If you need assistance completing the RF Tracker data collection, you may contact your ESC monitoring or special education contact at the phone numbers available from the TEA website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ESC/, or you may call the Division of Program Monitoring and Interventions, RF monitoring unit, at (512) 463-5226. Data collected in the RF Tracker system will continue to be used by the TEA in the evaluation of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). Federal regulations released in April 2007 only allow exceptions to the federal cap on alternate assessment results for students with the most significant cognitive disabilities for AYP purposes. LEAs that register facilities in RF Tracker will be eligible for an exception to the 1% cap on the proficient results from the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills-Alternate (TAKS-Alt) in the 2011 AYP performance calculations. No separate exception application needs to be completed for LEAs registered through RF Tracker. Please refer to the 2011 Adequate Yearly Progress Guide, available in June 2011, for more information on exceptions in AYP. General information on the 2011 AYP calculations, federal cap limits, and exceptions may be found on the TEA website at http://www.tea.state.tx.us/ayp/. We appreciate your assistance with this data collection. If you have questions regarding the content of this letter, please contact Gaynel Roberts or Judy Struve in the Division of Program Monitoring and Interventions at (512) 463-5226 or by e-mail at rfmon@tea.state.tx.us. Sincerely, Karen
Batchelor cc: ESC
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