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Kansas State Department of EducationRevised State PlanFor Meeting Highly Qualified Teacher (HQT) GoalIn No Child Left Behind
Contact:Judi Miller, Assistant Director State and Federal Programs785-296-5081 judim@ksde.orgor Martha Gage, Director Teacher Education and Licensure785-296-8010mgage@ksde.org July 7, 20061
 
Title II, Part A, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting FundRequirement 1: The revised plan must provide a detailed analysis of the coreacademic subject classes in the State that are currently not being taught by highlyqualified teachers. The analysis must, in particular, address schools that are notmaking adequate yearly progress and whether or not these schools have more acuteneeds than do other schools in attracting highly qualified teachers. The analysismust also identify the districts and schools around the State where significantnumbers of teachers do not meet HQT standards, and examine whether or not thereare particular hard-to-staff courses frequently taught by non-highly qualifiedteachers.
The Kansas Department of Education (KSDE) maintains a
highly qualified teacher 
database on all licensed teachers in the state and collects assignment and class data oneach teacher employed in Kansas every year in the Licensed Personnel Report (LPR).After local districts input assignment and class data in the Licensed Personnel Report,KSDE generates a list of core content teachers who are “not highly qualified”. Currently,it is the district’s responsibility to consult with the teacher who is not a highly qualifiedteacher and assist him/her in becoming highly qualified for the assignment. KSDE is inthe process of requiring more direct district participation in this process.2005-2006 HQT Preliminary DataCore AcademicSubjectTotal Teachers Number of classes taught by not HQ teachersPercent of classestaught by not HQteachersElementary173715022.9Fine Arts149989469.9Foreign Language385755014.3Language Arts16017236114.7Mathematics12974170413.1Science11181146713.1History7979190323.8Government1178494.2Geography5846210.6Economics2414117.0KSDE possesses the ability to review and analyze the teacher quality data in multipleways and provide technical assistance when needed. Staff from Teacher Education andLicensure ensures the quality of data through comparing and analyzing multiple data points for accuracy. In this manner, KSDE validates the accuracy of all classroom leveldata. 2
 
Three examples of data analysis are provided. However, it should be clear that the dataanalysis is not limited to just these three examples. Poverty data is presented inRequirement 6 along with the discussion of the Kansas equity plan. Also refer to theaccompanying Excel spreadsheet,
 Kansas HQ Data by LEA, Schools, Content Areas 05-06 
for the number and percent of teachers in specific content areas by school who arehighly qualified compared to the total number of teachers in that area.
Example One
: Schools that did not make Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP)Included in the analysis process is an extensive examination of the staffing needs of schools that are not making AYP. For the 2005 school year, KSDE identified 20 schooldistricts that did not make AYP for in 2005 and 6 districts that did not make AYP in both2004 and 2005. There are 7 districts on improvement. In addition, at the school level,KSDE identified 121 schools that did not make AYP in 2005 and 15 Title I schools onimprovement. Of the 121 schools, 23 are elementary schools, 53 are middle schools, 48are high schools and 2 are special education centers. Fifteen of the 121 schools that didnot meet AYP requirements for at least one of the last two years did meet therequirements of 100% highly qualified core content teachers.2005-2006 HQT Preliminary DataFor Schools with Less Than 100%
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HQT Who Did Not Make AYPFor At Least One of the Last Two YearsCore AcademicSubjectTotal Teacher Assignments Number of assignmentstaught by teachers not
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HQ% of assignments taught by teachers not HQElementary2673914.6Fine Arts25513552.9Foreign Language1024645.1Language Arts103430429.4Mathematics70420829.5Science62221734.9Aggregate
History, Government,Geography, Economics
69816924.2
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HQT means Highly Qualified Teacher 
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HQ refers to highly qualified
 Number of Districts (Duplicated Count) Not Making AYP with One or More Schools NotHaving 100% HQT by Core Academic Subject
Core Academic Subject# Districts by SubjectElementary13Fine Arts16Foreign Language9Language Arts17Mathematics15Science14History, Gov’t, Geography, Econ.12
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