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OFFICE OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
June 22, 2006
Ms. Sandy Garrett Superintendent of Public Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education Hodge Education Building 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599
Dear Ms. Garrett:
On June 15, 2006, the Oklahoma Department of Education (ODE) submitted a response to the monitoring report that resulted from a program review of your States progress in meeting the highly qualified teacher (HQT) provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001, and your States administration of the ESEA Title II, Part A Improving Teacher Quality State Grants program. Thank you for your prompt response to the monitoring report, and for the additional explanatory information you submitted subsequently.
The Department believes that all of the findings identified in the monitoring report have been satisfactorily addressed in the ODE responses. We commend your excellent work in responding to the concerns raised in the monitoring report, particularly in regard to the HQT status of special education teachers. While we know that the data submitted in the 2004-05 Consolidated State Performance Report were based on incorrect identification of the HQT status of some special education teachers, the ODE has submitted preliminary data for 2005-06 that is based on correct HQT definitions. We expect the ODE to complete its HOUSSE procedures for special education teachers, and we expect that the resulting data will be included in the States data reports for 2005-06 and beyond.
The U.S. Department of Education believes that the ODE is, in general, implementing the HQT provisions of the statute and making an effort to meet the HQT goal, but because you did not reach it in all districts and schools by the end of the 2005-06 school year, the Department looks forward to reviewing the revised plan you will submit in July that details the specific steps you will take to reach the HQT goal in the 2006-07 school year and beyond.
Sincerely,
/s/
Henry L. Johnson
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Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation
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400 MARYLAND AVE., SW, WASHINGTON, DC 20202
Our mission is to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the Nation
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