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National Center for Special Education Research


Characteristics of States Monitoring and Improvement Practices
NCSER 2008-3008
October 2007

Table E-29.  Number and percentage of states that reviewed various percentages of child records, by lowest and highest percentage of records reviewed in a monitoring unit: 2004–05

Percentage of records Number of states Percent of all states [N=51]
Lowest percentage
0% 0 0
1-4% 4 8
5-9% 11 22
10-19% 23 45
20-50% 7 14
51-99% 0 0
100% 0 0
Highest percentage
1-9% 1 2
10-19% 22 43
20-29% 9 18
30-39% 4 8
40-49% 1 2
50-99% 2 4
100% 9 18
NOTE: Percentages may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, Evaluation of States' Monitoring and Improvement Practices Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Part C Monitoring Evaluation Questionnaire.