May a district use the private schools assessment data to determine progress of the districts Title I program?
Yes. Officials of the private schools may provide the district with the assessment data on Title I participants that the private school has collected as part of its testing program. However, private school officials are not obligated to do this, and refusal by private school officials to provide these data does not release the district from its obligation to provide services and assess the progress of the private school participants in the Title I program. Every year the district and private school officials must consult on what constitutes annual progress for the Title I program. If the Title I program for the private school participants does not make the expected annual progress, the district must annually make modifications to the Title I program.
