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Quality Assurance

The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program (JJEEP) conducts annual quality assurance (QA) reviews of educational programs in Florida’s juvenile justice facilities. QA reviews are a valuable method of assisting providers and school districts with achieving, evaluating, and maintaining high-quality educational programs in juvenile justice facilities.

Educational QA standards are developed for each of the three types of juvenile justice facilities: residential commitment programs, day treatment (prevention, intensive probation, and conditional release) and detention centers.

  • QA Standards Documents
  • QA standards revision process: JJEEP and DOE review and revise the QA standards every year based on continuing input from practitioners, new legislative requirements, and research findings.
  • QA review scheduling: Educational QA reviews are scheduled from late July to late May and are conducted with the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) QA reviewers when possible.
  • QA review protocol: QA reviews involve both qualitative and quantitative assessments of various components of an educational program. Data are collected prior to and during a QA review through the self-reporting process, interviews, observations, and a review of documentation.
  • Self-reports: Much of the information required for rating QA standards is provided in each program’s self-report and supporting documentation. All juvenile justice facilities are required to submit a completed self-report to the JJEEP offices by June 15, 2007.
  • Exemplary programs: In 2005, the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program (JJEEP) instituted a process of assigning exemplary status to acknowledge high performing programs based on previous overall QA scores.
  • QA review methods: The JJEEP QA review process is evidenced based, using the same data sources to evaluate the quality of educational services provided in each Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) educational program.
  • QA rating guidelines: The educational QA process determines the quality of educational services provided to students since the last QA review or for the entire year, depending on the review schedule.
  • Corrective active plan (CAP) process: The purpose of the system improvement process is to reduce the amount of time JJEEP staff spend monitoring programs that exceed state standards and increase time for technical assistance (TA) to lower-performing programs to improve their educational services and student performance. To meet this goal, JJEEP and the Department of Education (DOE) have developed and implemented a comprehensive system of corrective action and TA.
  • History of the educational QA standards: In 1995, Florida Department of Education (DOE) staff developed the first set of QA standards to encourage continuous improvement in juvenile justice educational programs. One set of standards for all types of programs was drawn from exceptional student education (ESE) performance standards and statutory authority. The standards focused on administration and each program’s philosophy, procedures, and approach to education. The standards have been revised every year since then.
  • Statutes and rules: QA standards and program evaluation are based on state and federal requirements. Review the statutes and rules that most directly relate to juvenile justice educational programs.