The U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education (OSEP) developed 17 indicators to help each state measure and report on their efforts to educate students with disabilities. Each state reports on their performance on each indicator and their plan to make progress in the State Performance Plan (SPP) and Annual Performance Report (APR).
Each indicator is either a results indicator or a compliance indicator. Results indicators have targets set by each state with input from their stakeholders. Compliance indicators have targets of 0 percent or 100 percent set by the OSEP.
Part B SPP Indicators (PDF)
A brief description of IDEA Part B SPP results and compliance indicators.
Results indicator
Percent of students with an individualized education program (IEP) graduating from high school with a regular diploma.
Results indicator
Percent of students with an IEP dropping out of high school.
Results indicator
Participation and performance of students with an IEP on statewide assessments.
Results indicator
Percent of local educational agencies that have a significant discrepancy in the rate of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year for students with an IEP.
Compliance indicator
Percent of local educational agencies that have a significant discrepancy, by race or ethnicity, in the rate of suspensions and expulsions of greater than 10 days in a school year for students with an IEP; and policies, procedures or practices that contribute to the significant discrepancy.
Results indicator
Percent of students with an IEP aged 5 who are enrolled in kindergarten and aged 6-21 year old students with an IEP served inside the general education class and in public/private separate schools, residential, homebound/hospital placements.
Results indicator
Percent of preschool students with an IEP ages 3 through 5 attending a regular early childhood program and in a separate special education class, separate school, or residential facility.
Results indicator
Percent of preschool students with an IEP ages 3 through 5 who demonstrate improved positive social-emotional skills, acquisition, and use of knowledge and skills, and use of appropriate behaviors.
Results indicator
Percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report schools parent involvement.
Compliance indicator
Percent of local educational agencies with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups that is a result of inappropriate identification.
Compliance indicator
Percent of local educational agencies with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in specific disability categories that is a result of inappropriate identification.
Compliance indicator
Percent of students with parental consent to evaluate and were evaluated within 30 school days.
Compliance indicator
Percent of children referred by Part C prior to age 3, who are found eligible for Part B and had an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthday.
Compliance indicator
Percent of students ages 16 and older with an IEP that includes appropriate measurable postsecondary goals that are based upon an age appropriate transition assessment and transition services.
Results indicator
Percent of youth who had an IEP and, within one year of leaving high school, have been employed or enrolled in higher education or some other postsecondary education/training program.
Results indicator
Percent of hearing requests that went to resolution sessions that were resolved through resolution session settlement agreements.
Results indicator
Percent of mediations held that resulted in mediation agreements.
Results indicator
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