The Exceptional Student Services (ESS) Data Management (DM) team is responsible for the collection, review, validation, verification, and analysis of Special Education Data in Arizona as required under Section 618 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Important Dates
The Important Dates website outlines the various deadlines for ESS Data Management data collections.
AzEDS SPED Reporting
Discover useful tools for those who submit data for students with disabilities to the Arizona Education Data Standards (AzEDS). Find relevant AzEDS codes, tables that illustrate various reporting scenarios, integrity error tools and more.
Annually, the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) is required to report Special Education data to the federal government. The October 1 Data Collection is part of that process and occurs in three phases.
The Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) is a one-stop-shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely view their special education data as well as the provision of public statewide data with redaction.
Are you new to a SPED leadership and/or data management role and not sure where to start? Check out the resources on our Beginner's Guide page for helpful information on where to start.
This page includes videos for the October 1 Data Collection, Special Education Data Dashboard, and more.
Beginning of Year Training
The ESS Data Management team is pleased to introduce Beginning of the Year ESS Data Management training for the 2024–2025 reporting year. We offer two options to attend: virtually or in person. During this training, our team will provide updates on the annual IDEA 618 requirements, review reporting to AzEDS, and give an overview of ESS data applications and surveys. Please register for only one session.
The video from the Zoom training should be available on the DM Training Videos page within the week following the session. Please contact the Data Management Inbox with any questions.
Special Education Data Updates Webinars:
Join us to discuss a variety of ESS Data Topics, Updates, and Live Q&A.
These webinars will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2 pm - 3 pm (subject to change) via Zoom. Registration for each webinar is sent two weeks prior via our ESS Data Management Alerts.
Browse other data-related resources to learn more about record retention, IDEA data collection requirements, and data quality tips for school personnel.
This section contains historical and trend data on the special education student population with breakouts by public education agency (PEA), county, disability, ethnicity/race, gender, grade, age, and placement (LRE) based on the October 1 Federal Special Education Child Count.
FY22 PEA SPED Child Count Totals - State of Arizona Special Education child counts by school districts only (with geographic boundaries) used for comparing student counts between districts