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.
Join us to discuss a variety of ESS Data Topics, Updates, and Live Q&A.
These webinars will be held the 3rd Wednesday of every month from 2pm - 3pm (subject to change) via Zoom. Registration for each webinar is sent two weeks prior via our ESS Data Management Alerts.
The next webinar is scheduled for March 20, 2024. Please email ESS Data Management with any registration questions.
ESS Data Management is excited to offer training opportunities to assist with each phase, including in-person workshops and live webinars! Listed below is the schedule for upcoming ODC training. Please note that registration is required. Click the link on the date that best fits your schedule to register. Past presentations for FY24 Phases I and II can be found on the ODC webpage.
Phase III
Phase III is only for the PEAs that could not match the number of SPED students submitted in Phase I with the number of SPED students in AzEDS during Phase II. PEAs will receive an email if they qualify for Phase III on March 4, 2024, including subsequent reminders until Phase III closes.
The training for Phase III will be hosted via a live Zoom webinar on Thursday, March 14, 2024, from 2:00–3:00 p.m.
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