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.
ESS Discipline Data Collection (DDC) is an initiative to improve the collection, use, and reporting of safety and discipline incident data for use in IDEA data reporting. Effective FY24, discipline data will be submitted via AzEDS. Find tools and guidance to assist in the collection of discipline data below.
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.
Comprised of our most used tools and resources, the ESS Data Management toolkit is a quick reference guide for data managers to access the tools needed for SPED data reporting.
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). Registration for each webinar is sent two weeks prior via our ESS Data Management Alerts.
The next webinar is scheduled for 9/20/23. 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 can be found on the ODC webpage.
Phase 2
In-Person Training: 100 N 15th Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85007
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
