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Significant Disproportionality

Significant Disproportionality

Under Section 618 of The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, States are required to collect and examine data to determine if significant disproportionality based on race and ethnicity is occurring in the State and the public education agencies (PEAs) of the state with respect to:

  • the identification of children as children with disabilities, including the identification of children as children with disabilities in accordance with a particular impairment;
  • the placement in particular educational settings of such children; and
  • the incidence, duration, and type of disciplinary actions, including suspensions and expulsions.

The State has moved to a Risk Ratio method to determine the likelihood of overrepresentation of a group when compared to another group. Arizona defines significant disproportionality as a rate of greater than or equal to 3.0 within a group compared to another group. If the ratio is greater than or equal to 3.0 for three consecutive years, the PEA is significantly disproportionate. PEAs that do not meet minimum cell size (10) are exempt from calculation. PEAs that do not meet the minimum n-size (30) are calculated using the alternate risk ratio.

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From the Exceptional Student Services Blog

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: NEW Special Education Data Dashboard Wed, May 18 2022 Data Management, Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

NEW Special Education Data Dashboard

The NEW Special Education Data Dashboard (SEDD) opens on Wednesday, May 18, 2022 (today). The purpose of this application is to provide a one-stop shop for public education agencies (PEAs) to securely view their special education data as well as a redacted statewide view. By viewing relevant data in one place, PEAs can see how it all ties together and ultimately, how it all culminates into the indicators outlined in the State Performance Plan (SPP) / Annual Performance Report (APR).

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT: FY22 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts only opens on 5/18/22 Wed, May 18 2022 Data Management, Updates

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT

FY22 Parentally Placed Private School Student Survey required by all Public School Districts only opens on 5/18/22

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004 requires that each public education agency (PEA) maintain its records and provide to the State information related to parentally placed private elementary and secondary school student covered under §§ 300.130 through 300.144.

The application will open on 5/18/22 and close for submissions on 8/3/22.

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