Special Education

INTERNAL PD: Free Assistive Technology JOTs

  • Fri, Jan 5 2024  •
    • Updates
    • Assistive Technology

Overwhelmed by professional development? Don’t have time for a 90-minute webinar? We got you! Please join the Arizona Department of Education/Exceptional Student Services/Assistive Technology team for our spring series titled “Assistive Technology: Just One Thing” (JOT).

Welcome to School & Student Data

School & Student Data

Our agency is committed to supporting schools and local education agencies in managing, reporting, and addressing student data.

This page provides frequently accessed links, resources, forms, and data sets across our agency that are used by district and charter data coordinators, registrars, administrators, district test coordinators, and program directors. Please visit each of these program’s individual pages for additional information.

DATA MANAGEMENT ALERT - Preschool Outcomes Reporting - New Report Available

  • Thu, Jan 4 2024  •
    • Data Management

To assist Public Education Agencies (PEAs) with reporting, the SPED12 – Preschool Outcomes History report is now available in the AzEDS portal in the SPED section. This report provides a history of preschool outcomes reported by a previous PEA. This report will allow the current PEA to gain an understanding of the student’s outcome history. Your PEA will be able to see the current outcome information and any prior outcome information for a preschool student with a disability. Any outcomes reported after the student has left your PEA (example: future outcomes) will not populate in the report. 

INTERNAL PD INFO: Registration Open for the 2024 ESS Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Summit

  • Thu, Dec 14 2023  •
    • Updates

In conjunction with AzEIP, ADE/ESS/ECSE is proud to announce that the 2024 Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education Summit is scheduled for February 28–March 1, 2024, from 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. (MST).

Indicator 17: State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)

What Indicator 17 is

Indicator 17 is the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP).

The SSIP is a three-year process that helps to support Arizona districts and charters with:

  • Activities that improve evidence-based practices
  • Systemic improvement within the learning community
  • Early literacy development
  • Positive outcomes for students with disabilities

Through stakeholder feedback and data analysis, the SSIP undergoes continuous improvement to ensure that SSIP activities help support student outcomes.

Indicator 16: Mediation

What Indicator 16 Is

Indicator 16 measures the percentage of problems that are solved through mediation. If a parent has an issue regarding special education, for example, the parent and school may have a mediator (an unbiased third party) assist in coming up with an agreement.

Why Indicator 16 Is Important

Mediation is an informal, collaborative problem-solving process that encourages mutual respect, promotes communication, and often provides the basis for positive working relationships between parents and school staff.

Indicator 15: Resolution Sessions

What Indicator 15 Is

Indicator 15 measures the percent of problems that are solved through resolution sessions. If a parent has an issue regarding special education services, for example, the parent and school may have a resolution session wherein they meet and try to come to an agreement..

Why Indicator 15 Is Important

The goal of the resolution session is to attempt to resolve the dispute that triggered the hearing request without the need for litigation.

Indicator 14: Post School Outcomes

What Indicator 14 Is

Indicator 14 reports whether our students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) are in school, have a job, or in some type of training one year after they leave high school by graduating, aging out at age 22, or dropping out.

Why Indicator 14 Is Important

Indicator 14 tells us about the lives of our students with IEPs one year after they have left high school. It is one way to help us understand whether students' education prepared them for adult life.

Indicator 13: Secondary Transition

What Indicator 13 Is

Indicator 13 checks whether Arizona students with Individualized Education Programs (IEPs), at the end of 9th grade or age 16, whichever is first or earlier, as determined necessary by the student’s IEP team. (A.A.C. R7-2-401(G)(4)(A))  receive secondary transition planning and services that comply with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Indicator 12: Secondary Transition

What Indicator 12 Is

Indicator 12 measures the percentage of children referred from Early Intervention who are found eligible for special education services and who have an Individualized Education Program (IEP) implemented on their third birthday.

Why Indicator 12 Is Important

This indicator ensures that children are evaluated in a timely way so that those determined to be eligible begin receiving needed services and supports at age three.