The IDEA Data Center (IDC) is funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) to provide technical assistance to build capacity within states for collecting, reporting, analyzing and using high quality IDEA Part B data.
IDEA Data Center (IDC). IDEA Data Center. https://ideadata.org (accessed June 6, 2021).
This document highlights national data regarding the number of students with disabilities that are receiving a free and appropriate public education (FAPE). The data are disaggregated by gender, location of education, English language proficiency, type of disability, disciplinary removals, and by state.
Office of Special Education Programs. 2022. OSEP Fast Facts: Educational Environments of Children with Disabilities, Ages 5 (in kindergarten) through 21, Served under IDEA Part B https://sites.ed.gov/idea/osep-fast-facts-school-aged-children-5-21-served-under-idea-part-b-21/ (accessed September 16, 2022).
This fact sheet provides national data about demographics of English Learners (EL), including trend data and data disaggregated by disability, placement of EL students with disabilities, and high school completion.
Office of Special Education Programs. 2022. OSEP Fast Facts: Students With Disabilities Who Are English Learners (ELs) Served Under IDEA Part B
https://sites.ed.gov/idea/osep-fast-facts-students-with-disabilities-english-learners (accessed September 16, 2022).
The Data Center for Addressing Significant Disproportionality (pronounced DEE-KAS-DEE) is a U.S. Department of Education-supported center dedicated to working with state and local education agencies to help build their capacity to identify and address significant disproportionality by more accurately collecting, reporting, analyzing, and using their IDEA data.
