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 percentage of time students with disabilities are educated with their typically developing peers. The data are disaggregated by placement, disability, race/ethnicity, and by state.
Office of Special Education Programs. 2022. OSEP Fast Facts: Educational Environments for School-Aged Children with Disabilities. https://sites.ed.gov/idea/osep-fast-facts-educational-environments-school-aged-children-disabilities/ (accessed September 16, 2022).
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).
The OSEP Symposium on Significant Disproportionality explored why this is an important topic for all of us as we work to ensure that children with disabilities, regardless of race or ethnicity, are provided educational services and accommodations that enable and prepare them for post-school education and career opportunities. The Symposium presentations highlighted the key topics from a national perspective, framed the importance of this issue for all OSEP grantees, and provided some examples of practices and strategies that help address significant disproportionality. In addition to the live event, numerous resources related to significant disproportionality have been posted for participants to use as they prepared for the event and as resources to improve services and conditions for children with disabilities in States, districts, schools, and programs.
In this technical assistance document (a companion to the Questions and Answers: Addressing the Needs of Children with Disabilities and IDEA’s Discipline Provisions, which outlines the legal requirements related to behavior support and discipline for eligible students with disabilities under IDEA), the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) provides information about resources, strategies, and evidence-based practices that (while not required by law) can help States, LEAs, schools, early childhood programs, educators, and families in their efforts to meet IDEA requirements and, in doing so, improve outcomes for children with disabilities.
Office of Special Education Rehabilitative Services. 2022. Positive, Proactive Approaches to Supporting the Needs of Children with Disabilities: A Guide for Stakeholders
https://sites.ed.gov/idea/files/guide-positive-proactive-approaches-to-supporting-children-with-disabilities.pdf (accessed September 16, 2022).
