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Below are pages devoted to resources on each of the IDEA Indicators for Part B. Part B is the section of the IDEA which deals with children ages 3 through 21 years-old receiving special education and/or related services. When you click on an indicator of interest to you, you will be taken to a page containing the full text of that indicator as well as information on helpful resources related to that indicator developed by the projects of the Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP) Technical Assistance and Dissemination (TA&D) Network:

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Here you can read about the history of the Part B Indicators and explore resources which apply to all 20 of them. For resources on a specific Indicator, select that Indicator from the list below.

Indicator 1: Graduation Rates

Percent of youth with individualized education programs (IEPs) graduating from high school with a regular diploma compared to percent of all youth in the State graduating with a regular diploma.

Indicator 2: Drop out Rates

Percent of youth with IEPs dropping out of high school compared to the percent of all youth in the State dropping out of high school.

Indicator 3: Participation and Performance on Statewide Assessments

Participation and performance of children with disabilities on statewide assessments.

Indicator 4: Suspensions and Expulsions

Rates of suspension and expulsion

Indicator 5: Participation/Time in General Education Settings (LRE)

Percent of children with IEPs aged 6 through 21:
       A.   Removed from regular class less than 21% of the day;
       B.     Removed from regular class greater than 60% of the day; or
       C.     Served in public or private separate schools,
             residential placements, or homebound or hospital placements.

Indicator 6: Preschool Children in General Education Settings (Pre-School LRE)

Percent of preschool children with IEPs who received special education and related services in settings with typically developing peers (e.g., early childhood settings, home, and part-time early childhood/part-time early childhood special education settings).

Indicator 7: Preschool Children with Improved Outcomes

Percent of preschool children with IEPs who demonstrate improved:
      A.    Positive social-emotional skills (including social relationships);
      B.    Acquisition and use of knowledge and skills (including early                     language/communication and early literacy); and
      C.   Use of appropriate behaviors to meet their needs.

Indicator 8: Parental Involvement

Percent of parents with a child receiving special education services who report that schools facilitated parent involvement as a means of improving services and results for children with disabilities.

Indicator 9: Disproportionate Representation in Special Education that is the Result of Inappropriate Identification

Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in special education and related services that is the result of inappropriate identification.

Indicator 10: Disproportionate Representation in Specific Disability Categories that is the Result of Inappropriate Identification

Percent of districts with disproportionate representation of racial and ethnic groups in specific disability categories that is the result of inappropriate identification.

Indicator 11: Timeframe Between Evaluation and Identification (Child Find)

Percent of children with parental consent to evaluate who were evaluated and eligibility determined within 60 days (or State established timeframe).

Indicator 12: Transition Between Part C and Part B

Percent of children referred by Part C prior to age 3 and who are found eligible for Part B who have an IEP developed and implemented by their third birthdays.

Indicator 13: Post School Transition Goals in IEP

Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an IEP that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the child to meet the post-secondary goals.

Indicator 14: Participation in Postsecondary Settings One Year After Graduation

Percent of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in secondary school and who have been competitively employed, enrolled in some type of postsecondary school, or both, within one year of leaving high school.

Indicator 15: Non-Compliance Issues in General Supervision System

General supervision system (including monitoring, complaints, hearings, etc.) identifies and corrects noncompliance as soon as possible but in no case later than one year from identification.

Indicator 16: Resolution of Written Complaints

Percent of signed written complaints with reports issued that were resolved within the 60-day timeline, including a timeline extended for exceptional circumstances with respect to a particular complaint.

Indicator 17: Due Process/Dispute Resolution

Percent of fully adjudicated due process hearing requests that were fully adjudicated within the 45-day timeline or a timeline that is properly extended by the hearing officer at the request of either party.

Indicator 18: Dispute Resolution

Percent of hearing requests that went to resolution sessions that were resolved through resolution session settlement agreements.

Indicator 19: Mediations Resulting in Mediation Agreements

Percent of mediations held that resulted in mediation agreements.

Indicator 20: Timeliness and Accuracy of State Reported Data

State reported data (618 and State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report) are timely and accurate.

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