Special Education Data

State of Colorado Special Education Data

Section 618 of IDEA requires states to report to the Secretary of Education and the public on the equity of services provided under IDEA for various subgroups. The data reports below summarize Colorado’s annual data submissions to the Secretary of Education:

Administrative Units Special Education Data

Some of the state-level special education data posted above are disaggregated at the Administrative Unit level:

For years prior to what is shown above, please visit the Special Education Data Reports Archive.

State Performance Plan (SPP) Indicator Data

The State Performance Plan is the State's plan to the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) that evaluates the State's efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of Part B of the IDEA and how the State will improve the implementation of IDEA Part B. The SPP contains measurable and rigorous targets in the following 17 indicators. Please click indicators of your interest to learn more about them.

*Indicators in blue (above) are “result indicators” in which States are evaluated based on their achievement on the given indicator.

**Indicators in green (above) are “compliance indicators” in which States are evaluated based on the extent to which they are compliant with IDEA in the given indicator area.

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