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Special Education Scorecards |
By NCLD Public Policy Staff
Published: September 23 2009
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The National Center for Learning Disabilities has issued special education scorecards for every state in the nation.
 The scorecard includes information on state special education enrollment, including students with learning disabilities, student performance on key indicators, federal funding provided to states in support of special education, plus the state's latest rating by the U.S. Department of Education on its State Performance Plan.*
(Scorecards are based on best available data as of September 1, 2009.)
 Download your state's scorecard or download our comprehensive scorecard collection, which includes each state's scorecard (102 pp).
*Special Education State Scorecard Data Sources
Student Population
- The source for the state enrollment is Table 1. Public school student membership, by grade and state or jurisdiction: School year 2006-07, Public Elementary and Secondary School Student Enrollment and Staff From the Common Core of Data: School Year 2006-07, National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2009/2009305.pdf.
- The source for the state special education and specific learning disabilities (SLD) data is IDEA 618 Data, Part B Child Count (2007) Table 1-3, Students ages 6 through 21 served under IDEA, Part B, by disability category and state. Retrieved from https://www.ideadata.org/TABLES31ST/AR_1-3.htm.
Special Education Funding
- The source is a special tabulation by the National Education Association (NEA). The source for the FY 2009 appropriation amounts by state is the U.S. Department of Education. Full funding estimates by state, which are based on the federal government assuming 40 percent of the excess costs of educating students with disabilities, were derived by the NEA based on the state allocation formula.
State Performance on Key Indicators of State Performance Plan and U.S.ED Ratings
- The source for 2005-2006: Part B State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report State Determination Letters (GRANT YEAR 2005-2006 - Issued June 15, 2007) retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/fund/data/report/idea/partbspap/2007/index.html.
- The source for 2006-2007: Part B State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report State Determination Letters (GRANT YEAR 2006-2007 - Issued June 6, 2008) retrieved from http://www.ed.gov/fund/data/report/idea/partbspap/index.html.
- The source for 2007-2008: Part B State Performance Plan and Annual Performance Report State Determination Letters (GRANT YEAR 2007- 2008 - Issued June 1, 2009) retrieved from http://ed.gov/fund/data/report/idea/partbspap/2009/index.html.
- In cases where state Annual Performance Reports do not aggregate a proficiency score for all grades assessed in reading and math, the source is Annual Performance Report analyses of Part B Indicator 3C completed by the National Center on Educational Outcomes for FFY2005, FFY2006, FFY2007.
This project was supported by The Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation and the University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning.
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