Special Education Dropout
This report tracks the number of students receiving special education services who are leaving school without graduating. While enabling schools and the state to recognize trends or underlying issues contributing to early student dropouts, allowing them to offer more effective support and help keep students on track.
Submission requirements
This report includes students who exited special education during the APR reporting period with an eligible exit reason. It lists students whose special education exit date falls within the APR start and end dates, whose exit reason is one of the following: graduated with a regular high school diploma, received a certificate, or reached the maximum age for services. Students included in the report were between the ages of 14 and 21 at the time of exit, based on the difference between their birth date and their special education exit date. Only students with a valid school assignment are included.
Generate report
From the Reporting menu, choose Advanced report.
Click APR/SPPs Advanced Reports, then click Special Education Dropout Report.
Enter a Start Date and End Date for the reporting duration.
Click Update Report with Values.
Student Counts for KPIs
Data Element | Description | Data Source | Database Field Name |
|---|---|---|---|
ID | ID of the School. | {=TOPONEVALUEOF(Locations, ID, THIS, This = L1_Location)} | NA |
Exiting School | Name of the exiting school. | {=TOPONEVALUEOF(Locations, Name, THIS, This = L1_Location)} | NA |
High School Diploma | Total count of students exiting the IEP program with a High School Diploma | {COUNT-all[Rules: Diploma]=DiplomaXXXX} | NA |
Certificate | Count of Students exiting the IEP program with a certificate. | {COUNT-all[Rules: Certificate]=CertificateXXXX} | NA |
Dropped Out | Total count of students dropping out of IEP program without a diploma. | {COUNT-all[Rules: DropOut]=DropOutXXXX} | NA |
Total Exiting | Total count of students exiting the IEP program with a High School Diploma and without a Diploma. | {COUNT-any[Rules: Diploma, Certificate, DropOut]=ExitXXXX} | NA |
Percentage Dropping Out | Percentage of Students exiting the IEP program without a diploma. | {#EVAL IIF(ExitXXXX <> 0, DropOutXXXX / ExitXXXX * 100, 0)}% | NA |
Drill-Down Report Field Description and Criteria
Data Element | Description | Data Source | Database Field Name |
|---|---|---|---|
Reporting Year | The system shows the reporting year for the Actual Eligibility Due Date or the Projected Eligibility Due Date available in Referrals Part B. The reporting year is defined as July 1 to June 30, with FFY19 covering the period from July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020. | N/A (Calculated report field) | N/A (Calculated report field) |
Quarter | The system shows the reporting quarter of the Initial Eligibility Due Date from the Special Education Part B profile.
| N/A (Calculated report field) |