The IDEA Data Center’s Interactive Public Reporting Engine uses the IDEA Section 618 data states submit to OSEP to create easy-to-read charts and graphs. This tool provides an interactive way for states to meet federally mandated IDEA data public reporting requirements. View IDEA Data Center’s Interactive Public Reporting Engine
This 2017 report from the Institute of Education Sciences’ National Center for Education Statistics was created to assist states as they develop accountability systems that (1) comply with ESSA; (2) incorporate sound statistical practices and protections; and (3) meet the information needs of state accountability reporting, while still protecting the privacy of individual students. View […]
This 2010 Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems (SLDS) Technical Brief addresses the unintended disclosure of personally identifiable information (PII), current disclosure prevention practices that retain some disclosure risk, best practices to mitigate disclosure risk, and recommendations. View Statewide Longitudinal Data Systems Technical Brief
This 2014 document is intended to assist early intervention service programs and providers and preschool special education programs and agencies in maintaining compliance with privacy and confidentiality requirements under IDEA and FERPA. It reviews the terminology used to describe data de-identification as well as related concepts and approaches; provides general best practice de-identification strategies for […]
This 2014 document is an adaptation of the 2012 release of Frequently Asked Questions – Disclosure Avoidance intended for K-12 audiences. Presented here in the form of responses to frequently asked questions (FAQs) are suggestions intended to provide guidance to IDEA Part C early intervention and Part B 619 preschool special education agencies and programs […]