Data Accountability Center

618 Data Collection Information

Section 618 of IDEA specifies data that states must collect and report that measure results for children and families served through state Part B and Part C programs. Materials specifically designed to help you carry out IDEA data collection requirements are available by accessing the links on this page.

Part B

IDEA Data & EDFacts Reports Crosswalks

SY 2010-11 IDEA Data & EDFacts Reports Crosswalk
Child Count, January 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)
Educational Environments, revised April 2011(PDF / MS-Word)
Personnel, January 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)
Discipline, January 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)
Exiting, February 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)
SY 2009-10 IDEA Data & EDFacts Reports Crosswalk - Updated Oct 14, 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)
Assessment, January 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)
SY 2008-09 IDEA Data & EDFacts Reports Crosswalk (PDF / MS-Word)

Q & As

Child Count, March 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Educational Environments, March 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Personnel, revised March 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Exiting, revised April 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Discipline, revised March 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Maintenance of Effort and Coordinated Early Intervening Services, revised August 2011 (PDF / MS-Word)

Criteria for Data Validation Process: Flagging Year-to-Year Changes, revised January 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Data Collection History, revised January 2010 (PDF)
Data Dictionary, revised April 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)
Data Edits, revised October 2011 (MS-Word)


Part C

Q & As

Child Count, revised November 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)
Program Settings, revised December 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)
Exiting, revised December 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)

Criteria for Data Validation Process: Flagging Year-to-Year     Changes, revised February 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Data Collection History, May 2009 (PDF / MS-Word)
Data Dictionary, revised April 2010 (PDF / MS-Word)
Data Edits, revised October 2011 (MS-Word)

All documents and data on this site are the most current available. States may resubmit data at any time for up to 5 years past the due date. Revised/updated documents and data are posted as available or at least on an annual basis. Due to the time needed for data processing and validation procedures, it takes up to 10 months from when states submit data to posting of the data for the first time on the site. Send any questions or comments about this site to the webmaster.