Data Manual GSS 2024
Data Manual GSS 2024
2024
SPECIAL EDUCATION
GENERAL SUPERVISION SYSTEM
DATA COLLECTION MANUAL
Contents
Overview ..................................................................................................................................................... 2
Timeline and Deadlines............................................................................................................................. 2
Table 1: State-local Reporting Requirements .................................................................................. 2
Table 2: Federal Reporting Requirements........................................................................................ 3
District Data Quality ................................................................................................................................. 4
District Activities ..................................................................................................................................... 4
OSDE-SES Activities .............................................................................................................................. 4
Public Reporting ......................................................................................................................................... 4
Data Management .................................................................................................................................... 5
Data Collection Details ............................................................................................................................. 5
Table 3: Child Count Data Elements.............................................................................................. 5
Table 4: End of Year Data Elements............................................................................................. 6
Table 5: Other Collected Data Elements ................................................................................... 12
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Overview
States have a responsibility under federal law to have a system of general supervision to monitor
the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) of 2004.
The main purpose of the system is to monitor the implementation of IDEA by local education agencies
(LEAs). Using this system, states are accountable for enforcing requirements and ensuring continuous
improvement. This system is designed to: a) ensure compliance with federal and state regulations
and b) improve services and results for students with disabilities. These correspond to the monitoring
and results-based accountability elements of the General Supervision System in Oklahoma.
The Oklahoma General Supervision System (GSS) consists of several components: district
monitoring and enforcement for compliance to IDEA and fiscal health, data management and
reporting, fiscal governance, and dispute resolution. All components have been developed
according to the high standards set by OSEP. This document outlines the data management and
reporting component of the Oklahoma GSS. Separate manuals have been developed to describe
the monitoring and enforcement, fiscal, and dispute resolution components of the Oklahoma GSS.
Please refer to the Oklahoma State Department of Education Office of Special Education Services
(OSDE-SES) website at http://ok.gov/sde/special-education for these documents and various
support materials.
Reporting to LEA
Distributed LEA Response Finalized
District Data Profile (DDP) Mid October 2 weeks post November 1
Determination Mid November 2 weeks post December 1
Significant Disproportionality Mid November 2 weeks post December 1
*If the deadline falls on a weekend, the report will close on the following business day.
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Table 2 lists the required reports the state submits to OSEP. The reports listed with a “FS” in
front are “EDFacts” files (https://www2.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/edfacts/file-specifications.html)
that are submitted in a specific format. The file specifications change periodically and dictate in
part what we collect and how we report it. Although OSDE-SES provides the data, these files are
processed and submitted by the agency’s EDFacts Coordinator. All other reports are submitted by
SES data personnel directly to OSEP. Assessment files also contain data relevant to Special
Education Services, but these files are managed by the Office of Accountability.
State agency
Public Data Reporting N/A Early spring
website
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District Activities
Districts are expected to dedicate effort to ensuring that student records are accurate and
compliant with IDEA laws and regulations. District leaders—usually Superintendents—are expected
to verify that any data submitted on the district’s behalf is complete and accurate. The certification
process is the mechanism through which district leaders verify their data. A certification window is
open for each data collection for two weeks following the submission deadline. Districts that do not
certify their data will be marked as untimely.
Otherwise, districts will receive a negative data quality/timeliness rating on DDPs and
determinations when any of the following occurs:
• data are not submitted at all or only partially submitted by the child count or end of
year deadlines, including supplemental data used for monitoring and compliance
purposes;
• data submitted are not accurate and must be corrected; or
• data are not corrected soon after the district is notified.
OSDE-SES Activities
Desk audits of district data will be conducted for the child count and end of year collections. These
desk audits involve the following steps:
1. Running state-wide reports that identify actual and potential errors in student-level records,
including missing data,
2. Contacting districts to correct identified errors, update omissions, and/or verify the accuracy
of data entered, and
3. Tracking district responsiveness to notifications of incorrect, incomplete, and/or untimely
data.
At minimum, desk audits will result in a data quality rating. Depending on the severity of the data
quality issues, deeper monitoring may be initiated.
Public Reporting
States are required by 34 CFR §300.602(b)(1)(i)(A) to publicly report the performance of each
LEA located in the State on the targets in the SPP/APR within 120 days following the State’s
submission of its annual APR. Oklahoma publicly reports LEA performance by posting DDP and
determination results on its website (http://sde.ok.gov/sde/documents/2012-10-01/special-
education-data-and-reporting-part-b-children-ages-3-through-21) as soon as practicable
following the February submission. All posted data is redacted to protect student privacy. LEAs must
make also their determinations available for public review, if requested by members of the public.
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Data Management
The online IEP system is the primary storage location for all data reported in Oklahoma. Data are
pulled from this system in a variety of methods and stored elsewhere in certain cases, including
servers related to the Wave state student information system. All data cleaning related to student
records should occur in the online IEP system (currently OK EdPlan), although demographic and
enrollment data must be updated in the local student information systems and the Wave.
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Data elements are also collected on July 1 to reflect student and district experiences throughout
the previous academic year. This collection is used to generate several state and federal reports
as mandated by state and federal law. The full list of data elements collected through the End of
Year Data Collection is provided in Table 4, along with descriptions of the primary source of the
data and the reporting output(s). Some elements are pulled in both the Child Count and End of Year
collections, as reflected in the duplicated elements listed below. For reporting purposes, data from
two collections are not joined. Elements can change during the year and may be reported
differently from one collection to the next if that happens. All “district self-reported data” are
collected as aggregated numbers through EDPlan via the District Summary Data page.
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“Discipline” reports,
Removal or Discipline The type of removal used for the discipline Online IEP Indicator 4,
Type of children with disabilities system Significant
Disproportionality
“Discipline” reports,
The type of interim removal from current
Online IEP Indicator 4,
Interim Removal educational setting experienced by
system Significant
children with disabilities (IDEA)
Disproportionality
The reasons why children with disabilities
Interim Removal were unilaterally removed from their Online IEP
“Discipline” reports
Reason current educational placement to an system
interim alternative educational setting
An indication of whether a student was
Services provided
provided educational services when Online IEP
during disciplinary “Discipline” reports
removed from the regular school program system
removal
for disciplinary reasons
A student enrolled in public school who
Online IEP
IEP Status receives special education and related Indicator 13
system
services under the IDE) according to an IEP
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Count of children
determined not Count of children referred from Part C District self-
eligible for Part B who were determined not eligible for Part reported Indicator 12
services before their B services prior to the third birthday. data
third birthdays
Count of children
found eligible who Count of children referred from Part C
District self-
have an IEP who were determined eligible for Part B
reported Indicator 12
developed and services and whose IEP was completed
data
implemented by their prior to the third birthday.
third birthdays
Count of children
whose parents refused
consent, could not ever
Count of children referred from Part C
be contacted, failed to
who were determined eligible and whose
produce the child for District self-
IEP was completed (or who were
evaluation, changed reported Indicator 12
determined not eligible) after the third
districts or declined data
birthday due to one of several parent
services, causing
reasons.
delays to or halting
the evaluation and IEP
processes
Count of children
found eligible for Part
Count of children referred from Part C
B who were also
who were determined eligible and whose
determined eligible
IEP was completed (or who were District self-
for SoonerStart
determined not eligible) after the third reported Indicator 12
services less than 90
birthday because the child enrolled in data
days before their third
SoonerStart less than 3 months prior to the
birthdays (late
third birthday.
referral to
SoonerStart)
Count of children
Count of children referred from Part C
whose IEPs were not
who were determined eligible and whose District self-
completed by their
IEP was completed (or who were reported Indicator 12
third birthday and not
determined not eligible) after the third data
included in above
birthday for any other reason(s).
groups
Count of school days the furthest any one
Maximum number of student went past the third birthday
District self-
school days BEYOND before an IEP was completed for an
reported Indicator 12
the third birthday for eligible child or the child was determined
data
most tardy IEP not eligible (day after third birthday starts
the count).
The following elements indicate the reason(s) why one or more students did not have an IEP in place prior
to their third birthday or determined not eligible prior to their third birthday. The reason indicates that…
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LEA failure to follow Delay was due to the fault of the district District self-
appropriate at or prior to the time the eligibility was reported Indicator 12
procedures due. data
MEEGS team decided Delay was due to needing additional District self-
additional data was MEEGS data at or prior to the time the reported Indicator 12
necessary eligibility was due. data
District self-
Lack of appropriate Delay was due to the lack of resources at
reported Indicator 12
resources or prior to the time the eligibility was due.
data
Breaks in school Delay was due to breaks within the school District self-
calendars and/or staff calendar or not having staff on contract at reported Indicator 12
not on contract or prior to the time the eligibility was due. data
Delay was due to a referral from
SoonerStart that occurred less than 90 District self-
Late referral from
days before the 3rd birthday (but child reported Indicator 12
SoonerStart
had received SoonerStart services for at data
least 3 months).
Parents did not show
for scheduled Delay was due to parents’ inability or District self-
eligibility or IEP unwillingness to meet in the required reported Indicator 12
meeting or delayed timeframe. data
meeting
Delay was due to unforeseen but
Extreme weather or District self-
unexcused natural or man-made
other atypical events reported Indicator 12
circumstances at or prior to the time the
such as pandemics data
eligibility was due.
For the following data elements, please refer to the Personnel guidance for detailed information on
what qualifies any service provider to provide certified services to students. All data are self-reported
by districts in aggregate and are used in the “Personnel” reports.
Audiologist - Cert Report the proportion of "full-time equivalent" positions
your LEA employs or contracts in each related service
Audiologist - Not Cert area, based on time worked (e.g., quarter time is 0.25).
If a position is not full-time, do not report 1.0.
SLP - Cert
SLP - Not Cert Only report the proportion of time worked that is in
service to an IEP or specific to the needs of students with
Interpreter - Cert disabilities.
For PE teachers, social workers, medical personnel and
Interpreter - Not Cert counselors employed or contracted by the LEA, do not
report an FTE unless that portion of their time is
Psychologist/ Psychometrist - Cert
dedicated to providing specific "IEP related services"
Psychologist/ Psychometrist - Not Cert (time spent on IEP teams and evaluations can be
included).
OT - Cert
OT - Not Cert
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Some data elements required for state and federal reporting are collected from other sources,
including the Office of Accountability, exited students, the Special Education Resolution Center, and
parents. These collections are used to generate several state and federal reports as mandated by
state and federal law. The full list of data elements collected through the Parent Survey and the
Post-School Outcomes Survey are listed in Table 5, along with descriptions of the primary source of
the data and the reporting output(s). The assessment data collection is not included in the list of
elements in Table 5 because of its size and level of detail. OSDE-SES does not manage this
collection.
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Post-School
“What is the name of the
Respond with a company name. Outcomes Indicator 14
company for which you work?”
Survey
“When doing your job, did you
interact or talk with co-workers Response requested to this question: Post-School
without a disability to get your Yes Outcomes Indicator 14
job done? If you are unsure, give No Survey
your best guess.”
“In this job, were you or are you
Response requested to this question: Post-School
eligible for a pay raise or
Yes Outcomes Indicator 14
promotion? If you are unsure, give
No Survey
your best guess.”
“Were you paid the same as
other people who work in a Response requested to this question: Post-School
similar job with the same skills, Yes Outcomes Indicator 14
experience and training? If you No Survey
are unsure, give your best guess.”
“In this job, did you receive
benefits (such as group insurance
like health, dental, vision, paid Response requested to this question: Post-School
sick leave or vacation social Yes Outcomes Indicator 14
security, unemployment insurance, No Survey
workers’ compensation)? If you
are unsure, give your best guess.”
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