Annual Performance Report

Annual Performance Report (APR)

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 (IDEA) requires each state to develop an Annual Performance Report. This report evaluates the state's efforts to implement the requirements of IDEA. 

The Annual Performance Report includes annual targets and data for 17 indicators of special education program performance. The Department regularly engages stakeholders to review and revise methodology for these special education indicators to ensure the Department is appropriately analyzing local implementation of these measures. All posted target options for public comment can be found on the Special Education Methodology and Target Setting webpage. 

​Annual Performance Report Components

  • Baseline data - States must identify the year of baseline data for each of the 18 indicators within the APR. States that propose a change to their baseline must provide an explanation for the revision. 
  • Annual targets -  States must report their targets for each of the 18 Indicators within the APR. While compliance Indicators require a state target of either zero or 100 percent, targets for results Indicators are set by state with stakeholder input. The final target of the current APR package must reflect improvement over the baseline data. States must describe their stakeholder input process for any revision to targets. 
  • Performance data for reporting year - Data must be provided for the appropriate FFY for each of the 18 Indicators within the APR. Some Indicator data are prepopulated, while the state is responsible for entering the remaining Indicator data. States must also respond to all prompts provided by OSEP for each Indicator to include both data tables and narrative components. 
  • Explanation of progress/slippage - States must report the reasons for slippage for Indicators where the state did not meet the FFY target and any slippage greater than the established threshold.  


    Slippage is defined as a worsening of data from the prior year and a failure to meet the target. 

    • For large percentages (10 percent or more), the worsening must be greater than 1 percent.  

    • For small percentages (less than 10 percent), the worsening must be greater than 0.1 percent. 

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