Annual Performance Report

Annual Performance Report (APR)

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

The Annual Performance Report (APR) includes annual targets and state-level data for 18 indicators of special education program performance. The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (the Department) sets annual targets with stakeholder input. Targets are reported within the APR and indicator fact sheets (coming soon on Ohio's Special Education Profiles webpage). 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. 

​Annual Performance Report Components

  • Baseline data - The first year of data after an indicator has undergone a methodological change is called the baseline data. This data is used to set the annual targets for the remainder of an APR package. 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 the state with stakeholder input. The final target of the current APR package must reflect improvement from 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 federal fiscal year (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 the federal Office of Special Education Programs (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 federally established threshold.  


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

    • For states that miss the target and the indicator result is a large percentage (10 percent or more), the worsening must be greater than 1 percent.  

    • For states that miss the target and the indicator result is a small percentage (less than 10 percent), the worsening must be greater than 0.1 percent. 

Annual Performance Report Indicators

  • ​Indicator 1 Graduation*
  • Indicator 2 Dropout*
  • Indicator 3 Assessment Participation & Performance
  • Indicator 4a Significant Discipline Discrepancy in Long-Term Suspension/Expulsion*
  • Indicator 4b Significant Discipline Discrepancy in Long-Term Suspension/Expulsion by Race/Ethnicity*
  • Indicator 5 School-age Educational Environments
  • Indicator 6 Preschool Educational Environments
  • Indicator 7 Preschool Outcomes
  • Indicator 8 Facilitated Parent Involvement
  • Indicator 9 Disproportionate Representation in Special Education
  • Indicator 10 Disproportionate Representation in Specific Disabilities
  • Indicator 11 Initial Evaluation Timelines
  • Indicator 12 Early Childhood Transition from Part C to Part B
  • Indicator 13 Secondary Transition
  • Indicator 14 Postsecondary Outcomes
  • Indicator 15 Resolution Sessions
  • Indicator 16 Mediation Agreements
  • Indicator 17 State Systemic Improvement Plan | Each Child On Track
  • Indicator 18 General Supervision

*Indicators 1, 2, and 4 lag one year behind the remaining indicators. That is, for the FFY2023 APR submitted in February 2025, the Department reported data from the 2022-2023 school year for indicators 1, 2, and 4, and data from the 2023-2024 school year for all other indicators.

Stakeholder Engagement: Methodology Updates & Target Setting

Send questions about stakeholder engagement, methodology updates, and target setting to sped.data@education.ohio.gov.

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