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The Resource Library houses tools and products that were developed by IDC, developed with its collaborators, or submitted by IDC stakeholders. Search and filtering tools are available to help users navigate through the library.

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    An IDC Resource

    Format: Toolkits

    Data Meeting Toolkit

    The Data Meeting Toolkit is a suite of tools that groups can use to guide conversation around data and support databased decisionmaking. The toolkit provides resources to support success before, during, and after data meetings.

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    An IDC Resource

    Format: Applications and Spreadsheets

    Data Sources for Calculating Significant Disproportionality

    Data Sources for Calculating Significant Disproportionality provides a summary of the data needed to calculate significant disproportionality for identification, placement, and discipline.  For each category of analysis, this resource  provides a description of the data needed to calculate the risk numerator and risk denominator,  and notes the relevant EDFacts file specifications, including which subtotals or category sets, as appropriate. 

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    An IDC Resource

    Format: Podcasts

    Data Without Borders: A Date with Date in American Samoa

    Episode 14

    Release Date: December 8, 2022
    Guests: Herbert Boat, Assistant Director, and Jessica Tuu, Data Manager, with the American Samoa Department of Education’s Special Education Division

    One thing we’ve learned: The search for high-quality data is bound by no border, no distance, no ocean. In this far-flung episode of A Date with Data, host Amy Bitterman travels to the heart of Oceania to sit down with the American Samoa Department of Education’s Herbert Boat and Jessica Tuu for a chat about challenges, triumphs, and their own unique journey toward becoming data-quality influencers.

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    An IDC Resource
    Discipline

    This video on Discipline details the different types of disciplinary removals experienced by students with disabilities, including lengths and reasons for these removals. This is one of a series of videos that provide high-level introductions to the data states must report as part of Section 618 of IDEA.

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    An IDC Resource
    Dispute Resolution

    This video on Dispute Resolution details the four dispute resolution processes available to individuals/organizations, parents, and LEAs under IDEA. This is one of a series of videos that provide high-level introductions to the data states must report as part of Section 618 of IDEA.

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    An IDC Resource

    Format: Quick Reference

    Due Dates for SY 2021-22 IDEA Data

    A list of EDFacts due dates for SY 2021-22. IDC updates this list annually, and it contains dates for both EDFacts Submission System (ESS) files and EMAPS submissions.

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    An IDC Resource

    Format: Applications and Spreadsheets

    EDFacts IDEA Discipline Data Infographic

    The EDFacts IDEA Discipline Data Infographic provides basic information about the EDFacts file specifications states use to submit IDEA Discipline data to the U.S. Department of Education. The infographic outlines details about Discipline data for children and youth with disabilities ages 3 through 21 that states must include in their annual submission of EDFacts files FS005, FS006, FS007, FS088, FS143, and FS144. 

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