Indicator 1 - Graduation Rate
Strategies and Resources

Categories Indicator 1 - Graduation Rate Indicator 2 - Dropout Rate Indicator 13 - Postsecondary Goals Indicator 14 - Postsecondary Outcomes

This page describes indicator 1 of the State Performance Plan required by IDEA 2004 and lists strategies for improvement and resources. Indicator 1 of the State Performance Plan required by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 is the percent of youth with IEPs graduating from high school with a regular diploma.

Strategies for Improving Indicator 1

Data

• Review data collection and input procedures related to graduation rate.
• Review and analyze trend and disaggregated data, including district, district region/feeder pattern, school, race and disability, to identify problem areas in graduation rate.
• Review Compliance Self-Assessment Data for SPP Indicator 1.

Policies, Procedures and Practices

• Review district and school policies and procedures (e.g., student progression plan, matriculation to postsecondary settings, articulation between school levels – elementary to middle to high, class/academic program access and enrollment, remediation structures, exceptional student education policy, discipline, attendance) to determine if existing policies or procedures may be impacting graduation rate.
• Identify and implement evidence-based practices that are known to impact graduation rate.

Training, Professional Development, and Technical Assistance

• Identify or develop resources for providing professional development on improving the graduation rate.
• Solicit training and/or technical assistance from Project 10: Transition Education Network, other Bureau IDEA funded state projects, and/or the Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services (BEESS) to improve outcomes.

Resources for Improving Indicator 1

National Resources

American Institutes for Research (AIR): College & Career Readiness

Moving Your Numbers - Key Practices
Moving Your Numbers provides examples of real districts that are positively affecting the performance of all children, including students with disabilities, through collective and focused commitment to improving teaching and learning for every student through effective data use and changing the ways in which adults across the system work and learn together. The Key Practices section of this website features subpages on each of the six key practices such as using data well, focusing on goals, selection and implementation of instructional practices and monitoring and provision of feedback and support, among others and including a Key Practices Guide.

National Center on Educational Outcomes - Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities - Publications and Other Graduation Requirements Resources

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition - Graduation and Re-engagement

State Resources/Materials

Florida Department of Education - Education Information and Accountability Services (EIAS) Publications and Reports

Florida Department of Education - Graduation Requirements

Professional Development

Florida's Professional Development Portal - Graduation Requirements Online Training Module