Part B State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR)
States receiving IDEA funds must have a State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) that evaluates their efforts to implement the requirements and purposes of Parts B and C of the IDEA, and reports annually on their performance.
See also: SPP/APR Basics, What You Need to Know Training Series
2024 SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2023
OSEP's 2024 SPP/APR Indicator Analysis: Improving Outcomes, Creating Lifelong Opportunities for Children and Youth with Disabilities, provides a review of eight IDEA Part C Indicators and Part B Indicators focused on improving outcomes for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, school-aged students and youth, including:
- Infants and toddlers with disabilities who demonstrated improved social-emotional skills/knowledge/behaviors while participating in early intervention, and preschool children with disabilities with improved outcomes
- Family perspectives of early intervention and timely transition planning for preschool
- High school graduation and dropout rate
- Individualized educational programs (IEPs) that meet secondary transition requirements
- Postsecondary outcomes for youth with disabilities
The 2024 SPP/APR Indicator Analysis includes links to SPP/APR data, snapshots of states that are implementing promising practices, and related OSEP resources and technical assistance centers.
Past Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses
- 2022 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2020
- 2021 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2019
- 2020 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2018
- 2019 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2017
- 2018 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2016
- 2017 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2015
- 2016 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2014
- 2015 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2013
- 2014 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2012
- 2013 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2011
- 2012 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2010
- 2011 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2009
- 2010 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2008
- 2009 Part B SPP/APR Indicator Analyses — FFY 2007
OSEP SPP/APR Resources
States must submit their SPP/APR by February of each year.
- SPP/APR Overview — Incudes an overview of the SPP/APR and how OSEP uses this data.
- SPP/APR Resources — Includes SPP/APR resources, including the SPP/APR memo, SPP/APR instructions, and Measurement Tables for each year. General SPP/APR Resources are also available.
- State's SPP/APR Reports and OSEP State Determination Letters — Includes each states' SPP/APR reports and OSEP's Determination Letters to states.
State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP)
Information about the SSIP process, SSIP-related webinars from the ECTA Center and its partners, and information on joining Communities of Practice focused on this important work.
B6 Data Reporting Tools: Educational Environments, Ages 3–5
This 2014 toolkit from the IDC and ECTA Center includes:
- a decision tree for reporting educational environments for children ages 3–5 with IEPs
- a SPP/APR Indicator B-6 measurement table
- reporting educational environments for preschool children ages 3–5 with disabilities