Outcomes 101: ECO Q&A

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Q. Children with severe disabilities may never move toward typical development, but they often do make progress with the assistance of early intervention and preschool special education programs. How will this progress be reflected in federal reporting?

A. Children who make progress but have not moved closer to functioning like same aged peers are counted in category "b" for OSEP reporting purposes. They are counted as children who made progress. Even small steps of individual progress, the very things we strive for and celebrate for children with more severe impairments, do count as progress for category "b."

To learn more about the OSEP reporting requirements visit http://www.fpg.unc.edu/~eco/pages/fed_req.cfm