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 Washington: Indicator 5 

Percent of children with IEPs aged 6 through 21:
A. Inside the regular class 80% or more of the day;
B. Inside the regular class less than 40% of the day; and
C. In separate schools, residential facilities, or homebound / hospital placements.

Results of Indicator 5A
Percent of children with IEPs, aged 6 through 21, served inside the regular class 80% or more of the day.

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Results

2004/052005/062006/072007/082008/092009/102010/112011/122012/132013/142014/152015/162016/172017/182018/192019/20
State Baseline:57.25%---------------
State Target:-57.75%60.11%60.11%61.11%61.61%62.11%62.61%63.11%68.40%68.90%69.40%69.90%70.40%70.90%70.90%
State Results:-59.90%
Target Met		60.95%
Target Met		62.87%
Target Met		63.99%
Target Met		64.80%
Target Met		66.14%
Target Met		67.12%
Target Met		67.97%
Target Met		68.40%
Target Met		68.86%68.95%69.73%70.09%70.20%70.24%
State Total# of Students:-976459764592059904259048690615904499036790652910319196792962941919591898185
State Indicator Measurement:-584995849957876583885863559934607066142162006626826341364827660216733468962
Washington Results:-81.40%
Target Met		80.11%
Target Met		78.04%
Target Met		78.84%
Target Met		80.66%
Target Met		81.03%
Target Met		81.93%
Target Met		81.53%
Target Met		79.83%
Target Met		79.58%
Target Met		78.57%
Target Met		77.93%
Target Met		77.91%
Target Met		78.73%
Target Met		78.92%
Target Met
Washington Total# of Students:-22872403239123022172211419921965196819962111
Washington Indicator Measurement:-186119251866181517521713163216021571155515551666


Narrative Description of Indicator

The least restrictive environment (LRE) data for this APR are based on Maryland’s 618 annual child count collected the last Friday in October 2019 and reported in the Maryland Special Education/Early Intervention Services Census Data and Related Tables document. The MSDE has made progress in all Indicator 5 subsets. Each subset of the indicator has demonstrated growth over time and maintains a positive trend.  

The Indicator 5 subsets are 5A, 5B, and 5C:

  • 5A - Percent of children with IEPs, aged 6 through 21, served inside the regular class 80% or more of the day.
  • 5B - Percent of children with IEPs, aged 6 through 21, served inside the regular class less than 40% of the day.
  • 5C - Percent of children with IEPs, aged 6 through 21, served in separate schools, residential placements, or homebound or hospital placements.


Other Data for this Indicator

View Indicator 5A - During the school year 2019 - 2020, 70.24% of students received services inside regular education 80% or more of the day. This data represents continued progress. These data reflect an increase from the FFY 2018-2019 data of 70.20%. The State did not meet the target of 70.90%.

View Indicator 5B - During the school year 2019- 2020, 11.80% of students received services inside regular education less than 40% of the day, which is an decrease from the result obtained in 2018-2019 of 12.06%.  This percentage did not meet the State's target of 10.76%. Although the target has not been met, the percentage of children served in this type of placement has deceased over time.


View Indicator 5C - During the school year 2019 - 2020, 6.68% of the state's students with disabilities received services in separate schools, reflects a decrease from the FFY 2018-2019 data of 6.85%. . This percentage did not meet the State's target of 5.44%. Although the target has not been met, the percentage of children served in this type of placement has decreased over time.