Indicator 1 measures the percentage of exiting students with disabilities ages 14-21 who graduate by meeting the same requirements as students without disabilities.

Students in the classes of 2023 and beyond (those who entered grade 9 on or after July 1, 2019) are now required to meet a new set of graduation requirements. These new graduation requirements consist of three key components:

1. Course Completion

Students will satisfy Ohio’s curriculum requirements and any additional local requirements. Students will complete the state minimum 20 units, with specific units required in each content area.

2. Demonstrating Competency

Students will demonstrate competency in the foundational areas of English language arts and mathematics or through alternative demonstrations, which include College Credit Plus, career-focused activities, their ACT or SAT scores, or military enlistment.

3. Demonstrating Readiness (Seals)

Students will demonstrate readiness for their post-high school paths by earning two diploma seals that allow them to demonstrate important foundational and well-rounded academic and technical knowledge, professional skills, and leadership and reasoning skills.

States must report a percentage using the number of youths with IEPs (ages 14-21) who exited special education due to graduating with a regular high school diploma in the numerator and the number of all youths with IEPs who exited special education (ages 14-21) in the denominator. 

If the district is proposing it has been flagged for the indicator due to incorrectly reported data, they will complete the Data Reporting Error Verification Form.  (Due: 2-10-23). 

Districts Exceeding the Graduation Threshold will complete the SRSR and the results Improvement Plan with the support of the SST (Due: 3-31-23)