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USBE staff warn miscoded special education exits can skew graduation, dropout rates
Summary
State data staff reviewed proper use of SCRAM/Scribe exit codes and cautioned that using the wrong code at year end can exclude graduates from indicator calculations or misattribute dropouts, with downstream effects on cohort calculations and funding.
Utah State Board of Education data staff told LEA data teams at the spring data conference that correct special education exit coding is essential to accurate federal and state indicators. Aliyah, presenting the special education update, said: "Scribe exit reason x is for students who are exiting the school and are not expected to return." She contrasted that with the SCRAM exit reason "a," which applies when a student exits special education but continues enrolled in general education.
The distinction matters for federal Office of Special Education Programs…
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