New Student Discipline Data Released
The Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) recently released the K–12 school discipline data for the 2017–18 school year through the new Report Card. This new presentation is intended to be more user-friendly for students, families, and the public.
The Report Card format provides several useful data views at a glance, including student discipline rates at the state, district, school, and grade levels. The student discipline data now contained on the Report Card includes out-of-school exclusion rates by racial and ethnic group, gender, and other student characteristics. The data also display trends over the past four years.
OSPI and school districts have worked collaboratively to improve and refine the accuracy, integrity, and relevance of data reported regarding school discipline.
While overall discipline rates have trended downward over the last few school years — with rates for long-term suspension and expulsion having declined significantly — there was a slight uptick in the rate in 2017–18. At the same time, enrollments statewide increased and efforts to improve data reporting were ongoing, so it may be that this slight increase reflects, to some extent, better and more complete reporting across the state.
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