The New York State Longitudinal Post School Indicators Study

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The New York State Longitudinal Post School
Indicators Study

• Panel IV - Using Data to Inform Policy and
  Practices in Transition

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Informing Transition Policy and Practice

• If students are successful, we want to know how
  school helped.
• If not, we want to know what we can do to better
  prepare them.
• We want to know what supports success in the
  years that follow high school.
• Do Students with Disabilities have similar
  outcomes as their General Education Peers?
• What changes are needed to better support
  students, families, schools and agencies?

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Transition Tool Kit

• Transition Coordination TA Sites
• Getting the Word Out (Web Page, Brochures)
• Transition Quality Indicator Checklist
• Key Performance Indicators
• Special Education Quality Assurance
• Vocational Rehabilitation Quality Assurance
• Career Link Projects
• Longitudinal Post-School Indicators Research

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Findings are Widely Reported

• Publications VESID Data Pocketbook
• Board of Regents and SED Senior Leadership
• National, State, and Regional Conferences
• Statewide Technical Assistance Networks
• Families and Stakeholder Groups
• Participating Schools

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Benefits of Participation to Districts

• Provides critical information on their students
• Affirms commitment to student success
• Reveals areas to celebrate and rejuvenate
• Helps staff refocus on student success
• Connects schools to a valuable technical
  assistance network

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Availability and Helpfulness of Transition
Planning
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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
NYSED PSI Data, 10/98
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NYSED Response to the PSI DataNext Steps - 96
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• Key Performance Indicators (KPI) set shared
  responsibility for special education and
  vocational rehabilitation for students with
  disabilities
• School - Vocational Rehabilitation Career Link
  projects
• Enhance Quality Assurance re transition
• Continued Technical Assistance Network and
  targeted technical assistance individually to
  districts
• Longitudinal Post School Indicators Study

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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New York States Key Performance Indicators KPI

• All schools will be able to report the exit plans
  of all special education completers.
• Students with disabilities will transition to
  postsecondary education and employment at the
  same rate as their nondisabled peers.

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Post-School Plans of NYS Special Education
Completers as Reported by Their Schools
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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
NYSED VESID PD-5 Data, 2000-2001, May 2002
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Percent of Post-School Plans Known to School
Districts for Students Completing Secondary
Education in June 2000
289 districts knew the post-secondary plans of
100 of their exiting students with disabilities.
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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
73 Districts - 0 - 33 Plans Known
69 Districts - 34-66 Plans Known
493 Districts - 67-100 Plans Known
14 Districts did not have any students with
disabilities completing in 1999-2000.
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Percent of Post-School Plans Known to School
Districts for Students Completing Secondary
Education in June 2001
382 districts knew the post-secondary plans of
100 of their exiting students with disabilities.
New York State Education Department, Office of
Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
32 Districts - 0-33 Plans Known
26 Districts - 34-66 Plans Known
521 Districts - 67-100 Plans Known
61 Districts had no Students with Disabilities
exiting (other than drop-outs) in 2000-01 -
this includes 43 non K-12 districts whose high
school students are the responsibility of a
neighboring district
CAP, 3/6/03
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Exemplary Changes in Transition System

• Rate of Student Participation in Career
  Preparation in HS increased from 37 to 80.
• Rate of 2 and 4 year college transitions
  increased from 17 to 38.
• Career Link Projects increased referrals to
  vocational rehabilitation and outcomes.

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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Trends in Youth with Disabilities Served and
Placed in Employment by VESID
10,604 new cases of youth in the past 12 months.
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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, May 2002
NYS Education Department Data, 4/30/02
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NYSED Responses to the PSI DataNext Next Steps
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• Establishment of Vocational Rehabilitation
  Counselor positions dedicated to serving
  in-school youth in transition.
• Focused Quality Assurance Review.
• Changed State Requirements regarding content of
  IEP containing Transition Needs Assessments.
• Creating Career and Technical Education
  enhancement to Individualized Education Program
  Diploma.

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Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003
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For More Information
J. Pat Turbett Principal Investigator SUNY at
PotsdamPhone315-267-2567Email
turbetjp_at_potsdam.edu
Bob Shepherd Statewide Coordinator St. Lawrence
Lewis BOCESPhone315-267-2718Email
nyspsi_at_potsdam.edu
Doris Jamison Manager, Special Education Policy
Implementation NYSED VESID Phone
518-474-7566Email djamison_at_mail.nysed.gov
New York State Education Department, Office of
Vocational and Educational Services for
Individuals with Disabilities, April 2003