Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

• Mary Kampa, Indicator 14 and the Wisconsin Post
  High School Outcomes Survey kampam_at_shelllake.k12.w
  i.us or 715-416-0609

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WPHSOS SURVEY BACKGROUND

• The final regulations for the Individuals with
  Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA)
  were intended to improve the post high school
  outcomes of youth with disabilities by requiring
  state and local education agencies to develop and
  implement formal procedures and strategies to
  address this critical period of transition.
• The Wisconsin Post High School Outcomes Survey
  (WPHSOS) provides a framework that both the State
  Educational Agency (SEA) and Local Education
  Agencies (LEA) can utilize to conduct outcomes
  studies, identify critical outcomes and needs,
  and improve the post high school outcomes of
  future students.

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WPHSOS SURVEY BACKGROUND

• In preparation for this survey, an extensive
  literature review was conducted in 1999 to
  examine similar data collection methods in other
  states and to ensure similarities in survey
  design with the NLTS and NLTS2.
• Additionally, information was gathered from the
  National Post School Outcomes Center, the DPI
  Stakeholders Advisory Committee, and the
  Wisconsin Statewide Transition Summit.
• As a result, the survey questions have changed
  very little over the past 7 years.

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WPHSOS Limitations/Terms

• A limiting factor in the survey is the small
  number of responses for individual items when
  analyzed by some sub-categories of ethnicity and
  low incidence disabilities. Some individual cells
  had fewer than five responses, making it
  necessary to interpret results with caution.
• Minority combines ethnic categories of
  Asian/Pacific Islander, Black/Not Hispanic,
  Hispanic, and American Indian/Alaskan Native
• Low Incidence combines Autism, D/B, HI, OHI,
  OI, S/L, TBI, VI

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WPHSOS IDEA 97 - 1999-2000 through 2004-05

• Wisconsin collected outcomes data from a
  statewide random sample of successful exiters in
• 2001 (1999-2000 exiters)
• 2003 (2001-02 exiters)
• 2005 (2003-04 exiters)
• Mini-grants were available to local districts in
• 2002 (2000-01 exiters)
• 2004 (2002-03 exiters)
• 2006 (2004-05 exiters)

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WPHSOS IDEA 2004

• Wisconsin collects data from districts based on a
  six-year cycle that is aligned with other data
  collection activities
• 2005-06 (17 districts)
• 2006-07 to 2010-11 (approx. 88 districts each
  year)
• This means that over a six year period, each LEA
  in Wisconsin will collect and report outcomes
  data once
• Milwaukee Public Schools will be sampled and
  included annually

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes Survey

• WDPI has granted a Discretionary Grant to CESA
  11 to develop the Statewide Post High School
  Outcomes Survey (WPHSOS) website
  www.posthighsurvey.org
• Developed to assist LEAs with the data collection
  and reporting requirements of Indicator 14
• Designed to ensure consistency in data collection
  and reporting in a time-efficient, cost-effective
  manner.

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• Percent of youth who had IEPs, are no longer in
  secondary school and who have been
• competitively employed
• enrolled in some type of postsecondary school or
• both
• within one year of leaving high school

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• who had IEPs
• former student was classified as an individual
  with a disability while in secondary school,
  meaning they
• met disability eligibility criteria
• had a need for special education
• an IEP when they exited

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• are no longer in secondary school
• student with an IEP exited their high school
• with a regular diploma
• with a certificate of attendance (including HSED)
  
• at maximum age of eligibility (21 years old)
• by dropping-out (including GED)

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• and who have been competitively employed
• in an integrated community employment setting
• working 35 hours per week or more
• earning minimum wage greater
• includes the military and supported employment
• competitive is new to IDEA 2004

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• enrolled in some type of postsecondary school
• 2-year college or community college
• 4-year college or university
• Public technical college
• High school completion degree
• Vocational school, apprenticeship or short-term
  training program
• On-the-job training program

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Indicator 14 Definitions

• or both
• Competitively employed and enrolled in
  postsecondary school
• within one year of leaving high school
• outcomes data must be collected from former
  students between April and September following
  their exit from their secondary placement

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Indicator 14 Reporting Requirements

• The reporting requirement is an unduplicated
  count (reported as a percentage) of exiters who
  are or have been competitively employed,
  participating in any type of postsecondary
  education or training, or both, since leaving
  high school.
• Example 24 exiters with disabilities
• 12 are or have been in postsecondary education
  or training 8 are or have been competitively
  employed
• 2 are doing both
• 6 are neither competitively employed nor in
  ps. ed.
• Indicator 14 83

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Indicator 14 Survey Questions

• Includes a 7 10 minute telephone interview (St.
  Norbert College Survey Center) with former
  students April June the year after they exit
  from high school
• Assesses former students current participation
  in
• independent living
• postsecondary education
• employment
• high school employment and IEP planning
• 4 open-ended questions

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Indicator 14 Data and Reports

• Data
• All interview questions can be sorted by gender,
  ethnicity, disability and exit type
• Reports
• Summary Report (auto-filled)
• District Report (partially-filled)
• Comparative Analysis Reports (auto-filled)
• District Improvement Planning Form (template)

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Indicator 14 Data Analysis

• Data is presented for survey years in which there
  was a statewide sample. While respondent data
  from the mini-grant years is representative of
  the state population, different methods of data
  collection were allowed so are not used in
  longitudinal analysis
• Data is presented by survey years, with 2005-06
  including
• all survey respondents (is the 2005-06 baseline
  data)
• only successful survey respondents so data is
  comparable with previous survey years
• dropouts

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Indicator 14 Gender and Ethnicity of
Respondents by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 2005-06 Exiters Comparison of
Statewide Population and Respondents for
Ethnicity
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Indicator 14 Disability of Respondents by
Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Exit Type of Respondents by Survey
Year
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Indicator 14 Respondent Summary

• State Respondents have consistently matched the
  State Population over survey years
• The small baseline sample in 2005-06 yielded a
  higher of minority youth than previously
  represented, but Respondents continues to match
  Population
• Including Exiters who dropped-out changes the
  of respondents little from previous survey years
  (due to return to high school and difficulty
  locating them)

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Indicator 14 Any Postsecondary Ed./Training by
Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Postsecondary Education by Survey
Year
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Indicator 14 2-Year College by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 4-Year College or University by
Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Technical College by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Postsecondary Education Summary

• Overall participation in postsecondary education
  and training has been consistent over time (45 -
  48)
• Types of postsecondary education have changed
• a higher of female exiters participating
• participation in 4-Yr increasing more than 2-Yr
• Inclusion of dropouts in 2005-06 did not affected
  the overall of participation (46 vs 47),
  although as a group, dropouts participate less in
  all types of postsecondary ed./training (46 vs
  28)

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Indicator 14 Employment by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 2005-06 Employment by Exit Type
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Indicator 14 Community Employment by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Hours Worked per Week by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Rate of Pay by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 HS Employment and Drivers
License by Survey Year
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Indicator 14 Employment Summary

• Employment from 1999-01 to 2003-04 decreased but
  rebounded in 2005-06
• Beginning with 2005-06, employment must be
  competitive employment to be included in
  Indicator 14.
• Employment over time
• employment in the community has increased
• hours per week worked have remained stable
• wages have increased slightly

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Indicator 14 Employment Summary

• Several HS indicators have changed
• fewer report paid employment while in HS
• fewer are obtaining a valid drivers license in
  HS
• Inclusion of drop-outs in 2005-06 did not
  affected the overall of those competitively
  employed (33 vs. 34)
• As a group, dropouts are employed at comparable
  rates, but a higher
• work more hours per week
• earn less per hour

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Indicator 14 2005-06 Major Outcomes
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Indicator 14 1999-2000 to 2005-06 Major Exiter
Outcomes
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Indicator 14 Summary of Major Outcomes

• Data collection on youth with disabilities one
  year after exiting high school, indicates
• there is a consistent of youth attending
  postsecondary education or training over time
• the of youth employed increased last year,
  following three years of decline in employment
• high school factors may influence competitive
  post high school employment
• fewer than ½ of youth who are employed are
  competitively employed

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Indicator 14 Setting Indicator 14 Targets

• During baseline year (2005-06) and 2010-11,
  Indicator 14 results can be flat or even
  decrease, but there must be an increase in
  outcomes in 2010-11 over 2005-06
• Because Wisconsin is sampling, each year is
  essentially baseline no group has the
  opportunity to receive training and have their
  results assessed again
• NPSO recommends small increases (or none if
  baseline data is questionable) as any slippage
  will need to be addressed

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Indicator 14 Setting Indicator 14 Targets

• Three models of Improvement Goal are offered
• Maintenance
• Equal Step
• Plateau Step

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Indicator 14 Summary of Major Outcomes
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Indicator 14 Summary of Major Outcomes Trend
line
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Indicator 14 Maintenance Goal
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Indicator 14 Equal Step Goal
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Indicator 14 Plateau Step Goal