SPP Indicator 14: Post High School Outcomes

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SPP Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

• Wendy Blaauw - KSDE
• Ed OLeary - MPRRC
• Mary Kampa Project Consultant

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The Kansas State Office of Education is committed
to identifying and responding to the needs of
students with disabilities.
To that end, it is necessary to document the post
high school outcomes of students with
disabilities, and to use that information to make
programming and planning decisions to improve
education and transition services for students,
and to ultimately improve their post high school
outcomes.
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Indicator 14 IDEA 2004

• A major purpose of the Individuals with
  Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
  (IDEA 2004) is
• to ensure that all children with disabilities
  have available to them a free appropriate public
  education that emphasizes special education and
  related services designed to meet their unique
  needs and prepare them for further education,
  employment, and independent living

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Indicator 14 Requirement to Collect
Post-School Outcomes Data

• To comply with IDEA 2004, the Office of Special
  Education Programs (OSEP) requires that each
  state develop a
• State Performance Plan (SPP) across 20 identified
  indicators, including the collection of
  post-school outcomes data (Indicator 14)
• Annual Progress Report (APR) The APR is submitted
  annually to document progress toward addressing
  those priorities and indicators

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

• Kansas State Department of Education - Special
  Education (KSDE)
• Contracted with Mountain Plains Regional Resource
  Center (MPRRC) to assist with the data collection
  and reporting requirements of Indicator 14
• Developed a telephone survey that is administered
  to all former students over 14 years of age
  served under IEPs who exited the previous school
  year or who failed to return for the following
  school year

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

• Wendy Blaauw, Transition Specialist/Indicator 14
  - KSDE
• Overseeing project for KSDE
• Ed OLeary, MPRRC Project Manager
• Susan Wagner, Professor - U. of Colorado
• reviewing sample/other statistical analysis as
  needed
• Mary Kampa, Director - Wisconsin Post High School
  Outcomes Survey (WPHSOS)
• Kansas post school website designwww.KSposthighs
  urvey.org

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Post High School Outcomes

• A BELIEF ABOUT TRANSITION
• The future is not something we enter.
• The future is something we create.
• And creating that future requires us to make
  choices and decisions...
• That all begins with a dream.
• Leonard I. Sweet
• theologian, author, and futurist

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To borrow an idea from Ed OLeary
Indicator 14 - Post High School Outcomes Using
the Outcomes Information

• If the district understands the what/how, the
  district can
• own the problem
• own the solutions
• implement changes
• track results (review outcomes overtime)
• The Kansas Post High School Outcomes Survey
  website provides a framework for collecting and
  reviewing outcomes

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Indicator 14 The Requirement to Collect
Post-School Outcome Data

• Indicator 14 of the SPP requires states report
• the percentage of youth who had IEPs, are no
  longer in secondary school, and who have been
  employed, enrolled in some type of post-secondary
  school, or both, within one year of leaving high
  school
• 20 USC 1416(a)(3)(B)

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Indicator 14 Post High School
OutcomesDefinitions

• who had IEPs
• former student was classified as an individual
  with
• a disability if, at the time the student exited
  their secondary placement, they
• met disability eligibility criteria
• had a need for special education
• had an IEP
• not 504, dismissed, or general education

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Indicator 14 Post High School
OutcomesDefinitions

• are no longer in secondary school
• student with an IEP exited their high school
• with a regular diploma
• with a certificate of attendance
• at maximum age of eligibility (21 years old)
• by dropping-out (including GED)
• not drop-outs who returned to HS

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Indicator 14 Post High School
OutcomesDefinitions

• who have been competitively employed
• in an integrated community employment setting
• working 35 hours per week or more
• earning minimum wage or greater
• includes the military and supported employment
• not sheltered, institutionalized, correctional or
  out of home

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Indicator 14 Post High School
OutcomesDefinitions

• enrolled in some type of postsecondary school
• 2-year college or community college
• 4-year college or university
• Vocational school or Technical college
• Short-term education or training program,
  including on-the-job or apprenticeship
• High school completion degree (GED)
• Any other type of formal postsecondary education
  or training

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Indicator 14 Post High School
OutcomesDefinitions

• 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 Post High School Outcomes
Reporting Requirements

• The Indicator 14 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
• If there are 24 exiters with disabilities, and 6
  are or have been involved in postsecondary
  education or training and 10 are or have
  worked and 4 are doing both 2 are doing other
  and 2 are doing neither, reporting would
  be
• 83

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesData
Collection Plan

• Outcomes Data
• Collected annually April through
  September2007-2011
• Reported in the Annual Performance Report (APR)
  - due to OSEP in Feb. 2008 Feb. 2012
• SEA and LEA data will be posted on the KSDE
  website along with other SPP Indicators
• The Indicator 14 percentage is the only data
  that is required to be posted for public viewing

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesData
Collection Plan

• A sample of Kansas Public Schools will be
  included each year
• Districts selected for the sample are based on
  the Departments sampling plan and compliance
  monitoring
• The sample must be representative of the
  population
• Respondents must be representative of state
  sample
• Survey data will be collected and reported
  through the Kansas post school outcomes survey
  website

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Indicator 14 - Post High School Outcomes KPHSOS
Website

• Kansas Post High School Outcomes Website
• www.KSposthighsurvey.org
• The outcomes website is a tool developed to
  assist with the 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 - Post High School Outcomes Kansas
Survey

• Survey
• Includes a 5 8 minute telephone interview with
  former students
• Assesses former students participation in
• Employment
• Postsecondary education or training
• High school experiences
• Open-ended questions
• Questions for youth who dropped out

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesOpen-Ended
Questions

• Respondent comments provide much insight

• If you are not
• Living as planned?
• Attending postsecondary education as planned?
• Employed as planned?
• Thinking of the things you are doing now, what
  is something positive that happened while you
  were in high school to help you reach your
  goals?
• If you DID NOT graduate from high school, why?
• What might have helped you stay in school?

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesData
Reports

• Data
• All interview questions can be sorted by gender,
  ethnicity, disability and exit reason
• Data entry and retrieval
• Reports
• GEDE Table
• Summary Report (one page auto-filled)
• District Report Starter (auto-filled, place for
  LEA interpretation)
• SEA / LEA Indicator 14 Report

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesRespondents

• Data
• Ethnic categories are combined and labeled
  Minority
• Disability areas are combined and labeled Low
  Incidence (LI)
• Data collection goal Enough surveys for/-5
  at the 95 confidence interval
• Always seek a high response rate!

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Indicator 14 - 2007 Post High School Outcomes
2007 Respondents

• Year 1 - First year of data collection
• 2005-06 Exiters
• April September 2007 interviews
• Population 3593 (exiters statewide)
• Sample 1276 (36 of exiters)
• Respondents 596 (48 response rate)
• Kansas must set targets and show improvement
  - i.e. in 2012, a higher percentage of exited
  youth will be competitively employed and/or
  attending p.s. ed. than 2007

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes Survey Data
Gender, Ethnicity, Disability, Exit Type Table
SAMPLE
Comparison of State Sample, District Pop.,
District Respondents
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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes Survey Data
Gender, Ethnicity, Disability, Exit Type Table
(Continued)
SAMPLE
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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes Survey Data
Gender, Ethnicity, Disability, Exit Type Table
(Continued)
SAMPLE
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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes
Comparisons - Sample
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesSurvey
Employment Section
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesSurvey
Postsecondary Ed Section
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesData
Sorts
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesShow
Comments Page
Show Open Ended Comments
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Employment

• Competitive Employment
• Paid employment in a community setting
• 35 hours per week or greater
• Minimum wage or greater
• Receiving benefits?
• If not currently working, why?
• If worked since HS, but not currently employed,
  why?

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesEmployment
SAMPLE
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesEmployment

• Male youth and white youth are slightly more
  likely to be employed and have received a raise
  in pay than female youth and much more likely to
  be employed, receive a raise or have benefits
  than minority youth.
• Youth with CD, LD, and LI are more likely to be
  employed than youth with EBD.
• The percentage of male youth who receive benefits
  is equal to female you who receive benefits.
• Young minority adults and those with CD are the
  least likely groups to receive benefits through
  their current employment.

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Unemployment
Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesEmployment

• Nearly one-third of young adults with
  disabilities report that they are currently
  unemployed one year after exiting from high
  school.
• The majority of youth with disabilities report
  they are not working because they are full-time
  students or because they are unable to find work.
  
• 7 report not working because they are receiving
  SSI benefits, which is 2 of all exiters

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesEmployment

• 2007 Report of 2005-06 Kansas Exiters
• 88 are or have been competitively employed
• since high school

NLTS2 (2005) data indicate that among youth with
disabilities, 40 were employed at the time of
the interview and 70 had been competitively
employed sometime since they had been out of high
school up to 2 years, which is an increase from
55 in 1987.
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Post Secondary Education

• Furthering ones education
• after high school is an avenue to
• higher wages and better
• long-term career prospects.
• (Wagner, Blackorby, Cameto and Newman, 1993)

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesPost
Secondary Education - Definition

• any type of formal education after high school
  that leads to specific certification or training.

• 2-year college or community college
• 4-year college or university
• Vocational school or Technical college
• Short-term education or training program,
  including on-the-job or apprenticeship
• High school completion degree
• Any other type of postsecondary education or
  training

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesPost
Secondary Education Data - Sample
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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesPost
Secondary Education
Participation by GED

• Participation in postsecondary education is
  fairly even in relation to gender and ethnicity
• Youth with cognitive disabilities attend less
  than is represented in the population of youth
  with disabilities
• Youth with learning disabilities (56) and youth
  with low incidence disabilities (63) represent
  the greatest majority of students participating
  in all types of postsecondary education

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Indicator 14 Post High School OutcomesPost
Secondary Education Data - Sample

• 2007 Report of 2005-06 Kansas Exiters
• Attend or have attended an academic program
• 16 4-year college
• 45 2-year college
• 21 Vocational, Technical or other short-term
  training

NLTS2 (2005) data indicate that among youth with
disabilities out of high school up to 2 years,
21 enrolled in 2-year programs and 10 in 4-year
programs and 6 enroll in technical/vocational/bu
siness programs. Nationally, 40 of youth in the
general population are enrolled in postsecondary
education, compared to 19 of youth with
disabilities.
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Summary
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SAMPLE
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Indicator 13 14 Post High School
OutcomesAdditional Assistance

• Wendy BlaauwIndicator 13 and 14
• wblaauw_at_ksde.org
• Ed OLeary Indicator 13technical assistance
  regarding TOPs WSTI checklist
• eoleary_at_rapidnet.com
• Mary Kampa Indicator 14post school follow up
  maryk_at_cesa11.k12.wi.us

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Indicator 14 Post High School Outcomes

• Visit
• www.Ksposthighsurvey.org

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Kansas StatewidePost High School Outcomes of
Individuals with Disabilities Funded by Kansas
State Office of Education - Special Education
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