

Stage 1: Post-School Data Collection Protocol - Includes recommended essential questions to address Indicator #14, combining student demographic profile and post-school outcomes survey. OSEP Approved September 2006
Stage 2: Question Bank for Collecting Post-School Outcomes of Youth with Disabilities - Provides additional post-school outcome related questions that states can choose from to assist in state and local programmatic decision-making regarding youth with disabilities. OSEP Approved March 2007
Post-School Outcomes Surveys: Coming Soon to a Student near You! Prepared by Deborah Leuchovius, Project Director of the Technical Assistance about Transition and the Rehabilitation Act Project (TATRA) at PACER Center, this Brief informs the families of students who had IEPS about the post-school surveys and the importance of filling them out or replying to a short phone interview. Sample survey questions are included. OSEP approved June 2007
Measuring Transition Success: Focus on Youth and Family Participation - PACER prepared Parent Brief to inform consumers and their families about the data collection efforts in their states. OSEP Approved July 2006
Establishing a Representative Sample of Your State to Address Indicator #14 - Prepared by Michael Bullis, Director, NPSO, includes federal reporting guidelines and practical considerations. OSEP Approved November 2005
| Sampling Calculator |
Allows states to establish representative samples of school districts and students to include in the annual post-school data collection effort. OSEP Approved June 2006
Use of the sampling calculator requires:
- Username and password. Please contact Penny Church, 541-346-0355, pchurch@uoregon.edu.
- After getting a user name and password, proceed to the Disclaimer and License Agreement (visit this link to go to the Sampling Calculator)
Sampling Calculator: Step-by-Step Instructions
Collecting Post-School Outcome Data: Strategies for Increasing Response Rates - NDPC-SD offers practical suggestions to increase the response rate when gathering post-school outcomes data. OSEP Approved January 2007
PSO Data Collection Guide: Training Interviewers
SUNY-Potsdam draws on the NY state experience to offer guidance on how to hire and train data collectors to uniformly collect accurate and confidential data. OSEP Approved December 2006
PSO Data Collection and Use: Teachers as Partners
Cinda Johnson, Ed.D., Seattle University. This paper provides information to assist other states in including teachers as partners in post-school data collection and examination. OSEP Approved June 2007
Post-School Outcome Data Collection and Use: Questions State Data Managers Should Ask - WESTAT prepared document to assist those involved understand their roles and responsibilities. OSEP Approved July 2006