College and career readiness is crucial to success in postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. The College and Career Readiness for Transition (CCR4T) assessment is valid and reliable and can assist in transition planning for students with disabilities. The CCR4T assessment was designed for planning with students with and…

This study investigated the Individual Learning Plans of eighty-eight students who were deaf and hard of hearing attending facilities and schools for the deaf in Victoria Australia. The students' assessment and planning portfolios were scrutinised for evidence of formal and informal assessment used to generate goals for the Individual Learning…

The use of vocational evaluation recommendations for 71 disabled students in three public schools was studied. Predictive (placement-oriented) recommendations were implemented more frequently than prescriptive (preparation-oriented) recommendations, and prescriptive recommendations were rarely incorporated into individualized education programs.…

Reported study determining effectiveness of psychoeducational assessment reports in communicating testing results and programing recommendations to teachers employed in a Bureau of Indian Affairs secondary boarding school. Obtained measures of relevance and appropriateness of diagnosticians' conclusions and recommendations. Suggested methods of…

The Hawaii Vocational Assessment Research Project has proposed a three stage analysis procedure that helps school districts to assess the impact of vocational assessment on vocational program content, the decision-making process, and the format in which vocational assessment is presented. (CB)