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Lombardi, Allison R.; Rifenbark, Graham G.; Hicks, Tyler; Taconet, Ashley; Challenger, Clewiston – Exceptional Children, 2022
In this study, we examined college and career readiness (CCR) support for students with and without disabilities using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. We selected variables relevant to CCR and focused on the interaction of disability, race and ethnicity, and household income across a range of disability categories,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, College Readiness
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Schuck, Lydia; Emerson, Robert Wall; Kim, Dae Shik; Nelson, Nickola Wolf – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2018
This study examined eight variables of the Teaching Age-Appropriate Personal Skills (TAPS) checklist (Pogrund et al., 1995). The goal was to identify potential orientation and mobility (O&M) factors to represent constructs underlying the data that could be used in the future to better research the college readiness of youths who are visually…
Descriptors: Visually Impaired Mobility, Check Lists, Visual Impairments, Blindness
Nagle, Katherine; Newman, Lynn A.; Shaver, Debra M.; Marschark, Marc – Grantee Submission, 2016
As schools work to raise the number of students who leave secondary school ready for college and career by increasing both the number of academic courses required and the overall rigor of the curriculum, they must ensure that students with disabilities, including those who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH), are not left behind. They can do this by…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Disabilities, Special Education
Nagle, Katherine; Newman, Lynn A.; Shaver, Debra M.; Marschark, Marc – American Annals of the Deaf, 2015
Research shows that deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) students frequently enter college and the workplace relatively unprepared for success in math, science, and reading. Based on data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), the present study focused on DHH students' college and career readiness by investigating their opportunities…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Deafness, Longitudinal Studies
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Liu, Albert Y.; Lacoe, Johanna; Lipscomb, Stephen; Haimson, Joshua; Johnson, David R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2018
For more than 40 years, policymakers have committed to supporting the education of students with disabilities, who have grown as a share of all students in the United States (Snyder, de Brey, & Dillow, 2016). Beginning with landmark legislation in 1975, the U.S. Congress mandated that students with disabilities have access to a free and…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Equal Education, Educational Legislation
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Liu, Albert Y.; Lacoe, Johanna; Lipscomb, Stephen; Haimson, Joshua; Johnson, David R.; Thurlow, Martha L. – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2018
For more than 40 years, policymakers have committed to supporting the education of students with disabilities, who have grown as a share of all students in the United States. Beginning with landmark legislation in 1975, the U.S. Congress mandated that students with disabilities have access to a free and appropriate public education and provided…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Special Education, Equal Education, Educational Legislation