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Papay, Clare; Grigal, Meg; Migliore, Alberto; Chen, Jie; Choiseul-Praslin, Belkis; Smith, Frank – Institute for Community Inclusion, 2022
College-based transition services provide opportunities for transition-age students with intellectual disability and autism (ID/A) between the ages of 18 and 22 to receive their final years of secondary transition services in a college or university setting. We compared the extent to which youth with ID/A experience in-school predictors of…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders
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Ahn, Judie – Institute of Education Sciences, 2017
On September 22, 2017, the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER) at the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) convened a group of experts in policy, practice, and research related to Career and Technical Education (CTE). The goal of the meeting was to seek input from…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Education, Technical Education, Educational Research
Dragoo, Kyrie E. – Congressional Research Service, 2017
The skills, knowledge, and credentials obtained through education are widely believed to be connected to positive occupational and economic outcomes. In recent decades, considerable attention has been devoted to improving educational attainment levels of students with disabilities. This report discusses policies aiming to promote educational…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, High School Graduates, Postsecondary Education, Secondary Education
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Bouck, Emily C. – Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 2011
Given the number of students identified with mild intellectual disabilities and the studies showing their poor postschool outcomes, it is surprising and alarming that little current research has examined educational programming for this population of students. This paper presents a secondary analysis of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2…
Descriptors: Mild Mental Retardation, Secondary Education, High School Students, Longitudinal Studies
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Sanchez, Susan J. – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1993
Discusses the value of vocational education for students with special needs. Cites benefits identified by the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students. (JOW)
Descriptors: Educational Benefits, Secondary Education, Special Needs Students, Vocational Education
Blackorby, Jose; And Others – 1993
This paper explores the transition from school to young adulthood of youth with disabilities from the first wave (n=939) of the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS). Two popular sociological perspectives which explain the postschool success of youth with disabilities were examined: human capital in the form of education and training, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Human Capital
Butler-Nalin, Paul; Padilla, Christine – 1989
The report of the National Longitudinal Transition Study presents initial findings on characteristics of school dropouts since 1985-86 among more than 8,000 youth (ages 13 to 23) with disabilities. The report also addresses characteristics of schools or programs that may affect the decision to drop out among disabled youth. The first section…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Dropouts
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Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1996
This article reviews the socioeconomic data collected in the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students, which involved interviews with parents of students (aged 13-21) with visual impairments during the 1986-87 school year. Family characteristics are described, including the family income level and the educational level…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Attainment, Family Characteristics, Family Income
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Fairweather, James S.; Shaver, Debra M. – Journal of Higher Education, 1990
A nationally representative sample of youths with disabilities who recently exited high school was studied to determine their level of participation in postsecondary educational programs. The results show that disabled individuals participate at only one-quarter the rate of their nondisabled counterparts. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Futures (of Society), High Schools, Longitudinal Studies
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Aspel, Nellie; Bettis, Gail; Test, David W.; Wood, Wendy M. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1998
This study evaluated a comprehensive transition model for students with disabilities known as TASSEL (Teaching All Students Skills for Employment and Life) in two North Carolina school systems. Analysis of social validity data and student outcome data for 76 students found that consumers were satisfied with TASSEL transition services and student…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Integrated Services
Wagner, Mary – 1991
This paper reviews the extent to which students with disabilities attending regular secondary schools were involved in vocational education, and whether students who participated in vocational education exhibited better outcomes both in school and in the first years after high school. Data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Course Content, Curriculum
Wagner, Mary – 1990
As part of the National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (NLTS), this study examined characteristics of and educational programs and services provided to secondary students (N=589) classified as learning disabled (LD) in the 1985-86 school year. Difficulties in performing basic functional skills were identified in about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delivery Systems, Dropout Characteristics, Educational Needs
Javitz, Harold S.; Wagner, Mary – 1990
The National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students provides ongoing information regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began with a 1987 survey (Wave 1), involved more than 8,000 youth from the national population of secondary…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Interviews
Marder, Camille; And Others – 1992
The National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS) of Special Education Students provides ongoing information to the special education community regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began with a 1987 survey (Wave 1), involves more than 8,000 youth from the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Interviews
Wagner, Mary; And Others – 1989
The National Longitudinal Transition Study of Special Education Students (NLTS) provides information to practitioners, policymakers, researchers, and others in the special education community regarding the transition of youth with disabilities from secondary school to early adulthood. The sample for the study, which began in 1987, involves more…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Adolescent Development, Data Collection, Data Processing
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