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Quality Indicators of Secondary Data Analyses in Special Education Research: A Preregistration Guide
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Direct linkAllison R. Lombardi; Graham G. Rifenbark; Ashley Taconet – Exceptional Children, 2023
Secondary data analyses occur when new analyses are proposed for existing data. Although they are prevalent in special education research, there is little guidance on how to prepare secondary data analyses studies. Preregistration of secondary data analyses studies provides a nice opportunity and structure for fellow researchers to share…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Special Education, Educational Research, Longitudinal Studies
Expectations of Transition-Age Students with Autism Spectrum Disorder toward Postsecondary Education
Xueqin Qian; Seunghee Lee; David R. Johnson; Yi-Chen Wu – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with expectations regarding postsecondary education of students with autism spectrum disorder between the ages of 16 and 21 years. We conducted logistic regressions using variables at the student, family, and school levels using the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. Logistic…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Postsecondary Education, Special Education, Students with Disabilities
Collin Shepley; R. Joseph Waddington – Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The participation of students with significant cognitive disabilities in accountability assessments aligned with general education standards is a heavily debated topic in the field of special education. Attempts to understand the impact of these assessments have generally been limited to correlational methods. We employed a…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Students with Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability
Allison R. Lombardi; Graham G. Rifenbark; Ashley Taconet – Exceptional Children, 2024
In this preregistered study, we confirmed a transition-planning construct and determined its relationship with an established economic-hardship construct using parent- and youth-reported data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 and following established quality indicators of preregistered secondary data analyses studies.…
Descriptors: Individualized Education Programs, Transitional Programs, Educational Planning, Disabilities
Yi-Chen Wu; Martha Thurlow; David Johnson – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2024
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act emphasizes that students and parents are equal partners in the individualized education program (IEP) process, including planning for transition to postsecondary education, employment, and community living. This is especially important for English learners (ELs) with disabilities, yet little is known…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Transitional Programs, Cooperative Planning, Parent Participation
Emily K. Van Gaasbeek; Marc J. Tassé – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
The construct of belonging has been studied in many marginalised student groups yet has been understudied among students with intellectual disability. The present study used a large dataset from the United States to quantitatively investigate the construct of belonging among 7th to 12th grade students with the educational classification of…
Descriptors: Sense of Community, Student School Relationship, Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability
Cheung, W. C.; Meadan, H.; Xia, Y. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2022
Many students with autism have difficulties engaging with their classroom environments and forming friendships, which are mostly affected by deficits in social, communication, and motor skills. The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS, 2000) data set was used, focusing on elementary age students with autism, to explore the…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Competence, Communication Skills, Psychomotor Skills, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Developing an Adaptive Behavior Construct from National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) Data
Minje Kim; Kristin Dell'Armo – Exceptionality, 2024
The current study aimed to develop an adaptive behavior construct using National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) data. The parent survey data gathered at Wave 1 was used to create an adaptive behavior construct. A bifactor model with three subdomains of conceptual, social, and practical skills with a total of 21 items was developed using…
Descriptors: Longitudinal Studies, Special Education, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities
Johnson, David R.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Wu, Yi-Chen; Qian, Xueqin; Davenport, Ernest; Matthais, Cynthia – Journal of International Special Needs Education, 2022
The purpose of this study was to use data from the United States' National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) to present descriptive information on youth and parent participation and youth's role in required Individualized Education Program (IEP)/transition planning meetings by disability category and age groupings (14-22 year olds,…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Educational Planning, Student Participation, Parent Participation
Ryan, Claire; Shaver, Debra; Garberoglio, Carrie Lou; Newman, Lynn A. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2021
Successful social engagement is one of many important outcomes for deaf youth as they transition from high school to adult life. This study examined the effect of self-advocacy and social/life skill trainings in secondary school settings on social engagement after high school using propensity score modeling and data from the large-scale and…
Descriptors: Intervention, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Self Advocacy
Rydzewska, Ewelina; Fleming, Michael; Mackay, Daniel; Young-Southward, Genevieve; Blacher, Jan; Bolourian, Yasamin Ross; Widaman, Keith; Cooper, Sally-Ann – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Objective: Transition from school to early adulthood incurs many changes and may be associated with deterioration in general health in youth with autism. We aimed to investigate this. Method: The National Longitudinal Transitions Study-2 is a USA nationally representative sample of youth receiving special education services, aged 13-17 at wave 1,…
Descriptors: Special Education, Adolescents, Intellectual Disability, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Davenport, Ernest C.; Johnson, David R.; Wu, Yi-Chen; Thurlow, Martha L.; Qian, Xueqin; LaVelle, John M. – Journal of Special Education, 2022
One important aspect of special education research that makes it complex is the variability of the disability categories being studied. This study used the context of Individualized Education Program (IEP)/transition planning and National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) student and parent survey items associated with this context to…
Descriptors: Special Education, Students with Disabilities, Individualized Education Programs, Transitional Programs
Bakken, Jeffrey P. – Advances in Special Education, 2019
Students with disabilities have many obstacles to overcome and challenges to address as they go through the educational system. Besides challenges with academics, behavior, and social situations, these students also need to be able to transition throughout their educational careers from different grade levels to post-school outcomes. Transition…
Descriptors: Special Education, Transitional Programs, Students with Disabilities, Student Development
Wu, Yi-Chen; Thurlow, Martha; Johnson, David – Exceptionality, 2023
The increase in English learners (ELs) with disabilities has been reported by others, yet little is known about the transition planning meeting experiences of this population and their post-school expectations. This study explored transition planning experiences and post-school expectations of a nationally representative sample of ELs with…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, English Language Learners, Students with Disabilities, Longitudinal Studies
Allison R. Lombardi; Rongxiu Wu; Eric Loken; Graham G. Rifenbark; Clewiston Challenger; Ashley Taconet; Shannon Langdon; Karrie Shogren – Exceptional Children, 2023
The purpose of the current study was to conceptually replicate a multi-indicator construct of economic hardship in a national sample of adolescents with and without disabilities (N = 9,230). Using data from the National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 (NLTS2012), the latent construct economic hardship was confirmed from six theoretically…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Control Groups, Economic Factors, Financial Problems
