 Capacity
Building Institutes
Materials to Read Prior to Attending the CBI on October 22, 2003
- NEW as of 9/9/03
GAO Report:
Federal Actions Can Assist States in Improving Postsecondary Outcomes
for Youth
States receive federal funds under the Individuals with
Disabilities Act (IDEA) to help students with disabilities reach
their postsecondary goals, and various federal programs offer
services that can assist these youth. However, research has documented
that youth with disabilities are less likely to transition into
postsecondary education and employment. Congress requested that
GAO provide information on the proportion of IDEA students completing
high school or alternative credentials, and their postsecondary
status; the transition problems being reported and state and local
actions to address them; and the types of transition services
provided by vocational rehabilitation, the Workforce Investment
Act youth, and the Self-Sufficiency programs, and the factors
affecting participation of IDEA youth. This publication is
available in PDF at http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03773.pdf. You
will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or some PDF Plug-in to view this
document. See below for more information about viewing PDF documents.
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Statewide
Systems for Collecting Student Post-School Follow-Up Data
This publication from the University of North Carolina-Charlotte
provides a case for tracking outcomes of students with disabilities
and describes the Alabama Student Tracking System that tracks
the transition process and assesses outcomes of Alabama’s
youth with disabilities. This publication is available in
PDF at http://www.uncc.edu/ttac/tipsheets/statewide_systems.pdf.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or some PDF Plug-in to view
this document. See below for more information about viewing PDF
documents.
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Evaluating
Your Transition Program. This publication from the
University of North Carolina-Charlotte describes the transition
program evaluation process used by the Shelby City/Cleveland County
Schools. This publication is available in PDF at http://www.uncc.edu/ttac/tipsheets/evaluating.pdf.
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader or some PDF Plug-in to view
this document. See below for more information about viewing PDF
documents.
- National Longitudinal
Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) Web Site
The NLTS2 commissioned
to begin in 2001 by the US Department of Education, Office of
Special Education Programs (OSEP) is a follow-up of the original
NLTS. The NLTS provides a national picture of the experiences
and achievements of young people as they transition into early
adulthood. Please familiarize yourself with the contents of this
Web site at http://www.nlts2.org.
- NCSET's
"NLTS2 Data Brief," Introducing the National Transition
Longitudinal Study-2 (NLTS2)
This
brief is the first in a series, produced by the National Center
on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) in partnership with
the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2), that will
highlight the major findings and results of this transition study
of youth with disabilities. This issue describes the NLTS2 project.
This publication is available in HTML or PDF at http://www.ncset.org/publications/viewdesc.asp?id=248.
Downloading PDF Documents
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Reader, installed on your computer. If you know you need Acrobat
Reader, select one of the two links below:
- Adobe
Acrobat Reader 5.0 Download Page
This is the most likely link you will need, unless you need support
for screen reader software (for individuals with visual impairments).
- Adobe
Acrobat Reader 5.1 with Search and Accessibility Download Page
This accessible page contains links to Acrobat Reader 5.1, and
the Windows version includes support for screen readers (Accessibility).
If you are unsure if you have a PDF plug-in installed on your computer,
click on a PDF link above. If the PDF file appears on the screen,
you don't need to download the plug-in. If you get a message indicating
you need to download the plug-in, proceed to one of the above links
to download Acrobat Reader.
NOTE for Mac OSX Users: If you are on a Macintosh
computer, you're using operating system "OSX" and PDF
files automatically open in the "Preview" program (instead
of Acrobat Reader), you might find that the text is illegible (symbols
and non-alphanumeric characters). If this is the case, try opening
the PDF file using Adobe Acrobat Reader - launch Acrobat Reader,
click "Open" in the File menu, and locate the PDF you
downloaded on your hardrive. The PDF files read fine in Acrobat
Reader.
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