An Epidemiological Study of Transition and Post-School Outcomes

• In Event: High School and Postsecondary Education for Students With Disabilities

Abstract

This longitudinal transition study was conducted in collaboration with teachers who interviewed with students with disabilities who graduated from 177 school districts in a Midwestern state. Special education students were interviewed at exit and one year following graduation using a survey based on the National Longitudinal Transition Study. The authors developed and tested three regression models—two to predict full-time employment and one to predict college enrollment after graduation. After controlling for gender, minority status, and level of disability, the authors found that students who graduated from career-technical education and work study programs were more likely to enter full-time employment after graduation, but this relationship was mediated by gender, minority status, and disability.

Authors

• Alfred W. Daviso, The University of Akron

• Robert Baer, Kent State University