1. Post Secondary Outcomes Sally Simich, Oregon Department of Education

2. What is the Post School Outcome(PSO) Data collection?
What is required?
Timeline
How to complete this collection and use our data to make effective decisions for transition programs

3. Data Collected Yearly by States
#14: Percent of youth who are no longer in secondary school, had IEPs in effect at the time they left school, and were: 1. Enrolled in “higher education” 2. In “competitive employment” 3. Enrolled in “other postsecondary education or training” 4. In “some other employment”

4. PSO Data Entry Screen
The Follow Up and Exit Interviews can be completed online. Questions appear as needed, depending on answer to previous question. Eliminates data entry errors Does not allow for entry of additional comments district might like to capture

5. Timelines Exit Interviews PSO Survey
Opens in April and closes in September
PSO Survey
Must be one year after the student left
high school
List of students posted in April
Data entry for the interviews will open June 1st and close at the end of September.

8. District Size Very Small Small Medium Large Total 1-4 5-15 16-50
District Size Information
District size
Very Small
Small
Medium
Large
Total
Leavers per district
1-4
5-15
16-50
51-355
Number of districts 48 51 43 19
161
Total leavers
112
431
1,231
2,329
4,103
Selected for interviews
109
427
908
1,261
2,705
Number interviewed 61
243
699
911
1914
Response rate
56%
57%
77%
75%
72%
Engagement Rate
80%
71%
67%
70%

9. Post-School Outcomes 2011-2012 and FFY 2012
Percentage
Target
2011
( )
A) 25.1%
B) 55.3%
C) 71.8%
A) 26%
B) 52%
C) 68%
2012
( )
A) 25.7%
B) 54.4%
C) 70.0%
A) 27%
B) 53%
C) 69%

10. Strategies for Contacting Hard-­to­‐Find Youth
Show Interest When Conducting the Survey
Be enthusiastic and interested in the answers
Convey a non-judgmental tone
Provide Incentives
Remind students that information will be shared to help other students and improve school services.
Modest, $5.00 monetary incentive to “hardest” of the hard to find youth
Maintain Contact
Know who in family is still in school
Leave call back number on messages so youth know it’s you
Use PSO logo on all materials, reminders, etc.

11. Strategies for Contacting Hard-to-Find Youth
Provide Pre-Notification
In school, discuss the interview with students
Share what district has learned from past students
Include PSO information with other information
Have students identify who should call them during last IEP meeting (teacher, coach, etc.)
Create Familiarity
Best motivator from study = help other students
Practice interview

12. Post Card Notification of Post School Outcome Data Collection .
you may receive a post card, like the one below,  alerting you that your high school may be calling you to ask some questions.  Please help your high school and fellow students, by taking 10 minutes to answer those questions.

13. Sample Text for the Postcard
The (insert School or district name) needs your help! We want to learn from former students how we can improve high school transition services. You will receive a phone call that asks questions about what you have been doing since you left school, such as have you worked or gone to school? Answering the questions will take about 10 minutes.
Teachers will use answers from students like you to learn what they can do to help other youth get jobs and go to school after high school. To make sure you have a chance to answer the questions, please call xxx-xxx-xxxx to help the district find you or a family member who can help with this information. We want to hear from you: what you tell us is very important. Questions? Contact your district or Pattie Johnson at
________________________________________________

14. What do districts use to make changes to their transition Programs??????

15. In Oregon…..
School districts that did exit surveys were more likely to successfully make contact with students
The calls made by Teachers, Administrators, and YTP were more likely to result in complete interviews! .
School districts that did not collect information on the exit interview did not have data to make informed decisions about whether their program launched students with adequate skills
Calls made by Paraprofessionals, Assistants, and clerical staff were less likely to result in completed interviews.

16. Not Engaged 574 students (30% of all interviews)
Follow Up questionnaire reports
no activity,
or less than a 90 days experience in work or school activities
Federal reporting requirements do not include students who fail to qualify for the three outcome measurements. ) are of great interest to the districts and to the state.

17. Looking at Data: Process summary
How representative are these data?
What direction are our outcomes going?
Are there differences in outcomes by subgroups?
What is contributing to our outcomes?
Not taking time to go over all the results, but selecting descriptive components for exploration
Iterative process case dependent

18. Sally Simich Sally.simich@state.or.us http://tcntransition.org
Oregon Department of Education
Secondary Transition for Students with Disabilities
Transition Community Network (TNC)