Reports: Profiles: for Alabama

Alabama's web-based data collection/reporting sites:
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• Data on youth who had IEPs was collected.
• Data on youth without disabilities was not collected.
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1. Do students have unique identifiers?
Yes

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1a. What is used (e.g., SSN, student number)?


Combination of several coded demographic characteristics, birth date, and partial SSN

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2. What is the organizational structure of the state’s post-school outcomes data collection system?
the state contracts with a university organization to assist in the system

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3. If the SEA contracts with another agency to collect data, what is the annual amount paid for that work?


unknown

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4. Are you collecting data from …
a sample of districts of school leavers on IEPs in your state?

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4c. How is the sample selected?
Each school district – every 4 years
All districts over 50,000 ADM every year
Gender
Disability categories
Race/Ethnicity

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4d. How many districts/LEAs are included in your yearly data collection efforts?


33

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4e. How do you determine if the respondents are representative of all the school leavers?


The Alabama State department of education utilizes the Information System Services in our department to provide each LEA with a list of all students that had an IEP who exited the prior year.

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4f. Briefly describe how your state attempts to increase the response rate (including drop outs).
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5. Which school leaver groups of students with IEPs are included? (NOTE THAT TO MAKE THIS SURVEY APPLICABLE TO A NATIONAL AUDIENCE WE HAVE GROUPED SCHOOL LEAVERS INTO MAJOR AND GENERAL CATEGORIES. IF YOUR STATE USES DIFFERENT LABELS OR GROUPS, PLEASE PLACE THOSE INTO THESE CATEGORIES THAT FIT CLOSEST TO YOUR SEA’S DEFINITIONS WHEN RESPONDING.)
those who graduated with regular diplomas
those who graduated with modified diplomas/other exit documents
those who aged-out
those who dropped-out

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6. What data are gathered from or about a student with an IEP before he or she leaves school?
Information for post-school contacts
Student demographics
Transition experiences in high school
Postsecondary IEP goals

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7. What data are gathered from or about a student after he or she leaves school?
Post high-school employment experiences
Postsecondary educational experiences
Housing or independent living experiences

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8. How are post-school data gathered?
Phone survey/interview former student
Phone survey/interview family member
Interview conducted by teachers from school districts participating in the data collection
Interview conducted by school personnel other than teachers from school districts participating in the data collection

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9. Are former students or their family members compensated for responding to the post school survey?
no

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10. When are these data collected?
In-school data collected while student was in his/her last year of school
12-month after the student left school

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11. How frequently were post-school data gathered for each student?
Once only

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12. How were data reported?
at the state level
at the district level

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13. Are results reported by:
Gender
Ethnicity
Disability type
School leaver status
Age

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14. Are results used to:
Focus program improvements
Identify in-service training
Prioritize technical assistance
Report to state legislature

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15. List the stakeholder groups that participated in the development of your data collection system.


SEA, University

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16. What challenges have you faced regarding sharing information with other state agencies?


concerns with confidentiality

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17. Do you make any connections among Indicators 1, 2, 13, and 14?
yes

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17a. Please describe briefly.


Activities in the State Performance plan for Indicators 1 and 2 are related activites that work together to increase graduation rate and decrease drop-out rate. Survey questions solicit responses pertaining to Indicators 13 and 14

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18. Does your state use NPSO products or services to assist the state in training or working with LEAs to gather post-school outcome data?
no

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19. Any additional comments you would like to include in your state profile?
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