Reports: Profiles: for Connecticut

Connecticut's web-based data collection/reporting sites:
    APR (http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/DEPS/Special/Perf_Report06.pdf)
    SPP (http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/PDF/DEPS/Special/State_Perf_Plan.pdf)

• 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?
No

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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?


$36,000

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

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


Survey all school leavers; use representative percentages of all demographic categories

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4b. Briefly describe how your state attempts to increase the response rate (including dropouts).


Moving from 2 years out to one year out; encouraging districts to discuss post-school follow up survey at the SOP review and/or exit interview/IEP Meeting

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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
Other

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7a. describe briefly


Access to State Agency Support Systems; Satisfaction with current life situation

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8. How are post-school data gathered?
Mailed survey to former student

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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?
More than 12 months after the student left school
other

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10a. at what intervals?


Just completing data collection on 2005-06 exiters.

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10b. please specify


Beginning in 2007-08 we will be collecting on students 10 months after exiting.

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

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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

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


special education teachers, district transition coordinators, special education administrators, parents, dropout specialists, regional education service centers, Department of Children and Families, Bureau of Rehabilitation Services, Connect to Work Center, CT Technical High School System, Job Corps, Department of Labor, CT Tech Act Project, CT Association of Children and Adults with LD, UCONN, Department of Correction, SDE-Bureau of Adult Education, Community College consultant, transition student, private rehabilitation provider, Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, Department of Mental Retardation, Board of Education Services for the Blind, LDA of CT, Autism Spectrum Resource Center, State Advisory Council, State Education Resource Center, and Department of Public Health.

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


Confidentiality regulations (e.g., FERPA, HIPAA); differences in terminology (e.g., "transition" means different things to each agency. Needed to find common definitions.)

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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.


Informal working connections within the CT State Department of Education. More formal connections are in progress.

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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?
yes

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18a. Which products/services do you use or plan to use?
Website (www.psocenter.org)
Community of Practice teleconferences or listserv
Data Collection
Other Tools & Products (e.g. PACER, NASDSE, Westat)
SPP/APR Checklists

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