Reports: Profiles: for Illinois

Illinois's web-based data collection/reporting sites:
    ISBE Special Education (http://www.isbe.net/spec-ed/default.htm)

• 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)?


IL Student Information System Number

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2. What is the organizational structure of the state’s post-school outcomes data collection system?
other

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2a. please describe briefly


Local Education Agencies (LEAs) collect these data under the supervision of ISBE.

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


N/A

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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 6 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?


approximately 150 - 200

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


Repondents are compared to the entire population of school leavers (graduates, age outs, dropouts) to determine the representativeness of this group.

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4f. Briefly describe how your state attempts to increase the response rate (including drop outs).


We are examining the use of incentives to encourage increased response rates, especially with regard to our dropout population.

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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
Other

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6a. describe briefly


Consent to contact them in 1 year after school exit for the purpose of post-school outcomes data collection.

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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

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

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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.


Illinois Alliance of Administrators of Special Education, Illinois State Advisory Council for Students with Disabilities

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


N/A

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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.


Illinois' improvement activities for Indicators 1, 2, 13, and 14 have been aligned to ensure the most effecitive use of our technical assistance projects and resources to improve post secondary outcomes.

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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
Sampling papers
Sampling calculator
Data Analysis, Reporting and Use (e.g. Response Calculator)
Data Collection
SPP/APR Checklists

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


N/A