Reports: Profiles: for Montana

Montana's web-based data collection/reporting sites:
    (http://www.opi.mt.gov/SpecEd/index.html)

• 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)?


random assigned nine diget 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


LEA's collect the data

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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 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?


N/A

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


Training for data collectors

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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?
Other

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6a. describe briefly


No specific data is collected beyond what is available in the student's special education file.

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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?
other

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10b. please specify


During the April-September collection window identified in the indicator.

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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:
Other

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13a. please specify


We report only percentages as required by the indicator.

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14. Are results used to:
Focus program improvements
Prioritize technical assistance
Other

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14a. please specify


SPP/APR reporting and also shared with professional stakeholders for coordination and improvement of activities

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


It was developed by the SEA

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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?
no

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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)
SPP/APR Checklists

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


NPSO has rpovided valuable interpretive technical assistance