Reports: Profiles: for North Dakota

North Dakota's web-based data collection/reporting sites:
    www.dpi.state.nd.us (http://www.dpi.state.nd.us/transitn/resource/followup.shtm)

• Data on youth who had IEPs was collected.
• Data on youth without disabilities was 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)?


a student number

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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?


$60,000

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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?


Contact infomration is received for all exiters one year prior

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


By getting more complete contact information for all exiters

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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
Other

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6a. describe briefly


attendance at IEP meeting, occupational skills attained in High school, student satisfaction with overall high school experience, if student were to stay in school an additional semester, what type of courses would they take?

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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
Other

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7a. describe briefly


Average hours per week individual works;hourly wage; Does the individual have health insurance?;if individual could change anything about their high school experience, what would it be?:Did the individual feel prepared for life after high school?; Does the individual receive services for his/her disability?

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8. How are post-school data gathered?
Phone survey/interview former student
Phone survey/interview family member

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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?
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

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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.


State Transition Steering Council

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


We have a large number of very small districts, with numbers too small to report publically.

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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.


Improvment activities are conducted that impact results for all four indicators. example: Transition outcomes Project, Bullying curriculum, interagency transition committees.

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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