ERIC Number: EJ983428
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Dec
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The Post-School Outcomes Transition Survey: A Tool for Effective Decision Making?
Eaves, Ronald C.; Rabren, Karen; Hall, George
Assessment for Effective Intervention, v38 n1 p30-39 Dec 2012
This study investigated the validity of the "Post-School Outcomes Transition Survey" (PSOTS). The PSOTS was designed to ascertain whether individuals who received special education services in secondary school have obtained postschool employment or have enrolled in postsecondary education or training within 1 to 2 years of exiting high school. The PSOTS also attempts to obtain continuous scores for transition program services provided to students while they were enrolled in secondary school. Two representative data sets of PSOTS respondents (Year 2004, n = 539, and Year 2005, n = 415) were employed to validate the PSOTS via exploratory factor analysis. A total of 16 salient factors were supported, 8 of which were regarded as "postschool outcome dimensions" with 8 construed as "in-school program dimensions." Because the factors represent robust, continuous measures of transition constructs, they can be used to link transition practices to postschool outcomes through experimental research as suggested by Test, Fowler, et al. (Contains 4 tables.)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Factor Analysis, Decision Making, Test Validity, Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs, Outcomes of Education, Accessibility (for Disabled), Graduate Surveys, Normalization (Disabilities), Predictor Variables, Special Education, Program Effectiveness, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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