ERIC Number: EJ930979
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011-Aug
Pages: 12
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An Epidemiological Model of Transition and Postschool Outcomes
Flexer, Robert W.; Daviso, Alfred W., III; Baer, Robert M.; Queen, Rachel McMahan; Meindl, Richard S.
Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, v34 n2 p83-94 Aug 2011
This longitudinal transition study was conducted in collaboration with teachers who interviewed students who graduated from 177 school districts in a Great Lakes state. Special education students were interviewed at exit and 1 year following graduation using a survey based on the National Longitudinal Transition Study. The data were analyzed using logistic regression models that controlled for gender, minority status, and level of disability. The authors developed and tested three regression models: two to predict full-time employment and one to predict college enrollment. Students who graduated from career and technical education and work study programs were more likely to enter full-time employment after graduation, but this relationship was influenced by gender, minority status, and disability. Students who participated in mainstream academics were much more likely to be enrolled in full-time college after graduation, but this relationship was influenced by level of disability. (Contains 6 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Work Study Programs, Regression (Statistics), Vocational Education, Academic Achievement, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, Cohort Analysis, Employment Opportunities, Enrollment Rate, Longitudinal Studies, Interviews, Epidemiology, Outcomes of Education, Special Education, Student Records, Predictor Variables, Inclusion
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
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Language: English
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IES Cited: ED544172