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50 Years of ERIC
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Perceptions and Expectations of Youth with Disabilities. A Special Topic Report of Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2). NCSER 2007-3006
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Wagner, Mary; Newman, Lynn; Cameto, Renee; Levine, Phyllis; Marder, Camille – National Center for Special Education Research, 2007
The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2) was initiated to provide a national picture of the characteristics and experiences of youth with disabilities, including their self-representations, their schooling, their personal relationships, and their hopes for the future. This report presents findings drawn from the first time (2003) data…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Expectation, Youth, Disabilities
Services and Supports for Secondary School Students with Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)
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Levine, Phyllis; Marder, Camille; Wagner, Mary – National Center for Special Education Research, 2007
The success that youth with disabilities achieve in school can be influenced by access to a range of services that support their education goals. As part of its mandate, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 (IDEA '97) requires the provision of related services and supports to students with disabilities who are deemed…
Descriptors: Related Services (Special Education), Secondary School Students, School Activities, Public Education
An Overview of Findings from Wave 2 of the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2). NCSER 2006-3004
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Wagner, Mary; Newman, Lynn; Cameto, Renee; Levine, Phyllis; Garza, Nicolle – National Center for Special Education Research, 2006
This report is an executive summary of two previously-released reports presenting findings from Wave 2: The Academic Achievement and Functional Performance of Youth with Disabilities and After High School: A First Look at the Postschool Experiences of Youth with Disabilities. Some key findings presented in the Overview include the following: (1) A…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Performance Based Assessment, Out of School Youth, Education Work Relationship
Transition Planning for Students with Disabilities: A Special Topic Report of Findings from the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)
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Cameto, Renee; Levine, Phyllis; Wagner, Mary – National Center for Special Education Research, 2004
The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) of the U.S. Department of Education is working to provide the information needed to improve the transition and postschool outcomes of secondary school students with disabilities, in part through the National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2). The findings of this 10-year study generalize to…
Descriptors: Individualized Transition Plans, Individualized Education Programs, Secondary School Students, Special Needs Students