Texas State Performance Plan - Indicator 13 |
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What is Indicator 13 and why is it important to students?
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The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized on December 3, 2004 and its provisions became effective on July 1, 2005. In conjunction with the reauthorization, the U. S. Department of Education through the Office of Special Education Programs required states to develop six-year State Performance Plans in December, 2005 around 20 indicators, on which data will be submitted annually (beginning February 2007) in Annual Performance Reports.
The intent of the thirteenth indicator is to provide states with a way to measure how well they are doing in addressing high school transition, a process which facilitates the movement of students toward their postsecondary goals. |
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The indicator is as follows:
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“Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an individualized education program (IEP) that includes coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the post-secondary goals.” [20 U.S.C. 1416(a)(3)(B)] |
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Data Collection Procedures |
| Each year, Texas will collect data from school districts through a sampling process to determine how well transition is being addressed. The following checklist and chart are used for the data collection. |
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