Making Connections Across Indicators to Improve Post-School Outcomes:

Early State Efforts

The following are additional resources to assist with data collection or with modifications of practices or policies and include:

A Checklist for Improving Your Annual Performance Report for Indicators 1 & 2 (Graduation and Dropout), developed by the NDPC-SD (http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/Analysis_of_State_Reports/NDPC-SD_2008_ChecklistAPR.pdf)
Strategies to improve data collection outlined in the NDPC-SD document, A Few Steps to Better Data (http://www.ndpc-sd.org/assistance/docs/A_Few_Steps_to_Better_Data.pdf)

Checklist, developed by the National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center (NSTTAC) (Form A http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/checklista.pdf) and recommended for use by OSEP
Extended NSTTAC Form B checklist (http://www.nsttac.org/pdf/checklistb.pdf)
NSTTAC tool developed for data collection and other resources for Indicator 13 (http://www.nsttac.org)

Additional questions from the Post-School Data Collection Question Bank Stage 2: Supplemental Questions to Address Indicator #14, developed by the NPSO Center (http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/Products/QuestionBankWF1.doc)
Community of Practice (CoP): http://www.psocenter.org/cofp.html
OSEP recommended questions in Post-School Data Collection Protocol Stage 1: Recommended Essential Questions to Address Indicator #14, National Post-School Outcomes (NPSO) Center (http://www.psocenter.org/Docs/DataCollstage1final.doc)
Other Resources on Indicator 14 from the National Post-School Outcomes Center (http://www.psocenter.org)
Sampling and response calculators, data collection protocols, and documents and presentations developed by the NPSO Center for Indicator 14 (http://www.psocenter.org/collecting.html#post)
Strategies to increase response rates, as outlined in Collecting Post-School Outcome Data: Strategies for Increasing Response Rates, http://www.ndpc-sd.org/documents/Practice_Guides/Collecting_PSO_Data.pdf