The National Longitudinal Transition
Study 2012 (NLTS 2012) is the third in a series of studies being
conducted by the U.S. Department of Education (ED), with the goal
of describing the characteristics, secondary school experiences,
transition, and outcomes of youth who receive special education
services under IDEA. Phase II of NLTS 2012 will utilize high school
and post-high school administrative records data to collect
information in three broad areas important to understanding
outcomes for youth with disabilities: (1) high school course-taking
and outcomes, (2) post-secondary outcomes, and (3) employment and
earnings outcomes. Phase II collected information will build on a
survey of a nationally representative set of students with and
without IEPs from Phase I of the study to address the following
questions: • To what extent do youth with disabilities who receive
special education services under IDEA make progress through high
school compared with other youth, including those identified for
services under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act? For students
with disabilities, has high school course taking and completion
rates changed over the past few decades? • Are youth with
disabilities achieving the post-high school outcomes envisioned by
IDEA, and how do their college, training, and employment rates
compare with those of other youth? • How do these high school and
postsecondary experiences and outcomes vary by student
characteristics, including their disability category, age, sex,
race/ethnicity, English Learner status, income status, and type of
high school attended (including regular public school, charter
school, career/technical school, special education school, or other
State or Federally-operated institution)? The NLTS 2012 sample
includes 21,959 students ranging in age from 13 to 21 in December
2011. The sample was selected to include sufficient number of
students in each of the 12 federally defined disability categories,
and adequate number of students without disabilities, including
both students with a Section 504 plan and students with neither an
IEP nor a Section 504 plan. To meet the study’s objective, data
will be collected from the following sources: (1) school district
administrative records, including transcripts, from districts that
participated in NLTS 2012; (2) postsecondary enrollment information
through the National Student Clearinghouse, (3) employment and
earnings data from the Social Security Administration (SSA); and
(4) information about vocational rehabilitative services and
supports youth received from the Department’s Rehabilitative
Services Administration (RSA). Data collection activities expected
to result in public burden are the collection of administrative
data from school districts and requests for consent from sample
members and their parents.
This is a reinstatement with
change of #1850-0882. This is for the second phase of the National
Longitudinal Transition Study 2012. The reduction in burden is due
to phase 1 being complete.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.
1850-0882 NLTS 2012 Phase II Change Worksheet 7-15-2016 signed.pdf
Response to OMB comments on NLTS 2012 Phase II_18500882_5-27-2016.docx
1850-0882 AttachmentF_NLTS2012_Confidentiality_Affidavit.doc
National Longitudinal Transition Study 2012 Phase II