BSE Sends Memo Regarding Postsecondary School Survey – Cohort 3 (February 24, 2019)

On February 19, 2019, Ann Hinkson-Herrmann, PDE Director of the Bureau of Special Education, disseminated a Penn*Link titled State Performance Plan Data Requirements – Postsecondary School Survey – Cohort 3, in reference to the accountability requirements under the IIDEA regarding the secondary transition mandate by which each state is to determine, for the state as a whole, the extent to which students are achieving transition outcomes as stated in their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs) (State Performance Plan – Indicator 14). During the 2017-18 school year, LEAs assigned to target sampling Year 3 completed the exit survey.  The LEAs assigned to PaPOS target sampling Year 3 need to be aware of the following points as they must fulfill the post-survey requirements during the 2018-19 school year:

  • No earlier than one year after the student left school and no later than September 30, 2019, the LEA will need to administer the PaPOS post survey to former students who had an IEP and who graduated, dropped out, or aged out at the end of the 2017-18 school year.  (These former students should have been administered the exit survey in Spring 2018.)  All this information will be entered by the LEA through the Leader Services online system.
  • Intermediate Unit and Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) transition consultants will monitor the LEA’s progress and assist as needed with the PaPOS procedure.
  • The Pennsylvania Department of Education’s Bureau of Special Education will provide training on the implementation and electronic submission of the PaPOS target sampling Year 3 to LEAs via a webinar scheduled for April 17, 2019, from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.  Please register for this webinar at www.pattan.net

For questions about this process, please contact Hillary Mangis, Educational Consultant at the PaTTAN-Pittsburgh Office, at (800) 446-5607, ext. 6878 (inside PA) or via email at [email protected].