Lynn Newman

The purpose of this study was to explore factors associated with positive transition outcomes from high school to postsecondary life for students who are both English learners (ELs) and have a disability. Research suggests these students face multiple barriers to postsecondary success, but few studies have identified the challenges or successes these students experience during this transition. By addressing this gap in knowledge, this project team aimed to inform the development or the modif...

Identifying promising programs, policies, and interventions that can improve outcomes for deaf and hard-of-hearing students during and after high school remains a challenge for researchers and practitioners. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers would benefit from an improved understanding of the kinds of instructional programs and settings, learning supports, supplemental and related services, and accommodations that can improve the high school and post-high school outcomes of deaf a...

Students with disabilities face significant obstacles in making successful transitions to college. Not only do students with disabilities continue to face challenges to learning as they move into college, only 28 percent of postsecondary students with disabilities disclose their disabilities to their colleges, and thus may not receive the types of supports they received in the K-12 system. Previous research has demonstrated that college interventions designed to help at-risk students in the ...

Identifying promising programs, policies, and interventions that can improve outcomes for students with disabilities during and after high school remains a challenge for researchers and practitioners. Practitioners, policymakers, and researchers would benefit from an improved understanding of the kinds of instructional programs and settings, learning supports, supplemental and related services, and accommodations can improve the high school and post-high school academic engagement and achiev...