National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)

Key Staff: Mary Wagner, Lynn Newman, Renée Cameto (SRI)

Research Questions: NLTS2 covers a broad range of issues relevant to the transition of students with disabilities:

1. Youth and household characteristics
2. School characteristics (e.g. school climate, policies, family involvement practices)
3. School programs (e.g. program participation, course taking, IEPs, transitions)
4. Access to services
5. Benefits (e.g. health insurance, etc.)
6. Related services
7. Family involvement
8. Use of accommodations, adaptations, enrichments or compensations
9. Results while in school (e.g., academic, functional, responsibility and independence)
10. Adult services and supports (e.g. access, benefits programs, employment related services)
11. Results after secondary school (postsecondary education, employment, personal-social-community adjustment)

Design: NLTS-2 involves five waves of data collection using three main data collection components: (1) telephone interviews with parents and youth who are capable of completing a phone interview; (2) direct assessments and in-person interviews with youth while they are in secondary school; and collection of school data (e.g., surveys of teachers, special education teachers, principals). Data analyses are conducted as each wave of data is completed, with the final year of the 10-year project being devoted to comprehensive analyses of the full longitudinal data set.

Duration: 60 months (January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2011)

Cost: $19,511,654

Reports: Reports are posted at http://ies.ed.gov/ncser/pubs/ and http://www.nlts2.org/products.html.