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 completion (2) post-secondary education and training, and (3)
employment and earnings after high school. 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 participating in NLTS 2012; (2) postsecondary enrollment
information through the National Student Clearinghouse, (3) student
financial aid data from ED's Federal Student Aid Office (FSA), (4)
employment and earnings data from the Social Security
Administration (SSA); and (5) information about vocational
rehabilitative services and supports youth received from ED'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 an extension of
collection #1850-0882 for Phase II data collection activities. This
submission corrects burden from the previous submission as an
adjustment. This results in an increase in burden and responses of
14,505 responses and 8,897 hours. The total number of responses and
burden are 21,757 responses and 13,545 hours respectively.
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.