6) I keep hearing people talk about Indicator 13 and the Indicator 13 checklist. What are these things?
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was reauthorized on December 3, 2004 and its provisions became
effective on July 1, 2005. In conjunction with the reauthorization, the U. S. Department of Education through the Office of
Special Education Programs required states to develop six-year State Performance Plans in December, 2005 around
20 indicators, on which data will be submitted annually (beginning February 2007) in Annual Performance Reports.
There are four indicators that are related to Transition: Indicators 1, 2, 13 and 14.
Indicator 13 states: Percent of youth aged 16 and above with an individualized education program (IEP) that includes
coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals and transition services that will reasonably enable the student to meet the
post-secondary goals.
The National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center developed a checklist in order to help states collect data
on indicator 13. The two forms (A & B) allow a school, district, or state to review the data for each item simultaneously
across all postsecondary goal areas. The Arkansas Transition Goals and Services part of the IEP were developed in direct
correlation with these checklists.
The checklists can be provided by your consultant.
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