Students with Disabilities: Better Federal Coordination Could Lessen Challenges in the Transition from High School - This report provides information regarding the transition for students with disabilities out of high school to postsecondary education or the workforce. The authors examine: (1) challenges students with disabilities may face accessing federally funded transition services; and (2) the extent to which federal agencies coordinate their transition activities. To improve the provision of transition services for students with disabilities, GAO recommends that Education, HHS, Labor, and SSA develop an interagency transition strategy that addresses: (1) operating toward common outcome goals for transitioning youth; (2) increasing awareness of available transition services; and (3) assessing the effectiveness of their coordination efforts. (U.S. GAO, July 2012) ...

Post-High School Outcomes of Youth With Disabilities Up to Four Years After High School: A Report From The National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 - This report focuses on youth with disabilities who were out of secondary school. Youth included varied in the length of time they were out of high school, ranging from less than a month to four years post-high school and describes the experiences of youth with disabilities in postsecondary education, employment, residential independence, social and community involvement in their first four years out of high school. (Lynn Newman, Mary Wagner, Renee Caeto, Anne-Marie Knokey, Institute of Education Science, April 2009)...