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National Longitudinal Transition Study-2 (NLTS2)

NLTS2 is a 10-year study of the experiences of young people who were 13 to 16 years old and receiving special education in the 2000-2001 school year. The sample of approximately 12,000 youth is nationally representative of youth with disabilities in that age group as a whole and those in each federal special education disability category.

NLTS2 is describing the characteristics of secondary school students receiving special education and their households; describing their secondary school experiences, including their schools, school programs, related services, and extracurricular activities; identifying the adult services they use after high school; measuring their achievements in and after high school in the education, employment, social, and residential domains; and identifying factors in their secondary school and postschool experiences that contribute to more positive results.

Data are being collected repeatedly through telephone interviews with parents and youth, surveys of school staff while youth are in secondary school, direct assessments of academic skills and knowledge, and collection of transcripts. Analyses of the longitudinal data will identify trends in the experiences and achievements of youth as they age. Comparisons of NLTS2 data with those from the original NLTS will illuminate the ways in which the experiences of youth with disabilities in secondary school and as young adults have changed in the past decade or more.

(U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, 2001-2010)

Key Staff

Principal Investigator: Mary Wagner

Project Co-Directors: Renee Cameto, Lynn Newman

Project Manager: Frances Bergland

Staff: Veronica Arellano, Malissa Balmediano, Jose Blackorby, Josh Cohen, Marion Collins, Elidia Contreras, Peggy Giacalone, Sarah Greene, Anita Groethe, Tracy Huang, Harold Javitz, Roxanne Jones, Anne-Marie Knokey, Phyllis Levine, Camille Marder, Glen Masuda, Mary McCracken, Claire Middleton, Ethan Miller, Laura Neville, Ron Orpitelli, Diane Poole, Christopher Sanford, Meredith Schwarting, Debra Shaver, W. Carl Sumi, Kathryn Valdes, James Van Campen, Cyndi Williamson, Jennifer Yu