1. What is the postschool status of former students with disabilities who received services from Disabled Student Services providers at three public universities?
2. What services provided by DSS program staff at these universities are associated with the recipients’ level of academic performance, postschool employment, and wages earned?
3. What, if any, other academic, social, or personal factors are associated with students with disabilities’ academic performance, postschool employment, job satisfaction, and wages earned?
Instrumentation Research Question
What, if any, statistically significant differences exist between the reliability and validity of web-based and paper-pencil follow-up surveys completed by persons with disabilities?
Project staff presented preliminary findings at the AHEAD 2004 Conference held July 13 - 17 in Miami Beach, Florida; and at the Council for Exceptional Children Conference, held April 5-9, 2005 in Baltimore, MD. Project staff will also present findings at the AHEAD 2005 Conference, which will be held August 2-6, 2005 in Milwaukee, WI.
R305T010527 is funded 100% by the U.S. Department of Education, National Institute for Student Achievement, Curriculum, and Assessment, Field Initiated Studies through the Institute for Educational Sciences for the period 1/1/02 – 12/31/04 @$873,693 total (45.5% indirect). The project received a no-cost extension through 9/30/05. Principal Investigator and Project Director: John Gugerty, Researcher, Center on Education and Work, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
