From the ECS State Policy Database: Special Education--Transition - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

A Longitudinal Study of Illinois High School Graduates with Disabilities: A Six-Year Analysis of Postecondary Enrollment and Completion - This report follows 7,598 Illinois public high school graduates with disabilities from the Class of 2002 on their journeys through postsecondary education. Students identified themselves as having at least one disability. The students’ higher education enrollment and completion patterns were collected over a six-year period—fall of 2002 through spring of 2008—and compared with the patterns of students without a disability. The results can be used to improve key transition points in the pipeline and reduce disparities that exist between students with disabilities and those without. (Illinois Education Research Council, 2010)...

Preparation for Postsecondary Life for Students with Disabilities - The purpose of this document is to identify collaborative strategies states have implemented to address the needs of students with disabilities whose individual education plan transition services specify postsecondary career and technical education, vocational rehabilitation and/or immediate employment upon departure from secondary school. (Kimberly Sopko, National Association of State Directors of Special education, June 2010)...