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Assessments are REQUIRED for all Individualized Education Plans with Transition Plans.
Assessments are REQUIRED for all Individualized Education Plans with Transition Plans.
While there is no magical number of assessments that need to be administered, teachers should complete as many assessments needed to write their transition plans with fidelity. However, you must have at least one assessment listed for Employment, Independent Living, and either Education (2-4 year degree) or Training (No College/Certificate Program). You can use an assessment in more than one postsecondary area if it assesses different post-secondary competencies.
Use these assessment guides to understand why transition assessments are important for students (linked to the folder embedded in assessment guides)
Virtual Assessments!
Virtual Assessments!
Use the links below to make copies of virtual-friendly assessments. The assessments will be saved to your Google Drive so that you can share with students/parents and access their answers. To share the form, hit "Send" on the top right corner. This will allow you to share the link in an email, or you can click on link (paperclip) icon to get a shareable link. *Do not share the force copy link with your students. You will not have access to their answers if you do.*
Casey Life Skills Youth Level II Assessment (Adapted from CLSA)
Career Cluster Assessment-Pictorial Supports (use with PearDeck for interactivity)
Work Preferences Inventory-Pictorial Supports (use with PearDeck for interactivity)
The following links take you to Google Drive folders of Transition Assessments related to specific areas. These folders are best accessed using an "@cps.edu" email address. If you do not have a CPS email address, CLICK HERE to access all of the assessments below
Teaching younger students? These transitional assessments were designed to be age-appropriate for middle school-aged students.
Need to identify your students' vocational skill sets? Use these assessments to identify vocational abilities, and identify how they relate to students' employment outcomes.
Are your students unsure of where they want to work in the future? Use these assessments to narrow down career fields.
Think you already know about transition assessments? Test yourself with this tool.
Can your students cook for themselves? Balance a budget? Advocate for their rights? Use these assessments to identify their independent living competencies and deficits.
Do you know your students' learning style? Will it coincide with their employment outcome? Use these assessments to identify how your students best learn, and how it may effect their employment in the future.
Are your students non-readers or non-verbal? Use these pictorially supported assessments to gain valuable transition planning information.
Want an assessment that can give you data on more than one post-secondary area? These assessments encompass post-secondary competencies and deficits for several areas.
Parents/Guardians know a lot about their children! Use these assessments and surveys to identify students' strengths/weaknesses as it relates to their home life.
Do your students know their disability label? Can they advocate for themselves? Do they know their rights? Use these assessments to gauge their self-determination skills.
Not sure of how to use assessments or why? Use the guide above to identify how assessments drive your Transition Plan
District-Wide Assessments
District-Wide Assessments
Naviance is a comprehensive K-12 college and career readiness solution that helps districts and schools align student strengths and interests to post-secondary goals, improving student outcomes and connecting learning to life. Below you will see how the Naviance tasks directly align to the Transition Plan. Remember, there's no need to reinvent the wheel! Work with your Naviance counselor to have your students complete tasks, and use these tasks when writing your Transition Plans!
Free Online Assessments
Free Online Assessments
CIS Junior is for middle and early junior high school students. CIS Junior offers an 80 question survey that helps students identify career clusters and occupations they may be interested in exploring. It includes information about job salaries and which high school subjects are needed - all written at the 5th grade reading level.
*Students must create an individual account. Use Option 2 when creating the account
The Career Index is a free tool developed through the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, that gives you an overview of occupations, skills needed, and related occupations. It is a great tool to help you identify industry standards.
*Teachers create an individual account.
O*NET OnLine utilizes tools for career exploration, and also pulls information about various occupations from the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics.
*No account is needed.
Utilizes tools for career exploration within the military.
Casey Life Skills is a free practice tool and framework for working with youth. It assesses independent living skills and instantly provides results in helpful charts and graphs.
*Teachers now must download the Casey Life Skills Toolkit to their computer as a ZIP file. Our team created a tutorial to support educator's use of the new Casey Life Skills format. Click here to access the Casey Life Skills Toolkit Download Tutorial!
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