Transition Assessment Guide

This guide is designed to help educators and transition planning teams better understand, select, and use transition assessments to support students with IEPs as they prepare for life after high school.

Transition assessments help uncover a student's preferences, interests, needs, and strengths (PINS) through collecting valuable data. This information shapes the Postsecondary Transition Plan (PTP) and ensures the Individualized Education Program (IEP) is tailored to each student’s unique goals.

This Guide Will Help You:

• Understand what transition assessment is and why it matters

• Include students and their families into the transition assessment process

• Choose assessments that fit each student’s needs

• Use results to inform the IEP and PTP for transition planning

• Incorporate culturally responsive and student-centered practices

• Support students in building the skills and supports they need for future success

Transition planning in Wisconsin begins by age 14 and continues until the student exits high school. It is a collaborative process involving the student, family, educators, and various transition partners (ie, services systems, community organizations, employers, etc)

This guide is grounded in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and includes tools and resources based on evidence-based, research-based, promising, and local practices.

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