Article
What Works, When, for Whom, and with Whom: A Meta-Analytic Review of Predictors of Postsecondary Success for Students with Disabilities
Review of Educational Research
(2016)
Abstract
Students with disabilities experience poorer post-school outcomes compared with their peers without disabilities. Existing experimental literature on “what works” for improving these outcomes is rare; however, a rapidly growing body of research investigates correlational relationships between experiences in school and post-school outcomes. A meta-analytic review provides means for assessing which experiences show the strongest relationships with long-term outcomes and variability in these relationships by outcome, research design, and population. This article presents a meta-analysis of in-school predictors of postsecondary employment, education, and independent living of youth with disabilities, examining 35 sources and 27 samples (N = 16,957) published from January of 1984 through May of 2010. Predictors showed differing relationships with education versus employment. Some of the least studied predictors, especially those involving multistakeholder collaboration, had larger effects than predictors more typically the focus of correlational research. Implications for future research and practice are considered.
Keywords
- predictors,
- secondary transition,
- in-school outcomes,
- post-school outcomes,
- meta-analysis,
- postsecondary education,
- postsecondary employment,
- independent living
Disciplines
Publication Date
March 1, 2016
DOI
10.3102/0034654315583135
Citation Information
Mason G. Haber, Valerie L. Mazzotti, April L. Mustian, Dawn A. Rowe, et al.. "What Works, When, for Whom, and with Whom: A Meta-Analytic Review of Predictors of Postsecondary Success for Students with Disabilities" Review of Educational Research Vol. 86 Iss. 1 (2016) p. 123 - 162 ISSN: 0034-6543 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/dawn-rowe/21/