Indicator+13

Under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 ( IDEA ), Part B State Performance Plan, states are required to develop a six-year plan to measure their work towards federally identified Indicators of compliance and performance, designed to improve the education of students with disabilities.

Indicator 13 is one of the 20 State Performance Plan ( SPP ) Indicators, and focuses on the development of IEP s that meet transition requirements, including coordinated, measurable, annual IEP goals that will reasonably enable students to meet post-secondary outcomes. In Pennsylvania, Indicator 13 is measured by percent of students, age 14 and above, with IEP s that meet the above transition requirements. Indicator 13 is measured through cyclical monitoring. The established target for Indicator 13 is 100% compliance.

Additional SPP Indicators that directly related to students engaged in secondary transition include Indicators 1, 2, 8, and 14.

In order to assist local education agencies ( LEA s), and comprehensive career and technical education centers ( CTC s) with meeting these accountability requirements, PaTTAN and Intermediate Unit Transition Consultants provide targeted and sustained training and technical assistance in developing and implementing effective secondary transition plans. Beginning with the 2013 – 14 school year, each LEA or CTC is assigned to one of six cohorts, each cohort active for one year. Those LEA s and CTC s assigned for the upcoming cohort are notified in by June of each year. ([|www.pattan.net])

**2015-2016 Cohort Districts**
**-Armstrong School District** **-Indiana Area School District** **-Lenape Technical School**