Postsecondary Outcome Data for Students with Disabilities

Collecting Postsecondary Outcome Data

Students to Survey (Flash #203)

The Postsecondary Status (PSTS) file is used by LEAs to submit postsecondary outcome data to CALPADS for students who have exited secondary education in the prior school year. In Fall 2, postsecondary outcomes are collected for career technical education (CTE) completers, and in End-of-Year (EOY) 4, outcomes are collected for students with disabilities (SWD) who exited secondary education in the prior year. For SWD, LEAs should survey students 12 months after exiting secondary education, which will be sometime during June and July of the following year.

How to Submit Data

Student Survey

Overview of SWD Data Elements Submitted on PSTS File (Data Guide)

The survey that LEAs send to students must include statuses that can be mapped into a code in the CALPADS Postsecondary Status code set.

The table below represents the student-related data elements associated with the student postsecondary status data which may be submitted or updated through the PSTS file, in batch or online in for CTE students, or through the API for SWD. Technical staff should refer to the CALPADS File Specifications for a complete list of the data elements required for submission of the PSTS File.

Field Number	Data Element Public Name	Definition	Comment
17.09	Local Special Education Student ID	A unique identifier assigned to a student by a Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) or State Operated Program (SOP), the identifier may or may not be the same as the identifier in the local student information system.	This field is only required when submitting data for special education (Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 – Special Education).
17.10	Reporting SELPA	A unique identifier assigned by the California Department of Education Special Education Division to each Educational Service Institution serving as a Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA).	This field is only required when submitting data for special education (Education Program Participation Type Code = 30 – Special Education).
17.11	Education Program Participation Type Code	A coded value representing the education program that the student last participated in prior to completing grade 12. Codes include: 10 – California Partnership Academy 20 – Career Technical Education 30 – Special Education	This is a required field.
17.12	Postsecondary Status Code	A coded value representing the student's postsecondary status after exiting secondary education.	This is a required field.