Post-School Outcome (PSO) data provide insights into education and employment activities for students who received special education services in high school. PSO data in Kentucky plays a vital role in improving services and supports for students with disabilities as they transition from high school to adult life. Publicly sharing statewide data ensures accountability and encourages collaboration among educators, families, and community partners.
These tables show education categories on the left, crossed with employment categories across the top, for all of the Kentucky respondents to the Youth One Year Out interview. You can filter by year, gender, disability category, manner of exiting high school, and ethnicity (for ethnicity, you can select multiple categories). Click View Report at top right after you make your selection.
For example, if you want to know how many females with a specific learning disability were attending a 2 or 4-year college and also competitively employed, you would select “Female’ from the Gender drop-down menu, “Specific Learning Disability” from the Disability Category drop-down menu, and click “View Report”. Then look at the top left table cell where “Higher Education” crosses with “Competitively Employed”, and you will see the total number of people in that category (and the percent it represents of all females with a specific learning disability).
If you have an account with KYPSO and would like to see more detailed reports for your Special Education Regional Technical Assistance Center (SERTAC) or District, please log in to access our Data Collection & Reporting site.
Monitor Outcomes: Tracks what students with IEPs are doing one year after exiting high school—such as employment, postsecondary education, or training.
Inform Policy and Practice: Helps the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and local school districts evaluate the effectiveness of transition services.
Meet Federal Requirements: Fulfills Indicator 14 reporting under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).
Support Continuous Improvement: Schools and districts use the data to identify strengths and areas for growth in transition planning and programming.
Promote Transparency: Publicly sharing the data ensures accountability and encourages collaboration among educators, families, and community partners.
Data Collection Tool: The Youth One Year Out (YOYO) interview, administered by KYPSO
Target Population: Students with IEPs who exited high school the previous year
Timeline: Surveys are conducted between April 1 and August 31
Reporting: Results are analyzed and submitted annually in the State Performance Plan/Annual Performance Report (SPP/APR) to the U.S. Department of Education. KYPSO also compiles a statewide annual report each year.
Support: KYPSO offers technical support to school districts as they conduct the YOYO interview. Contact us at information@kypso.org. Visit our Guidance for Educators webpage for additional information about the YOYO.
In Kentucky, the reporting requirement for Indicator 14—which tracks post-school outcomes for youth with disabilities—is fulfilled through a structured data collection and analysis process led by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) in partnership with the Kentucky Post School Outcomes Center (KYPSO).
Indicator 14 reports the percent of youth with IEPs who are no longer in secondary school and are:
A. Enrolled in higher education within one year of leaving high school
B. Enrolled in higher education or competitively employed
C. Enrolled in higher education, competitively employed, or in other education/training or employment settings
Kentucky sets specific targets for each sub-indicator (14 A, B, and C) each year. Targets for 2025 YOYO:
Target for Indicator 14A: 19.1%
Target for Indicator 14B: 55.4%
Target for Indictor 14C: 68.4%
Districts are evaluated on whether they meet these benchmarks.