SherRon Marcek

Summary of the Article Titled: Enhancing Transition Outcomes: A Toolkit to Facilitate Data-Driven Pre-Employment Transition Services

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This article presents a solution to a persistent challenge in vocational rehabilitation: the lack of practical tools to evaluate the effectiveness of Pre-Employment Transition Services (Pre-ETS). Since the passage of WIOA in 2014, states have been required to allocate 15% of their VR funds to these services, yet many lack the means to measure outcomes. The Transition Readiness Toolkit (TRT) was developed to address this gap, providing a way for providers and agencies to track student growth.

Summary of the Article Titled: Continuous Improvement in State Vocational Rehabilitation: A Demonstration and Call to Action

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This article explores how State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies (SVRAs), which help people with disabilities prepare for employment, can benefit from a new approach to evaluating their services. While SVRAs collect extensive data, much of it focuses on oversight and administrative reporting—not on systematic measures of change resulting from services.