Supporting Student Success Beyond High School

Effective transition planning is essential for students with disabilities preparing for life after high school. This Postsecondary Transition Assessment form helps special education teams, transition coordinators, and support staff gather comprehensive information about students' interests, strengths, preferences, and goals to create meaningful, individualized transition plans.

Who This Template Is For

This assessment is designed for special education departments, transition specialists, school counselors, and educational agencies serving students age 16 and older who are preparing for postsecondary education, employment, and independent living. Whether you're working in public schools, private programs, or community agencies, this template provides a structured approach to transition assessment that aligns with IEP requirements and best practices.

What Makes This Template Effective

The form includes multiple assessment components in one streamlined workflow:

• Interest inventories that explore career fields, hobbies, and preferred activities
• Aptitude and skills assessments to identify strengths and areas for support
• Work preference surveys covering environment, schedule, supervision, and job type
• Postsecondary education goals including college, vocational training, or alternative pathways
• Independent living readiness questions about daily living skills and support needs
• Agency resource connections to link families with vocational rehabilitation, developmental services, and community supports

By gathering this information digitally through Paperform, you eliminate scattered paperwork, reduce assessment time, and create a centralized record that can be easily shared with IEP teams, families, and transition agencies.

Streamline Transition Planning Workflows

Use Stepper (stepper.io) to automate what happens after each assessment is submitted. Connect your form to your student information system, automatically generate transition planning reports, notify relevant team members, route referrals to appropriate agencies, and schedule follow-up meetings—all without manual data entry.

For students and families who need to provide consent for agency referrals or records release, you can use Papersign (papersign.com) to send electronic signature documents immediately after the assessment, keeping everything connected and compliant.

Built for Privacy and Compliance

Student information is sensitive, and this form is built on Paperform's secure, SOC 2 Type II compliant platform. Control who has access to responses, set up role-based permissions for your team, and ensure that all data handling meets your district's privacy requirements.

Getting Started

This template is ready to use as-is or customize to match your district's specific transition assessment protocols, IEP documentation requirements, or regional agency partnerships. Add your school branding, adjust questions to align with your state standards, and embed the form directly into your school website or student portal for easy access.