# Transition Assessment

### At-a-glance

##### Topics
Transition

##### Resource Types
Excerpts

##### Author
Colleen A. Thoma, Ph.D., & Ronald Tamura, Ph.D

Deciding what to do after high school can be particularly challenging for students with disabilities. Read this introductory chapter for a look at transition and transition assessment, formal versus informal assessments, alternative and/or performance-based assessments, and transition as a backward design process.

[Read the excerpt](/content/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Thoma-transition-assessment.pdf)