The Final Frontier:
Tracking High School Students
Into College
Presented by:
Joseph P. Stern
Program Administrator
Ellen Moore
Administrative Coordinator
Student Data Services
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
LIASCD Fall Conference
October 15, 2010
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The Final Frontier: Tracking High School
Graduates in College
This presentation will explain a process that supports the
expectation for districts to evaluate how their high school
graduates do in college, informing New York State’s P-16
Initiatives.
We will discuss how all Suffolk districts participated in a
project to gather data, create reports, and assemble
questions that focus on the issues.
Information regarding quick, inexpensive and comprehensive
collection of data will be provided. Report suggestions will be
shared as well as a list of questions that might be asked by
districts around these data.
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69 Public School Districts
55 with high schools
School district sizes range from 13 students to 17,158 students
3 island school districts
2,373 square miles
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Suffolk at-a-glance *
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1.52 million residents; 2,373 square miles
Racial/Ethnic:
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83.6% White
7.4% African American
3.4% Asian/Pacific Islander
5.6% Other/Multi-Racial
13% Hispanic/Latino
Suffolk Students come from 117 Countries
Median household income – $85,091
5.6% of population below poverty
Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+ 27.5%
* U.S. Census 2009,2008
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Suffolk at-a-glance *
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4,822 twins
235 triplets
21 quadruplets
1 sextuplets
25 students named “Unique”
* 2009-2010 Data Warehouse
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If Suffolk County Were a State
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39 Nebraska 1,758,787
SUFFOLK COUNTY 1,518,475
40 Idaho 1,429,096
41 Maine 1,321,505
42 New Hampshire 1,309,940
43 Hawaii 1,275,194
44 Rhode Island 1,076,189
45 Montana 935,670
46 Delaware 843,524
47 South Dakota 775,933
48 Alaska 663,661
49 North Dakota 636,677
50 Vermont 623,050
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Eastern
Suffolk
BOCES
Syracuse
City
Suffolk
Data
Warehouse
317, 407
Student
Demographic
records
Non-public
Schools
Western
Suffolk
BOCES
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Eastern
Suffolk
BOCES
Syracuse
City
18 school districts
Suffolk
Data
Warehouse
51 school districts;
2 charter schools
Non-public
Schools
Western
Suffolk
BOCES
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25,015
Student
Demographic
records
Syracuse
City
Eastern
Suffolk
BOCES
Suffolk
Data
Warehouse
Non-public
Schools
123 schools
Western
Suffolk
BOCES
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Race To The Top for High Schools
High school has a new mission. No longer is it
enough just to graduate students, or even prepare
them for college. Schools must now show how they
increase both college enrollment and the number
of students who complete at least a year of
college. In other words, high school must now
focus on grade 13.
New York Times
OP-ED Contributors 12/22/09
High School’s Last Test
By J.B. Schramm and E. Kinney Zalesne
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A New Standard for Proficiency:
College Readiness
In the past, we defined Proficiency in relation to grade
level standards. Such a definition did not provide
children, families, and the schools that serve them with
an indication of whether students were on a trajectory for
college success.
Now, we will redefine Proficiency for students in New
York State to mean that a student is on track to succeed
in college without the need for remediation.
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Students Earning Associate and
Vocational Degrees
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The number of students earning degrees and certificates from
community colleges is 25 percent higher than it was a little more
than a decade ago.
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The number of students earning awards from for-profit vocational
schools rose more than 50 percent.
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Most of the overall increase has been driven by women and
particularly women who are members of minority groups, seeking
accreditation in the health-care industry.
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The number of women earning awards beneath bachelor’s level
increased by 31 percent, compared with 24 percent for men.
National Center for Education Statistics, 1997 to 2007
Education Week, December 2, 2009 – page 5
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Students Earning Associate and
Vocational Degrees
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Nearly a third of all certificates and associate degrees awarded in
2007 were in health care, which was a 68 percent increase over that
sector’s share in 1997. The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates
that six of the top 10 fastest-growing occupations require
postsecondary education below the bachelor’s level, with five of
those occupations in medical fields.
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In 2007, Hispanic students earned 74 percent more overall awards
and 88 percent more associate degrees than they did in 1997.
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More than half of postsecondary awards earned by Hispanic
students in 2007, were below the bachelor’s level.
National Center for Education Statistics, 1997 to 2007
Education Week, December 2, 2009 – page 5
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10 Masters of the New Universe
The demand that majors translate into jobs
is changing the classroom.
The New York Times
Education Life
Sunday, January 3, 2010
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10 Masters of the New Universe
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Narrative Medicine – listening to
patients to treat the whole person
not just the illness
Homeland Security – executives
are schooled in the ways of
domestic and international
terrorism to fill a security void
Cybersecurity – computer-security
experts
Urban environment –
sustainability, examining issues
affecting cities
Sustainable Cultures – preserving
the physical environment for
coming generations
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Education Leadership- leading
large-scale change and
overseeing operations
Cars of the Future – nearly $40
million in federal stimulus funds for
battery and electric car education
was announced in August
Construction Management –
financing, estimating, cost control,
labor negotiations and project
planning
Specialized M.B.A.s – church
management and pastoral ministry
New Media – social networking
and communication
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Let’s Look at some
Statistics
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NSC College Data
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National Student Clearinghouse
http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/
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The StudentTracker Reports
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Which of your students went to college?
Where did they enroll?
Did they graduate?
StudentTracker for High Schools answers
these questions and more by matching your
records against the National Student
Clearinghouse’s database.
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Let’s look
at some
Cognos Reports
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Number of Districts Participating
in Optional Levels of School Data Bank
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2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010
Intro
Full
Deluxe
Total
Student Data Services
Ellen Moore, Administrative Coordinator
Andrew K. Setzer, Divisional Administrator
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Joe Stern, Program Administrator
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Measures of Success
 Long-term
results of our efforts
 Career and College Readiness
 Performance Measures of
targeted programs
 Counselor reflection on case-load
outcomes
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Measures
 Degree completion
 4 year graduation
 Enrollment in second year
 5 -6 year graduation
 Graduate enrollment/degrees
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What Will Districts Need
for Success?
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provide data- related professional development
analyze evidence of each student’s progress in
mastering skills and knowledge at the
appropriate grade level
implement a comprehensive assessment system
comprised of formative, interim, and summative
assessment strategies that are aligned with
rigorous college and career-ready standards
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Links
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Commissioner’s Press Release 7/28/10
http://www.oms.nysed.gov/press/PressConferencePresentationUPDATEDAM07_28.pdf
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ACT Graduation/Retention Information
http://www.act.org/research/policymakers/pdf/10retain_trends.pdf
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Data Quality Campaign
http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/
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National Student Clearinghouse
http://www.studentclearinghouse.org/highschools/default.htm
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Contact Information
Joe Stern
jstern@esboces.org
631-419-1676
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Ellen Moore
emoore@esboces.org
631-419-1688
http://datacentral.esboces.org
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Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Board and Administration
President – Pamela Betheil
Vice President – Lisa Israel
Member and Clerk – Fred Langstaff
Walter Wm. Denzler, Jr.
Stephen Dewey, Ph.D.
Chris Garvey
William Hsiang
Members
Susan Lipman
Joseph LoSchiavo
Anne Mackesey
William K. Miller
Jeffrey Smith
Sandra Townsend
Andrew T. Wittman, Jr.
John Wyche
Chief Operating Officer
Gary D. Bixhorn
Deputy Superintendent
Julie Davis Lutz, Ph.D. – Educational Services
Associate Superintendent
Barbara M. Salatto – Management Services
Assistant Superintendent
R. Terri McSweeney, Ed.D. – Human Resources
Administrative Council
Marilyn H. Adsitt – Education and Information Support Services
Keith Anderson – Building Services
Robert Becker – Special Education
Andrea Grooms – Communications, Research and Recruitment
Maureen Kaelin – Business Services
Colleen Lipponer – Administrative Services
Dean T. Lucera – Career, Technical and Adult Education
Grant Nelsen – Technology Integration
Jeanne K. Weber – Regional Information Center
Candace White-Ciraco, Ed.D. – Planning and Program Improvement
Eastern Suffolk BOCES does not discriminate against any employee, student, applicant for employment, or candidate for enrollment on the basis of gender, race, color,
religion or creed, age, national origin, marital status, disability, or any other classification protected by law. For further information or concerns regarding this statement,
please contact the Eastern Suffolk BOCES Department of Human Resources at (631) 687-3029.
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