ZZZZZZ, Research & Assessment ABC District School Board Adult and Continuing Education Contributes to Board Achievement Levels A Fictional Report XXXXX , Principal YYYYY, Vice Principal ZZZZZZ, Research & Assessment

Research Questions or Hypothesis What is the contribution of Continuing Education to the Board's goal of credit accumulation and an increased graduation rate? What are students’ reasons for choosing to take courses through Continuing Education? Hypotheses Continuing Education makes a significant contribution to the Board's goal of credit accumulation and increased graduation rates. Students will have a variety of reasons for taking courses through Continuing Education including the benefit of focusing on one course at a time, (and/or?) to free up time in their day school timetables.  Note: Research questions or Hypothesis can be included. Not required to include both.

Methodology Initial discussion occurred with board researcher Literature Review completed Data on credits and diplomas granted were collected from student management system Survey created, distributed, collated and analyzed Conclusions, suggested program changes and recommendations were formed

Findings: Course Credit Granted # of Credits Thanks to the Thames Valley DSB for use of their charts. Conclusions, actions and recommendations are entirely fictional and not based on these findings. About 10% of the total secondary school credits granted were granted by A. A. C. E. during the period. Of these, the majority were earned through Wheable Adult and Con ED

Findings: Graduates # of Students Thanks to the Thames Valley DSB for use of their charts. Conclusions, actions and recommendations are entirely fictional and not based on these findings. About 10% of the graduates graduated from A. A. C. E.

Qualitative Findings: Focus Groups Key findings on why students attend night school classes: Students were unable to fit specific course into their timetable during the day. Students were upgrading or earning a required pre-requisite course for entry into college or university program. Students were one credit short of the required number of credits required for graduation. Fictional Material

Conclusions Adult and Continuing Education Programs have a significant positive impact on the board’s credit accumulation rate and graduation rate. Students’ reasons for attending vary. Therefore it is possible that other specific courses could be offered that would increase the board credit accumulation rate and graduation rate. Fictional Material

Resulting Impact or Change on Program Delivery Course offerings at night school will be reviewed to meet students’ needs with the goal of increasing graduation rates Fictional Material

Recommendations (Next Steps) Further research is required to determine if there is a correlation between the reason a student takes a night school course and their success in the course A review of secondary school timetables is required to determine if day school timetables can be better structured to meet course needs of their students Further research will occur to determine if other courses should be offered to meet the needs of the adult student population Fictional Material