Illinois High School to College Success Report High School Feedback Reporting In Cooperation with ACT, Inc. Illinois Community College Board Illinois Board of Higher Education Illinois State Board of Education 1

Session Topics  Historical Perspective on High School Feedback Reporting in Illinois.  Legislative Resolution.  Overview of Project Reports.  What the Reports Will Do and Will Not Do.  Overall Illinois Results.  Next Steps. 2

History & Background  20 Years of History.  Centralized Report Prepared by University of Illinois officials working with Public Universities and High Schools.  Community Colleges provided High School Feedback Reports to in-district high schools. Core data elements for these reports were identified at the state level.  Formerly the High School Feedback Report.  Now the Illinois High School-to-College Success Report. 3

History & Background Resolution SJR59  Fulfills the requirements of Senate Joint Resolution No. 59 to develop a new report to further inform schools and districts about their graduates' postsecondary outcomes.  Intended to inform district and State programs aimed at improving student attainment.  Partnership of the 3 education agencies (ICCB, ISBE, and IBHE) and ACT, Inc. 4

Why Pursue the ? Why Pursue the High School to College Success Report?  Each year, more than 65,000 Illinois public high school graduates enroll full-time for the first time in 48 public community colleges and 11 public universities in Illinois.  Accurate and comprehensive data on the academic progress of these students during their first year in higher education provides educators and policymakers with important information. 5

Purpose of Illinois High School to College Success Report  Promote collaborative discussions and decisions.  Inform data-driven decision making.  Support secondary and postsecondary institutions in strengthening an articulated and aligned curriculum.  Support success for all students.  Initial report from the P-20 data system. 6

Components of the Illinois High School to College Success Report  Individual High School Reports.  Individual Community College Reports.  Individual Public University Reports.  State Aggregate Reports for all 3 sectors. 7

Who is Included?  Includes Illinois Public High Schools.  Includes Public Postsecondary Institutions – Community Colleges. Universities.  Does Not include private High Schools.  Does Not include private Colleges and Universities. 8

Who is Included?  Initial Reporting – Fall 2006 (FY07), Fall 2007 (FY08), and Fall 2008 (FY09).  1 st Time, Full Time, Degree Seeking Cohort – Recent High School Graduates.  Retention Component – Returned to same institution – Returned to public higher education. 9

High Schools Receive  Student performance by high school course sequence patterns in math and science.  Average First Year College GPAs by ACT College Readiness Standards score ranges.  Student performance in credit bearing and developmental courses.  Persistence from year one to year two of postsecondary career, as well as persistence at same institution. 10

High Schools Receive  Student performance (GPA) at a 2 or 4-year public postsecondary institutions in Illinois.  How their students performed compared to state average.  College Readiness Benchmark Scores by subject area. 11

Postsecondary Receives  Aggregate data on their enrolled students’ performance in college, as well as the students’ performance in high school.  Data broken down by high school. 12

High School to College Success Report Will do:  Provide information about freshman students attending Illinois public community colleges and public universities. Will not do:  Will not represent 100 percent of Illinois high school graduates – private high schools are excluded.  Will not include information about students attending Illinois private or proprietary higher education institutions.  Will not include information about students attending institutions of higher education outside the state. 13

High School to College Success Report Will do:  Will provide a snapshot of data and information to support dialogue about secondary and postsecondary collaboration. Will not do:  Will not report performance of individual high school students. 14

High School to College Success Report Will do:  Will provide information that can be used to facilitate conversations between secondary and postsecondary educators and policymakers.  Will serve as a useful component of formative evaluation. Will not do:  Will not allow readers to draw definitive conclusions about the performance of individual high schools and/or postsecondary institutions. 15

Overall Illinois Results  The report compares scores earned on the ACT exam to grades earned in first-year college courses among Illinois public high school graduates who took the Prairie State Achievement Exam and went on to enroll full-time at Illinois public community colleges and public four-year universities.  High school graduates who took a college preparatory curriculum performed better on the ACT exam, earned higher grades in first-year courses at community colleges and were less likely to placement test into developmental courses, on average, than those who did not. 16

Overall Illinois Results  Report findings point to the importance of taking a core college preparatory curriculum in high school (minimally 4 years of English and 3 years each of mathematics, science, and social studies) to help students succeed in first-year college coursework.  To position themselves for success in college and in the workforce, all high school students should take college- preparatory courses and follow a rigorous college-oriented curriculum. 17

Overall Illinois Results  Illinois graduates who took the recommended core curriculum were more likely than those who did not, to earn a college freshman grade point average (GPA) of 2.50 or above in both mathematics and science—the two subject areas in which students are least likely to show college readiness on the ACT exam.  Students who tested into developmental courses generally earned lower grades than students overall in both high school and the first year of college. 18

Next Steps  ICCB, ISBE, and IBHE will disseminate reports to participating public secondary and postsecondary institutions.  Reports on ICCB and IBHE websites for public viewing.  ISBE has designated the Illinois Interactive Report Card (IIRC) as the location for Individual High School Reports.  Local collaboration between secondary and postsecondary partners on a media plan and strategies is encouraged. 19

Next Steps  Educators receive additional information to review curriculum, standards, and expectations and to make revisions when appropriate to improve student success.  Parents and stakeholders receive information on college and career readiness to support conversations with secondary and postsecondary institutions and groups.  Policymakers receive additional data to make policy decisions to support the collaboration between secondary and postsecondary institutions as well as the alignment between secondary and postsecondary standards and expectations. 20

Session Topics  Historical Perspective on High School Feedback Reporting in Illinois.  Legislative Resolution.  Overview of Project Reports.  What the Reports Will Do and Will Not Do.  Overall Illinois Results.  Next Steps. 21

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