COLLEGE PATHWAY DATA February 7, 2014

What’s at stake?  HUGE differences in income depending on level of education  Significant differences in income depending on field of study  New census data

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Guiding Inquiry Through Questions  Is there a group of students you are particularly concerned about?  What are your assumptions about why that group struggles? 

Senior Exit Survey- Student Perception  17 questions, some with multiple parts  Demographic info, future plans, high school experience, extra curricular participation, feelings of self-efficacy  Graduating high school seniors  Spring of senior year  24 high schools – Public, Consortium, & PSAs  Livingston and Washtenaw Counties (17 th year for Washtenaw County, 1 st year for all Livingston County schools)

Response Rates – 77%

Accessing Data  Raw Data (on flash drive)  Paper printout of frequencies for each question  Charts comparing economically disadvantaged kids to all others (paper and PDF)  Online chart generator  Special analysis by request

Frequencies  Number of students who answered each question  Look for:  Number of under $37,000 family income students  Number of over $37,000 family income students

Exit Survey Chart Generator MITeacher.org  Data,  Exit Survey  Login for specific district data, otherwise you can only create county-level charts

Data Dig  Find two pieces of data that help answer your question.

College enrollment by high school cohort College graduation rates Funded by the Michigan College Access Network National Student Clearinghouse

Washtenaw Livingston

Data Dig  Find one piece of data that help answer your question.

MI School Data National Student ClearinghouseData Michigan College/University Transcript Data Student Pathways Data Files

College Remedial Course-Work Classes of Math and Writing State Average Math 2008: 17% 2009: 20% 2010: 21% State Average Writing 2008: 9% 2009: 12% 2010: 12%

Data Dig  Find two pieces of data that help answer your question.  Remedial Coursework  College Enrollment  24 College Credits

FERPA!!!  We MUST protect individually identifiable student information!  This is non-negotiable  Password protect your excel files if they have individual student data in them  Password lock your laptop  Delete files from your computer that you aren’t using  Use secure server space

Student Pathways

Data Dig  Find two pieces of data that help answer your question.

More Questions? Contact Us. Achievement Initiatives Team Washtenaw and Livingston Counties Miteacher.org Naomi Norman, Basia Kiehler, Sarah Devaney, JT Sangsland,