Resources for Student Success: P-16 Elaine Yandle-Roth for Christine Tell

Gear Up Federal grant supported network with 16 school clusters (with 1+ middle, high and OUS/postsecondary institution) Goal – To ensure that Oregon’s low income middle and high school students are prepared for, pursue and succeed in postsecondary ed. To provide meaningful academic enrichment activities that result in systemic school improvement.

Provides -- Scholarships for Gear Up Students Professional development for teachers Outreach and college partnerships (mentoring, tutoring, visits, advising, exposure to areas of study—engineering) Community & Parent Involvement Student Academic Development

PASS Admission to an OUS university, students will need to demonstrate their knowledge and skill in six academic content areas: –English, –mathematics, –science, –second languages, –visual and performing arts, and –social science. For details of standards for entry into OUS institutions see

The First Year Study- What We Learned---OUS & CC’s Standards do count: The better you do the better you do. –Of the 34% of students who entered OUS in 2001, met GPA req. but not 10 th grade benchmark in MTH, GPAs were (Of the 66% who did meet or exceed MTH standard their OUS GPA was ) –College students with 1 st year GPA’s this far below 2.5 have only a 40% probability of graduating 6 years later.

Lesson—Continue to prepare Don’t waste the senior year. What they can do…

Partnership to Link P-16 Data Pilot –K-12, OUS, CC’s Oregon Student Record Send, receive and use data