1. Sharing College Readiness Data with Key Stakeholders
Jamie Jacobs
Director of Capacity Building

2. Our Mission
To increase college readiness, participation and completion in Michigan, particularly among low-income students, first-generation college-going students, and students of color.

7. Our Goal
Increase the percentage of Michigan residents with degrees or postsecondary certificates to 60 percent by 2025.

8. Meeting Labor Market Needs
By the year 2020, 70% of the jobs in Michigan will require formal postsecondary education.
The Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce shows how crucial the Big Goal is to our economy. It projects the shortfall of degrees nationally to be 3 million by Further, it’s data shows that by 2020, 70 percent of all jobs will require postsecondary training and degrees.
Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce report, Recovery – Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020

9. Michigan Attainment Rates: Current vs. Need
Level of education for Michigan residents, ages 25-64
2014
2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2014 American Community Survey
Source: Georgetown University Center for Education and the Workforce Recovery Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020

10. MCAN’s Strategies Local College Access Network Development
Advocacy and Leadership
Professional Development
Statewide Initiatives
Coordination and Partnerships

11. Sharing College Readiness data with Key Stakeholders
WHEN?
HOW?
WHAT?
Sharing College Readiness data with Key Stakeholders
WHO?

12. Build a Team College and career readiness IS
central to what it means to prepare students for a successful postsecondary experience
succeed in a credit-bearing entry-level college course at a four-year, two-year college, or in a technical certificate program
without the need to take non-credit-bearing remedial classes
College and career readiness IS NOT
add-on program that a school does in addition to educating its students

13. Who should be on my team Principal
Other senior administrator (e.g., AP, Dean)
Instructional or advisory leadership in each of the core content areas (ELA and Math in particular)
School counselor, college counselor, career advisor
College support partner programs (e.g., College Access Program coordinator or advisor)
District data guru
Key community partners/stakeholders

14. What Will the Team Do Meet regularly
Accurately assess strengths and challenges
Prioritize the most critical needs around college and career readiness
Identify and align resources for the greatest impact
Develop and implement data-minded action plans to better prepare their students for college and career.

15. Where to Begin Coalition of the willing
Some non-negotiable
Collect/gather information to inform discussion
System, school, students
Analyze the data

16. Data Collection Postsecondary Asset Mapping (PSAM)
MCAN Self Assessment
Solution to “that’s the counselor’s job”
Student-level data
College Readiness Indicator System (CRIS)

17. The PSAM Framework
Begins with a full building culture and systems self-assessment
Key Transition Knowledge and Skills
What students in my school are doing to build their knowledge and access to college and career.
Key Content Knowledge
What students in my school are doing to build their content knowledge in the core subject areas
Learning Skills and Techniques
What students in my school are doing to take ownership of their learning and develop their learning skills
Cognitive Skills
What students in my school are doing to develop their critical thinking skills
School-wide Systems
What my school is doing to develop and sustain systems for improving college and career outcomes for our students

18. Key Transition Knowledge and Skills
College admissions requirements and expectations
Different types and kinds of postsecondary institutions (e.g., community, 4-year, state, city)
Career pathways and the gatekeeping and pre-requisite coursework needed
Tuition costs and financial aid options
College-going culture (navigating relationships, understanding expectations, accessing available resources)
Norms, values, and conventions of collaborating and working with peers, professors, co-workers
Expectations of non-remedial level course work

19. Key Content Knowledge Understanding key concepts and big ideas
Mastering different writing genres, structures and formats
Content area literacy

20. Learning Skills and Techniques
Time management
Decision making
Study skills
Self-control and self-monitoring
Setting and tracking goals
Persistence in completing tasks and reaching goals
Student agency over learning

21. Cognitive Skills
Formulating problems, developing hypotheses, and aligned solutions
Conducting research, collecting data, evaluating sources, using internet sources appropriately
Interpreting and analyzing information and data
Communicating in a variety of modes and modalities
Demonstrating precision and accuracy at every step

22. School-wide Systems
Can have a significant impact on a school's programs, policies, and culture
Use of data
Diversity and equity
Family engagement
Partnerships with external organizations
Staff development and support

23. RHHS Self Assessment Staffing and Capacity
Ratio, dedicated college/career counselor, technology
Focus
Counseling vs non counseling, proactive outreach
Professional Development/Training
College-Going Culture and Programs
Team, culture building, programs, data usage

24. Student Data

25. Inputs Demographics 8th grade academic performance
Grades/GPA
Attendance
Standardized tests
9th grade academic performance
Grade promotion

26. Outputs College Entrance Exam Scores/College Readiness Benchmarks
High School Graduation
College credits earned
College Applications
FAFSA Completion
Scholarship Dollars awarded
Acceptances

27. Outcomes College Enrollment Remedial course placement
Mi School Data
National Student Clearinghouse ($)
Remedial course placement
Remedial course performance
College partners

28. Impact
Degree/Certificate completion

30. College Readiness Indicator Systems
Another tool
Brown University, Stanford University, University of Chicago
3 dimensions of CCR
Academic Preparedness
Academic Tenacity
College Knowledge
3 levels
Individual
School
System

31. Data Analysis and Action
What is the data telling us?
Trends, not scientific analysis
1-3 priority areas
Do something!
Lean on external partners for support
Data disaggregation
Student level data

32. Resources PSAM MCAN Self Assessment MiSchoolData MiSSG Portal
MCAN Self Assessment
MiSchoolData
MiSSG Portal
FSA FAFSA Data
CRIS

33. Jamie Jacobs, Director of Capacity Building jamie@micollegeaccess.org
Questions and Contact
Jamie Jacobs, Director of Capacity Building