1. Objectives
Describe the university community partnerships to support P-12 access to higher education.
Demonstrate the effectiveness of community based participatory research in developing strategies to address educational and social needs.
Discuss action plans developed from five structured focus groups that address issues in access to education.

2. Partnerships for Success: Central Indiana’s P-20 Community Alliance
Vision:
Success for every learner from cradle to career linking inextricably the improvement of educational outcomes and economic development and well being of the entire community.
Mission:
Our mission is to provide needed support for individuals in central Indiana to:
Enter school healthy and ready to learn.
Advance successfully through elementary and secondary education.
Graduate from high school.
Graduate from college and enter a career.

3. Goals for the P-20 Community Alliance
Define and increase reading and math literacy.
Fine tune the 21st Century Scholars Program.
Develop commitment to the common goal to increase high school graduation rates.
Promote coordination of all state agencies to address early childhood issues.
Mobilize human and fiscal resources to improve health and safety standards for early childhood education.
Provide internships for experiential learning with pay.

4. Process for Effective Engagement
Reciprocity among partners.
Relevant programming.
Program flexibility.
Program accountability.
Coalition of Urban Serving Universities

5. P-20 Community Alliance Six Working Groups
Prepare Children for School (Birth to grade 3).
Support Students In and Out of School (all ages and grades).
Help students succeed academically (Grades 4-8).
Encourage and Enable Students to Enroll in College (Grades 9-12).
Post Secondary Transitions and Further Education (Grades 13-14).
Pathways to Citizenship, Leadership, and Careers (Grade 15 and beyond).

6. P-20 Council
Groups co-chaired by community representative and university faculty.
Priorities set by working groups.
Performance indicators identified by working groups.
Monthly meetings for each group.
Development of a program database to address P-20 priorities.

7. State Dropout and Graduation Rate 2006-2008
Indiana Department of Education Graduation Data
Year
Class of 2008
Class of 2007
Class of 2006
Dropout - Undetermined
10.3%
11.9%
11.2%
Graduation Rate 4 years or less
77.8%
76.4%
76.1%
Still in School
8.5%
7.3%
7.6%
GED
1.6%
2.7%
3.2%
Course Completion Certificate
0.6%
0.7%
Special Education Certificate
1.2%
1.0%
1.1%

8. Overview of Data Indiana’s Existing Education System K-12 English and Math Skills
Goal: Significantly increases the numbers of students who succeed academically
Current Indicators
Desired Outcomes
ISTEP percentage pass both English and Math across all tested grades (based on average across all public Marion County Schools, excluding charter)
56.50% of Children
Increase numbers of students who pass both English and Math sections of Indiana Standardized Tests that are currently under development (state average). TBD by network
*2006 data; ** 2003 data; otherwise 2007 data

9. High School
Goal: Significantly increase the numbers of students who graduate and enter a career.
Current Indicators
Desired Outcomes
Not attending school and not working
9% of teenagers
Reduce drop-out rates TBD by network
Drop out of High school
Graduation rate (in 4 years, based on IDOE’s current definition of graduation rate, across all county public schools, excluding charter schools)
71.90% of teenagers
Increase graduation rates TBD by network
Rates of expulsion per 1000 student in school
10.1 of 1000
Decrease expulsion rates TBD by network
Rates of out-of-school suspension per 1000 students in school
216.1 of 1000
Decrease suspension rates TBD by network
Goal: Significantly increases the numbers of students who enroll in college
Current Indicators
Desired Outcomes
Percentage of graduates pursuing higher education (Across all county public schools, excluding charter schools
78.60% of graduates
Increase percentage of students enrolling in post-secondary education TBD by network
*2006 data; ** 2003 data; otherwise 2007 data

10. Anticipated funders and existing partnership
Health/Social Support
Goal: Significantly increases the numbers of students who are supported in and out of school.
Current Indicators
Desired Outcomes
Children with access to medical and dental care ()
61% ()**
Health tracking system
Overweight children
16% compared to 15% Nat’l Avg **
Decrease number of overweight children-TBD by network
Goal: Significantly increase the numbers of students who are supported in and out of school.
Anticipated funders and existing partnership
Desired Outcomes
Community Foundation
Funding coordination by the Central Indiana Community Foundation
Lumina Foundation
United Way (Bridges to Success, Success by 6, Ready to Learn, Ready to Earn)
Indianapolis Mayor’s funding
TechPoint Foundation
Lilly Endowment
Annie E. Casey Foundation
*2006 data; ** 2003 data; otherwise 2007 data

11. Workforce
Goal: Meet the needs of changing workforce with 21st Century skills
Current Indicators
Desired Outcomes
Over 25 with high school degree
81.60% of adults
Increase percentage TBD by network
Over 25 with Bachelors degree or higher
21.40% of adults
Increase percentage TBD by network
*Ages not working and not attending school and no degree beyond high school.
19% of adults
Decrease percentage TBD by network
In, 960,000 to 1.2 million people have a literacy level below minimum standard required for successful employment. (2008)
TBD by network
*2006 data; ** 2003 data; otherwise 2007 data

12. Outcomes From Working Groups
Preparing Children for School
Strengths: Awareness of importance, professional development for early childhood educators, quality early child care.
Challenges: Lack of systematic regulation, fragmented resource system to support the work.
Support Children In and Out of School
Strengths: Community schools model, Learning Well, Ready by 21, Summer Learning, after school initiatives.
Challenges: Central access to data for tracking indicators and program outcomes. Effective and efficient delivery of sustainable services in communities.
Help Students Succeed Academically
Strengths: Magnet programs, excellent public libraries, Indy Parks, community centers.
Challenges: Troubled urban schools, poverty, access to safe environments. City’s focus has been building and supporting sports venues.

13. Outcomes Continued: Encourage and Enable Students to Enroll in College
Strengths: 21st Century Scholars program, Upward Bound, Access and Success.
Challenges: Low high school graduation rates, inaccurate reporting of data, lack of expectation, lower than desired 4-year graduation rate from college, management of financial resources.
Post Secondary Transitions and Further Education
Strengths: Business community interested, support from Indiana Higher Education Commission related to state university funding formulas.
Challenges: Low income students need to work, many students academically underprepared, lack of community understanding of challenges presented to educators.
Pathways to Citizenship, Leadership and Careers
Strengths: Community College and University career placement programs, emphasis on internship and experiential learning throughout the college experience, service learning experiences.
Challenges: Need to identify measures of success, avert the brain drain, track outcomes of experiential and service learning.

14. Conclusions - Next Steps
Evidenced Based Decision Making
Community level outcomes – Report Card and Baseline Indicators.
Identify benchmarks for the six working groups
Determine challenges to be overcome in getting a comprehensive data management infrastructure.
Identify methodology for identifying priority strategies from the baseline data.

15. Conclusions - Next Steps
Collaboration and Capacity Building
Create a network of providers around the selected priority.
Narrow the initial focus to 1-3 priorities for each subgroup.
Develop and implement action plans.
Provide the resources to monitor implementation and assure quality of services.
Integrate academic and partner data at the student level to provide evidence based decision making and action planning.