1. Welcome to the Upward Bound Demonstration Marsha Silverberg, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education Alina Martinez, Abt Associates Tamara Linkow, Abt Associates

2. 2 TODAY 1 Why are we here? 2 What does it mean to participate? 3 What’s happening now and coming soon?

3. College advising Enhance Student enrollment and persistence Improve Knowledge of effective strategies Advance Because we all are willing to try something new that could: Why are we here? 3

4.  Over 200 Upward Bound projects are participating in the Demonstration  White House is making announcement at College Summit in December  Congress has mandated a test of a promising practice Why are we here? 4

5. Implement Find the Fit Support data collection Collaborate and share What does it mean to participate? 5

6.  Research-based guidance and strategies to help students follow a plan, aim high, and explore and target colleges to successfully apply, enroll, and persist  Over 10 different activities, exercises, and handouts for Upward Bound participants to help them choose colleges that are good fit for them  Resources to facilitate communication for staff through an online professional learning community and for participants through a texting platform to remind them about important deadlines and keep them on track What does it mean to participate? Find the Fit 6

7.  Phased rollout with lottery to determine when your project will receive Find the Fit Wave 1 in 2015 / Wave 2 in 2016  Attend all 4 webinars and engage in the learning community  Use the Find the Fit resources and materials What does it mean to participate? Implement Find the Fit 7

8.  Data will be collected this year and next and involve projects in BOTH waves  ALL juniors this year (SY2014-2015) will participate in the study (through their senior year)  Data includes: Student rosters Student surveys Project surveys What does it mean to participate? Data Collection 8

9. What does it mean to participate? Project Data Collection 2014-2015 Summer 2015-2016 FallWinterSpringFallWinterSpring 1 st Student Survey (Jrs) Project Level Survey Rosters of HS Juniors All Projects Wave 2 Only Rosters of HS Juniors All Parent Notification All W2 All 2 nd Student Survey (Srs) All

10.  Share and collaborate, but not with everyone and not right away  Sticking to your wave assignment will maintain the integrity of the study design and ensure we can draw conclusions What does it mean to participate: Shhh… 10

11. October/November 2014  Request for roster of current juniors January-March 2015  Work with us to encourage students to complete online surveys March 2015  Assignment of Wave 1 vs Wave 2 April 2015  Professional development for Wave 1 begins 11 What’s happening now and coming soon?

12. What’s happening now? Roster Collection 2014-2015 Summer 2015-2016 FallWinterSpringFallWinterSpring All Projects Wave 2 Only Rosters of HS Juniors All

13.  Student Name  Student Contact information  Parent information 13 What’s happening now? What we mean by rosters

14.  To create Find the Fit materials, customized to each student  To know who to send study notification letters (parents) and student surveys 14 What’s happening now? Why we need rosters

15.  Project directors received an email request yesterday  Instructions, a roster template, and login information were included And here’s how it works… 15 What’s happening now? Rosters Collection Process

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21. QUESTIONS 21