1. A WAY TO FAMILY WAGE JOBS GED 2014 John Bouchard, D.Ed., Youth Program Planner

2. WHY GED 2014? GED is supposed to be a high school equivalency certificate Heckman Paper 1992 using 1970’s data Data from 80’s and 90’s puts GED outcomes between Dropouts and Graduates Most current information compares incomes at age 25 (in 2011) of national sample of 10 th graders from 2002 Begs question “Why aren’t GEDs more like Graduates?”

3. AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME HS GRADUATES, GEDS, AND DROPOUTS 7 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION Dropouts: $15,979 GEDs: $19,020 HS Graduates: $27,115

4. ANNUAL INCOME HS GRADUATES, GEDS, AND DROPOUTS 7 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION

5. AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME BY POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES 7 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION No Post-secondary: $19,502 Attempted Post-secondary: $21,287 AA, Certificate, BA, BS, or Above: $30,146

6. COMPARATIVE ANNUAL INCOME BY POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION 7 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION

7. POST-SECONDARY OUTCOMES HS GRADUATES, GED’S & DROPOUTS 7 YEARS AFTER GRADUATION

8. NEW EXAM IS HARDER!

9. GED RECORD - NATIONAL YearNumber of Test PassersNumber of High school Graduates 194930,0001,200,000 196485,0002,658,000 1979416,0003,043,000 1994520,0002,520,000 2009518,9793,039,000 2013537,587 (120,419 Age 16-18) 3,200,000 201484,445 (23,870 Age 16-18) 3,200,000 80% decrease in 16-18 year old recipients

10. GED OPTION - OREGON YearNumber of Test PassersNumber of High school Graduates 2013 Oregon3,77431,440 2014 Oregon89532,781 76% decrease in 16-18 year old recipients

11. ACADEMIC SKILLS INCREASE Harder than Smarter Balanced Math Harder than Smarter Balanced Reading Based on 103 COIC students with OAKS scores who passed the old GED in 2013 and 55 who passed GED 2014

12. OLD TEST

13. GED 2014

14. NEW, MORE IMPORTANT SKILLS We are Learning that “soft skills” improvements are linked with academic improvements: Grit Persistence Mindset to succeed

15. WHAT IS AN OREGON DROPOUT? Based on 4-Year Cohort If 1,000 start 9 th grade 10 drop out in grade 9 25 drop out in grade 10 75 drop in grade 11 40 drop in grade 12 Then 150 dropped out If 800 graduated in 4 years, then 80% graduation rate The remaining 50 are either 5 th year or completers

16. DROPOUTS IN CENTRAL OREGON District16-18 Dropouts (4yr cohort rate) 19-20 Dropouts Total Dropouts 2014 Graduates Bend La Pine2323485801,051 Redmond137206343419 Crook County6598163102 Total43465210861572 Data from http://schools.oregonlive.com/grads/http://schools.oregonlive.com/grads/ Conservative estimate of 19-20 year old group – multiplied 2014 x 1.5 CC does not include Insight Charter School Does not include 5 th year data

17. THE COIC EXPERIENCE 2001 – PRESENT 1636 GEDS EARNED (75% FROM BEND AND REDMOND ) 2001 – 86 2002 – 70 2003 – 68 2004 – 90 2005 – 81 2006 – 110 2007 – 131 2008 – 142 2009 – 164* 2010 – 128 2011 – 124 2012 – 113 a 2013 – 119 2014 – 142 (28 GED 2014) 2015 – 68 *Online programs start a COCC takes over testing – 3 month shutdown

18. HOW WE DO IT Don’t get mad at the customers These kids want to be in school They have already dropped out! Concentration span ranges 10 – 20 minutes Belief that COIC will bring success Give lots of Detentions (NOT!)

19. ACCREDITED

20. PER YOGI BERRA GED is 90% Case Management The Other Half is Academics

21. WHAT’S NEXT K – 14 WIOA Out of school youth 16-24 Expanded Options Jefferson, Crook, Redmond No Deschutes

22. QUESTIONS?