1. High School Redesign in Madison: Some Early Results Results from the Analysis of 2001-03 Graduates Results from 2006 High School Survey of Student Engagement

2. Immediate College Destinations, Classes of 2001-03

3. College Freshman Completing the UW System Core, 2001-03

4. Remediation and Retention Challenges National first-year college remediation rates--20-30% of entering freshman (Ed Week, January, 2007) Freshman requiring remediation:UWS MMSD grads English 8.1% 6.5% Mathematics 11.8% 6.6% Return to the same UW campus: 77.1% 83% WTCS MMSD grads Classes of 01-03, Degree/certificate completion by 2006 38% 15%

5. High School Survey of Student Engagement (www.hssse.org) HSSSE has been administered to approximately 80,000 high school students nation wide. May 2007, all 4 Madison area high schools administered the survey. Measures students’ academic, social, and personal engagement

6. Readiness and Demographics Readiness Indicators (as measured by HSSSE responses) Subgroups College Readiness Career Readiness Civic Engagement Ready Gender Ethnicity ◦ White/Non-White Economic Status ◦ Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch Grade ◦ Lower/Upper Classmen Curriculum ◦ Don’t know/ELL/Voc. Ed/Spec.Ed/General/ College Prep & Honors

7. College Readiness (n=42) Talked to an adult in the school about how to apply for college Completed one or more AP courses I go to school because I want to go to college and get a degree

8. Career Readiness (n=36) Talked to an adult in the school about career goals Motivated to succeed in the world beyond school Attending school to obtain workplace skills Participated in a work study program

9. Civic Engagement Readiness (n=30) Participated in community service or volunteer work Had conversations or worked on a project with students with differing religious or political views Gaining awareness of conditions in the community outside of school

10. Common Readiness Indicators (n=23) Participate in school sponsored extra- curricular activities Connected ideas from one class to another Worked on a project requiring outside research Motivated by a desire to learn HS emphasis on exploring new ideas

11. COLLEGE READINESS Between Gender

12. COLLEGE READINESS By Economic Status

13. COLLEGE READINESS By Race/Ethnicity

14. COLLEGE READINESS By Grade

15. COLLEGE READINESS By Curriculum

16. CAREER READINESS Between Gender

17. CAREER READINESS Economic Status

18. CAREER READINESS By Race/Ethnicity

19. CAREER READINESS By Grade

20. CAREER READINESS By Curriculum

21. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESS By Gender

22. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESS By Economic Status

23. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESS By Race/Ethnicity

24. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESS By Grade

25. CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESS By Curriculum