Transcript Graduation Rates - McAfee SiteAdvisor

Sue Derison, Director, Information Systems
Forsyth County Schools
October 25, 2010
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Graduation Rate
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Completion Rate
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Drop-out Rate
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Cumulative Promotion Index
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Enrollment and Withdrawal reported in FTE,
Student Data Record file and used for reporting
each year (AYP, State Report Card)
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Codes for enrollment type and withdrawal type are
mandated by this report
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“A” Home School
“B” Previous WD
“C” Continuing
“I” After Incarceration
“N” Never attended (K)
“O” From other state or
country
“P” From Private School
“R” Re-entered other
“S” After illness
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“T” From another GA
system
“U” Within same system
“V” SB10
“W” School Choice
“S” USCO
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“C” Court or Legal
“D” Death
“G” HS Graduation
“H” Home Study
“T” Another GA system
“V” Advanced in system
“W” transfer in system
“X” Out of state, country
or to private
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“Y” SB10 to State
School
“Z” SB10 to private
“1” SB10 to public
“2” School Choice
“3” USCO (Safe
School)
“4” DJJ
“5” Non-compulsory
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“B” Marriage
“E” Expelled
“F” Financial
Hardship/Job
“I” Incarcerated
“L” Low Grades/Failure
“M” Military
“O” Adult Ed/Post
Secondary (GED)
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“P” Pregnant/Parent
“R” Removed for Lack
of Attendance
“S” Serious
Illness/Accident
“U” Unknown
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Withdrawal codes must be documented by
records requests from next enrollment school
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GTID system enables us to find the student if they
remain in Georgia
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Administrators may document if they have
evidence that the family left the US
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Graduation Rate is used as Second Indicator for
many high schools in AYP
◦ Schools must have 4 years of data
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Graduation Rate and Drop Out Rates are given in
the State Report Card issued by Office of Student
Achievement
2011:
Graduation rate calculation for AYP determinations
does not change;
Graduation rate on Report Card will report a
Cohort Graduation Rate.
2012:
Graduation rate for both AYP and Report Card will
be the Cohort Graduation Rate
Year
GA
Year
Target
2010
79.9%
2010
80%
2009
78.9%
2008
75.4%
2011
85%
2012
90%
2007
72.3%
2013
95%
2006
70.8%
2014
100%
2005
69.4%
2004
65.4%
Apples to Oranges
Leaver Method: THOSE WHO LEAVE
Cohort Method:
THOSE WHO STAY TO FINISH WITH THEIR
CLASS IN 4 YEARS
Required by NCLB all states to implement no
later than 2012.
Requires use of unique Identifier system.
2010 -11 Diploma
Recipients
(Regular Ed)
2008
9th
Grade
Drop
Outs
2009
10th
Grade
Drop
Outs
2010
11th
Grade
Drop
Outs
2011
12th
Grade
Drop
Outs
2011
Completers
(5th yr, SE,
Att)
2010 -11
Diploma
Recipients
(Regular Ed)
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In Four Consecutive School Years Plus the
Following Summer:
◦ First time 9th graders (Date entered 9th Grade)
◦ Add into group each year all students transferring into the
school who have same first time 9th grade year
◦ Subtract all students withdrawing in each of those years
 Students found in other districts or documentation confirms
non Drop-out will not count against a school
 School in GA that has most recent enrollment will be
“charged” with the student
On-Time
Graduates
On-Time
Graduates
Other
Completers
SpEd or Att
Off-Track
Continuers
>4 yrs
Dropouts
Unknowns
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Georgia
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Indiana
◦ 2006 Persistence Rate: 90%
◦ 2007 Cohort Rate: 76.5%
North Carolina
◦ 2005 On-Time Rate: 96.1%
◦ 2006 cohort Rate: 68.1%
Mississippi
◦ 2003 Completion: 81.3%
◦ 2005 Cohort: 60.8%
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Continued watch on subgroup populations –
anticipate changes
Continued resource allocation for quality of data
collection and reporting
School and community understanding of what the
graduation rate means and how it will change
Data Quality..Data Quality..Data Quality
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Coordinate all enrollment and withdrawal functions
in a central location with consistent practices –
including home school documentation
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Engage counselors, school social workers/visiting
teachers to verify students’ disappearance
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Utilize GaDOE resources to educate your
community and LEA staff
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Pursuant to Federal Reporting requirements of No Child Left Behind and newly updated
Georgia Department of Education Student Enrollment and Withdrawal Rule 160-5-1-.28
(revised 08/09/10), in order to report your student with a withdrawal status of transferred to
another Georgia school (T) or transferred to a private school or out of state (X), an official
request for records must be received in writing from your student’s new school or record
of intent to re-enroll the student is required.
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In order to report your student with a withdrawal status of transferred to home school (H),
the parent/guardian must complete a letter of intent to home school with the Forsyth
County Student Support Services department or the home school agency in the state in
which you reside. If a written request for records is not received from your student’s new
school/or a letter of intent to home school is not filed, your student will be reported to the
Georgia Department of Education as a drop-out. Please have your student’s new school
mail/fax requests for records .
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Parent: If an official request for records is not received within 10 days or you do not
officially register with Forsyth County Schools to home school your student within 30
days, your student will be in violation of the Teenage Adult Driver & Responsibility Act
(TAADRA). This law applies to students from age 14 and not yet 18. This violation will
result in the suspension of the student’s drivers’ license or the opportunity to acquire a
license for a period of one year (O.C.G.A. 40-5-22).
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GaDOE Publications: ABCs of 2011 AYP
◦ Grad Rate Calculation Sheet
◦ Comparison of School Graduation Rates in GA
◦ Guidance on Enrollment and Withdrawal
◦ The Great Graduation-Rate Debate: Fordham Institute
◦ Diplomas Count: Education Week, Vol. 29, No. 34 June
10, 2010
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Thank you
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