Measures of Central Tendency: Mean, Median and Mode
Tracking Alumni Outcomes with Alumni Tracker
1. Tracking Alumni Outcomes with
Naviance Alumni Tracker
Rob Spackey
Product Marketing Manager, Hobsons K-12
July 2013
2. Agenda
I. The National Student Clearinghouse® and Naviance
Alumni Tracker
I. Current Situation for Many Schools
I. How Can Alumni Tracker Help?
I. Using the Data
I. Q+A / Sharing Your Experience
3. What is The National Student
Clearinghouse?
The National Student Clearinghouse® is a non-
profit organization providing education
verification for higher education institutions.
More than 3,400 colleges and universities,
enrolling 96% of all students in public and
private U.S. institutions, participate in the
Clearinghouse.
4. What is Naviance Alumni Tracker?
Naviance Alumni Tracker allows schools to obtain
alumni post-secondary outcome data from the
Clearinghouse directly within Naviance. Schools
submit alumni information to the Clearinghouse from
Naviance, and the Clearinghouse populates post-
secondary outcome data.
The data includes where alumni have enrolled in
college, the terms they completed, and degrees
earned.
5. Current Situation for Many Schools
1. Inability to measure a high school’s effectiveness in placing
students in degree programs
1. Current / future state and federal requirements for reporting
post-secondary outcomes
1. Inability to make data-driven decisions based on student
performance after high school (i.e. where to invest resources in
high school based on post-secondary outcomes)
2. No systematic way to connect current students to graduates
attending specific colleges
1. No data available to set goals for college enrollment and
completion (i.e., using data to motivate staff and students)
6. How Can Alumni Tracker Help?
1. Systematically receive data on graduate’s outcomes, populated
directly in Naviance. Report to your community, your school, or
prospective students about your school’s success in placing
students in college.
1. Meet or get ahead of requirements for reporting post-secondary
outcomes
1. Run reports to make data-driven decisions based on student
performance after high school
2. Easily track where students attend college to connect current
students who are interested in those schools
1. Share data on the school’s post-secondary outcomes with school
staff and students. Set goals to motivate the school community
7. With Alumni Tracker, You Can Also…
1. Compare your college enrollment and completion rates to state
averages.*
1. Break down the data to understand outcomes based on the
following characteristics:
Race
Ethnicity
Gender
High school GPA
Standardized test scores
Any student group within Naviance
* Statewide data can be found in the report Time is the Enemy at:
http://www.completecollege.org/docs/Time_Is_the_Enemy.pdf
9. Using the Data
College Enrollment Rate Report
This is a standard report from the Clearinghouse
10. Using the Data
Report Title How it Can be Used
College Enrollment and
Completion
Determine percentage of graduates who
enroll in college and the percentage who earn
a degree.
Benchmarking: compare your school’s
college completion rates to state averages. *
Make changes to high school course or
program offerings based on findings.
* State averages can be found in the report Time is the Enemy at:
http://www.completecollege.org/docs/Time_Is_the_Enemy.pdf
12. Using the Data
Report Titles How it Can be Used
Degree Earned by GPA
Range
See how GPA correlates to postsecondary
achievement.
For example, determine how middle-of-the-
road students perform after high school (2.0-
3.0 students)
Degree Earned by AP
Score or AP Course
See how AP scores and AP courses correlate
to post-secondary achievement.
Determine if AP scores and courses are a
predictor of post-secondary achievement.
Share statistics with students in later years.
14. Using the Data
Report Title How it Can be Used
Degree Earned by ACT
or SAT Score
See how ACT/SAT scores correlate to post-
secondary achievement.
For example, determine how students with
average ACT/SAT scores perform after high
school.
You can also determine what percentage of
your graduates are college ready, as defined
by ACT’s college readiness standards. Look
at ACT’s definition of college ready scores,
and use the Test Ranges report in Naviance
to see if your graduates are college ready. *
* See the Reality of College Readiness 2013 by the ACT at:
http://www.act.org/readinessreality/13/pdf/Reality-of-College-
Readiness-2013.pdf
16. Using the Data
Report Title Specific Value
Degree Earned by
Time Frame
Know how many years it took for graduates to earn
a degree. This report helps answer the questions:
-Are students taking a long time to complete
degrees?
-How do our students compare to their peers across
the state?
You can see state averages for time to completion in
the report Time is the Enemy.
18. Using the Data
With Alumni Tracker, you can determine post-secondary outcomes
for any student group within Naviance. Some schools track
outcomes for the following groups:
1.Students receiving free or reduced
2.English language learners
3.Student athletes
4.Students in a pre-engineering program
5.Students in after school programs or club
6.First Generation college-going students
7.AVID, College Summit, or Upward Bound students
8.Students with learning disabilities
9.Any other student group in Naviance
For each group, you can ask, is there a correlation between students
participating in these activities and college attendance and completion?
How should we allocate resources based on these results?
19. Using the Data
Naviance reports also allow you to combine different student
characteristics and run reports on those combinations. For
example:
1.How many African-American students with GPAs between 2.0-3.0
graduated from a 4-year college within 5 years?
2.How many Latino students with GPAs between 3.0 – 4.0 enrolled
in a post-secondary degree program?
3.How many ELL students with SAT scores below 1600 attended 2-
year or 4-year degree programs.
21. Using the Data
Several additional ways to use the data:
1.Share improvements in college enrollment and completion with
the press and local community. Showcase students’ achievements
and the progress you have made.
2.For private schools, share statistics about your school with
prospective students and their families.
3.Share post-secondary enrollment data with school staff during a
kick-off meeting at the start of school. Use the data to set goals and
rally school staff to help students make a successful transition after
high school.
22. Q+A / Sharing Your Experience
• Questions?
• How have you used post-
secondary outcome data in your
school?
24. Your Feedback Matters!
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