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Fixing a Leaky Pipeline
1. Fixing the Leaky P-20 Pipeline
Todd Bloom, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer, Hobsons
June 13, 2013
2. Introductions
Education pipeline overview
- High school to postsecondary transition
- Postsecondary pipeline
- Florida initiatives
New Law for Developmental Education
Expectations gap
Role of Data in Closing Achievement and
Expectations Gaps
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Agenda
3. Team up with one other person
Interview each other about your perspectives on
today’s topic, for example (5 min)
- What do you think are the key issues for Florida’s
education pipeline?
- How can data help improve student outcomes?
- What do you want to discuss during today’s
meeting?
Introduce your partner to the large group (60 sec)
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Introductions
5. Key Transitions:
Beginning school
Elementary to middle school
Middle school to high school
High school graduation
College enrollment
College persistence
College completion
Workforce entry
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U.S. Education Pipeline
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cpa.asp
Percentage of high school completers who were enrolled in 2- or 4-year colleges by the
October immediately following high school completion, by family income: 1975-2011
10. “Summer melt” – new HS
graduates who intend to enroll in
college the following fall have their
plans change.
Current research shows that the
number of students affected is 8 –
40%, with low-income students
especially vulnerable.
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bencastleman/files/castleman_and_page_-
_trickle_or_torrent_ssq_final_manuscript_-_02-06-13.pdf
11. Research shows interventions effectively
counter summer melt:
Text messages:
- Personalized reminders about tasks necessary for
college enrollment
- Invitation to connect with a school counselor
- Assistance in completing financial aid forms
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bencastleman/files/castlema
n_page_-_summer_nudging_-_april_2013.pdf
12. Research shows interventions effectively
counter summer melt:
Peer mentors:
- Mentors currently enrolled in college
- Mentors assess student’s readiness for fall
enrollment and assist
- Collaborate with school counselors
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/bencastleman/files/castlema
n_page_-_summer_nudging_-_april_2013.pdf
13. New America Foundation recommends longer
term, structural changes
Develop clear standards for students to progress
to next level
Require individual learning plans
Create strong P-20 partnerships
Refocus college readiness to early intervention
Replicate successful intervention that is built into
curriculum and is part of school year
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://www.onlinethinktank.com/documents/BridgingGap.pdf
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Pipeline from K-12 to HE
http://www.nacacnet.org/research/research-data/nacac-research/Documents/PreparingStudents.pdf
National Association for College Admission Counseling report:
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Postsecondary Pipeline
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
All Institutions Public Private Nonprofit Private For-Profit
Total
Males
Females
Percentage of students seeking a bachelor's degree at 4-year degree-granting institutions
who completed a bachelor's degree within 6 years: Starting cohort year 2005
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cva.asp
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Postsecondary Pipeline
Percentage of students seeking a certificate or degree at 2-year degree-granting institutions
who completed a credential within 150 percent of the normal time required to do so: Starting
cohort year 2008
http://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_cva.asp
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
All Institutions Public Private
Nonprofit
Private For-
Profit
Total
Males
Females
18. of all students change
institutions at least once
before earning a degree
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Postsecondary Pipeline
1
/3National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. (2012). Transfer & Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student
Movement in Postsecondary Institutions. Herndon, VA: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
19. 37% transfer in second year (most common
year)
22% transfer as late as fourth or fifth years
27% transfer to different state
43% transfer into a public two-year college
(most popular destination)
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Postsecondary Pipeline
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. (2012). Transfer & Mobility: A National View of Pre-Degree Student
Movement in Postsecondary Institutions. Herndon, VA: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
20. National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
(2012). Completing College: A National View of
Student Attainment Rates
The following slides look at six-year outcomes of
degree-seeking students who entered
postsecondary education for the first time in fall
2006.
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Postsecondary Pipeline
http://www.studentclearinghouse.info/signature/4/NSC_Signature_Report_4.pdf
27. 23% increase second in U.S. behind
Tennessee
77.1% for Hispanic students
- Best in U.S.
- Exceeds national average by 9 pts.
However, relatively high drop-out rate persists
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http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/gradebook/florida-sees-strong-growth-in-
graduation-rates-report-says/2125136
Florida Graduation Rates
1999-2000 to 2009-2010
28. Common core state standards & assessments
Race to the Top activities
ePersonal Education Plan
New graduation requirements
- May substitute math & science training for
coursework
- Voluntary scholar diploma
$10,000 Bachelor’s degree
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Florida Initiatives
http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/2013/04/22/how-florida-high-school-
graduation-requirements-will-change-in-2013-2014/
http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/gov-rick-scott-signs-
sweeping-education-bill/2116640
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Florida Initiatives
# of
residents
% working
aged adults
# of
residents
% working
aged adults
Working aged adults (25-64) 9,803,980 66.05% 163,855,408 69.67%
Less than 9th grade 436,359 4.45% 7,972,497 4.87%
9th-12th grade, no diploma 817,557 8.34% 12,539,457 7.65%
High school graduate, GED 2,835,384 28.92% 44,350,497 27.07%
Some college, no degree 2,136,681 21.79% 36,209,776 22.10%
Associate’s degree 960,424 9.80% 13,832,109 8.44%
Bachelor’s degree 1,739,410 17.74% 31,423,077 19.18%
Graduate/professional degree 878,165 8.96% 17,527,995 10.70%
Has 2-yr degree or higher 3,577,999 36.50% 62,783,181 38.32%
U.S. Census Bureau, 2010 American Community Survey
Via http://www.floridacollegeaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012_2.pdf
FLORIDA UNITED STATES
30. Finish Up, Florida!:
Encourage students who have stopped out to
complete degrees
Coordinated with Florida Virtual Campus
Additional 11,543 students graduated from
Florida College System in 2012-2013
Additional 12,000 students enrolled in 2013
spring term
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Florida Initiatives
http://www.fldoe.org/news/2013/2013_06_04.asp
31. Project Win-Win:
Find students who stopped out after having
completed—or nearly completed—an
associate’s degree
Award degree retroactively, or help student
complete requirements
Florida participants:
- Broward College
- Indian River State College
- St. John River State College
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Florida Initiatives
http://www.ihep.org/projectwin-win.cfm
http://www.floridacollegeaccess.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/2012_2.pdf
32. Possible Reorganization of Education
Governance:
Seamless K-20 system
Focus on 90-60-90-90 goals for students
- 90% test at grade level
- 60% earn college credit or industry certification
- 90% graduate in high school in four years
- 90% successful in college & career
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Florida Initiatives
http://www.fldoe.org/faq/default.asp?Dept=48&ID=69#Q69
http://www.saintpetersblog.com/doe-reorganization-plan-in-early-stages-officials-say
34. Florida public school students enrolled in 9th
grade in 2003-4 or later and active duty military
- Not required to take common placement test
- May take developmental education courses but
cannot be required to enroll
Requires colleges to have developmental course
options that student can take while enrolled in
credit classes
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Developmental Education
CS/CS/SB 1720
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1720/BillText/er/HTML
35. State Board of Education must approve meta-
majors (and gateway courses to each) and
academic pathways
Florida College System colleges must have
developmental education plans approved by Fall
2014 and must submit annual accountability
reports beginning in 2015
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Developmental Education
CS/CS/SB 1720
http://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2013/1720/BillText/er/HTML
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Students Needing Developmental
Courses
College 2006-2007 2010-2011
Brevard Community College 3,267 4,745
Daytona State College 3,648 6,508
Lake-Sumter State College 1,086 1,405
Polk State College 2,412 3,872
Seminole State College 3,662 5,710
Valencia College 9,468 14,281
Statewide total 121,276 176,286
Florida Dept. of Education via Orlando Sentinel
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2013-06-03/features/os-florida-colleges-
remedial-chart-20130603_1_college-students-chart-remedial-courses
38. American Institutes for Research compared
states’ performance standards in 2010:
- Difference between most and least rigorous 2
standard deviations ≈ 4 grade levels
- States with highest level of proficiency under NCLB
had lowest standards
- >60% of variation in state success under NCLB due
to rigor of performance standards
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Expectations Gap
http://www.air.org/files/AIR_Int_Benchmarking_State_Ed__Perf_Standards.pdf
39. Education Trust’s Breaking the Glass Ceiling of
Achievement for Low-Income Students and
Students of Color:
- Looked at NAEP scores
- Gaps at the highest level of performance have
widened
- Widening gap more pronounced at higher incomes
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Expectations Gap
http://www.edtrust.org/sites/edtrust.org/files/Glass_Ceiling_0.pdf
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Expectations Gap (NAEP Scores)
http://www.edtrust.org/sites/edtrust.org/files/Glass_Ceiling_0.pdf
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Expectations Gap (NAEP Scores)
http://www.edtrust.org/sites/edtrust.org/files/Glass_Ceiling_0.pdf
42. Role of Data in Closing
Achievement and Expectations Gaps
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P-20 Data (Data Quality Campaign)
http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/files/1631_DFA2012%20Annual%20Report.pdf
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Data Quality Campaign - Florida
http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/files/pdf/stateprofiles/FL.pdf
State actions completed:
- Link state K-12 data systems with early
learning, postsecondary, workforce, and other critical state agency data
systems
- Create stable, sustainable support for longitudinal data systems
- Build state data repositories
- Create progress reports with student-level data for
educators, students, and parents
- Create reports with longitudinal statistics to guide system-level change
- Develop a purposeful research agenda
- Implement policies and promote practices to build educators’ capacity to
use data
- Promote strategies to raise awareness of available data
State actions not completed:
- Develop governance structures to guide data collection and use
- Provide timely, role-based access to data while protecting privacy
45. Meet stakeholders’ needs (Data Quality
Campaign):
- Longitudinal—follow students through pipeline
- Actionable—report data that users need in a format
that’s easy to understand
- Contextual—relate data to the big picture
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P-20 Data
http://www.dataqualitycampaign.org/files/1631_DFA2012%20Annual%20Report.pdf
46. Achieve’s report on states’ use of key CCR
indicators:
- # of students graduating with CCR diploma
- # of students scoring CCR in statewide assessment
- # of students receiving postsecondary credit in high
school
- # of high school graduates needing remediation in
college
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P-20 Data
http://www.achieve.org/files/CCR-ReportCardPolicyBriefMarch2013.pdf
47. Achieve’s report on states’ use of key CCR
indicators:
- Texas reports all four indicators
- Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio report
three indicators
- 23 states don’t report any of the indicators
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P-20 Data
http://www.achieve.org/files/CCR-ReportCardPolicyBriefMarch2013.pdf
50. Issues Prioritization:
Review the top issues from the three small
groups
Rank the issues, identifying the top three
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Florida Issues
51. Strategies Identification & Prioritization
Discuss ideas to address the priority issues
Rank the ideas, identifying the top three
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Florida Issues
52. Discussion:
Now, imagine you have 75% of your current
budget
How would your priorities change?
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Florida Issues
Goals for the day: Explore what we know about the leaky pipeline and how we might repair it in FL and at your institution. Learn, get inspired, make new professional contacts, a seed of an idea or a refinement of a current program.How our time will be spent together: Some research on the problem and a few solutions (under an hour – inspiration and grounding); Group problem-solving (connect and architect/design a potential solution); Lunch; Some work we’re doing at Hobsons that aligns with your needs.
Please take some notes: the problems and potential solutions – soon engage in addressing these problems
The 13th year!16% graduated with a FL postsecondary degreeBIG CAVEAT: Does not track students who leave FL
Improving slowly, but still a poverty driven HE engagement gap Low-income students haven’t recovered from recession
Poverty is a driver of educational disengagement after HSStudents lack adequate support during key point of transition
[This slide and next]New research shows relatively simple NUDGES can help recent high school grads keep on track with college enrollment --Frequent Personalized --Maintains support network
Millenial generation preferences – narcissistic, but crave bonds and adult praise
Focus on student outcomes --One education pipeline instead of loosely connected segments --Seamless support for students
Heavy focus on late intervention – senior year efforts rather than earlier intervention. Change behaviors. More info earlier impacts confidence and choice.
For-Profits perform considerably lower – attract disproportionate % of low income studentsGender differences – why?
Completion rate cut more than half at publics – is degree completion always the student’s goal?
Transfer becoming more common and occurs for a variety of reasonsHow do institutions support student mobility?
Reverse transfer common occurrence
Time is the enemy:Full-time commitment makes a significant difference and mixed enrollment is better than exclusive part-time
Outcomes for traditional and nontraditional students different --Full-time later in life = lesser success. --Exclusive part-time as a younger student has significantly lower success rates than older exclusive part-time (half) Students’ schedule and support needs change over time
2-yr public has high “still enrolled”Look at 2-yr private completion – as high as 4 yr private non-profit. High touch???
Significant improvement in graduation rates over past decade
Great progress in FL
Florida has leadership role in common core assessment implementationPolicy focus on workforce preparation and degree completion
Like many states, Florida has a significant portion of population with “some college, no degree” --opportunity to increase degree completionHow do we help these students see return on investment of returning to college and completing?
Nearly completed – get credential
[Administration is in early stages of reorganization efforts]
Law passed this legislative sessionSome educators concerned that it will have negative impact on student success
“Meta-major”: a collection of programs of study or academic discipline groupings that share common foundational skills.” – like career clusters
Without placement test requirement, how do we help students self-identify as perhaps needing extra help to be successful? What alternatives to developmental courses would work best for these students?
Achievement gap is the attention grabbing symptom of the problem of….Expectations gap perpetuates inequities
Need to focus on raising achievement for all students
Good News= %underperforming is decreasingBad news = gaps persist
Little progress for low-income studentsHigh-income white students at the higher income level making the most progress
While we’ve made progress towards developing P-20 data systems, we need to work on: --create linkages so they’re seamless P-20 systems --ensure all stakeholders have access so data can inform policies and other decision-making --build educators’ capacity to use data to improve work with students
Qualities that make data usable for stakeholders
According to Achieve, Florida report the first three indicators but not the # of high school graduates need remediation in college