Diploms

November 14, 2012

Overview of SA 2020 Education Vision Vision: San Antonio has orchestrated one of the greatest turnarounds in education in the United States How Will We Get There? 1.Kindergarten Readiness 2.College Readiness 3.3rd Grade Reading 4.Increase High School Graduation Rates 5.Increase College Enrollment 6.Increase Adult Education

Overview of SA 2020 Education Vision Vision: San Antonio has orchestrated one of the greatest turnarounds in education in the United States How Will We Get There? 1.Kindergarten Readiness 2. College Readiness 3.3rd Grade Reading 4.Increase High School Graduation Rates 5.Increase College Enrollment 6.Increase Adult Education

SA 2020: College Readiness Target

85%

of students will demonstrate college readiness in one of three ways:

1 2 3

Completing the Recommended High School Diploma Achieving a college ready score on SAT or ACT Passing/Completing at least one course for college credit

De-averaging, Common Language, & Intent

Completing the Recommended High School Diploma

0%

85% Target

[
79%

]
90%

100%

Achieving a college ready score on SAT or ACT

Testers >= Criterion

0%

[
3%

]
56%

100%

Graduates >= Criterion

0%

[
1%

]
51%

100%

3
5

Passing/Completing at least one course for college credit

0%

[
12%

]
50%

100%

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA). AEIS Reports. 2010-2011.

Focused Interventions: Reducing Dropout Rates

PSJA reduced their 4-year dropout rate by 84% in 5 years.
Four Year Dropout Rate 40.0%

30.0%

20.0%

18.7%

10.0% 8.8% 0.0% 7.3%

2.9% 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

PSJA State

2009-2010

2010-2011

San Antonio: Student population by ISD

Nearly 60% of the student population resides in the 4 Diploms Now ISDs

Northside ISD San Antonio ISD Harlandale ISD Southwest ISD

94,632 54,894 14,846 11,779

56%
of the student population are in the 4 Diploms Now ISDs

North East ISD Judson ISD Edgewood ISD South San Antonio ISD East Central ISD Southside ISD Alamo Heights ISD Somerset ISD Ft. Sam Houston ISD Randolph Field ISD Lackland ISD

Total Student Population

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA). AEIS Reports. 2010-2011.

San Antonio: Hispanic Student population by ISD

Over 60% of the Hispanic student population resides in the 4 Diploms Now ISDs

Northside ISD San Antonio ISD Harlandale ISD Southwest ISD

64,128 49,851 14,421 10,683

62%
of the Hispanic student population are in the 4 Diploms Now ISDs

North East ISD Edgewood ISD Judson ISD South San Antonio ISD East Central ISD Southside ISD Alamo Heights ISD Somerset ISD Ft. Sam Houston ISD Lackland ISD Randolph Field ISD

Total Hispanic Population

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA). AEIS Reports. 2010-2011.

College Readiness and SAT Scores

Where we stand today in San Antonio

San Antonio Graduates

There were 15,500 graduates in the Class of 2010

Class of 2010 15494 9659

2328
Graduates Tested for SAT or ACT College Ready (SAT >=1100 or ACT >=24)

Source: *In the AEIS, the criterion for the SAT is a score of 1110 on the critical reading and mathematics sections combined; TEA. (2011). College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

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San Antonio Graduates Who Took the SAT or ACT

62% of the graduates tested for the SAT or ACT exam

Class of 2010 15494

62%
Tested

9659

2328
Graduates Tested for SAT or ACT College Ready (SAT >=1100 or ACT >=24)

Source: *In the AEIS, the criterion for the SAT is a score of 1110 on the critical reading and mathematics sections combined; TEA. (2011). College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

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San Antonio Examinees Who Are College Ready

Of those who took the SAT or ACT exam, 24% scored at or above the criterion for College Readiness, yielding 15% of graduates being College Ready

Class of 2010 15494

62%
Tested

15%
9659
24%
Examinees are College Ready

2328
College Ready (SAT >=1100 or ACT >=24)

Graduates

Tested for SAT or ACT

Source: *In the AEIS, the criterion for the SAT is a score of 1110 on the critical reading and mathematics sections combined; TEA. (2011). College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

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Where can we intervene

1 Class of 2010 15494

62%
Tested

9659

2
24%
Examinees are College Ready

2328
College Ready (SAT >=1100 or ACT >=24)

Graduates

Tested for SAT or ACT

Source: *In the AEIS, the criterion for the SAT is a score of 1110 on the critical reading and mathematics sections combined; TEA. (2011). College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

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San Antonio: our students are College Hopefuls

Focus (#1): Increasing number of students taking the SAT
% of Graduates who took the SAT (Class of 2010)
ALAMO HEIGHTS FT SAM HOUSTON LACKLAND SOMERSET NORTH EAST RANDOLPH FIELD NORTHSIDE SAN ANTONIO ISD EAST CENTRAL SOUTHSIDE JUDSON HARLANDALE EDGEWOOD SOUTHWEST SOUTH SAN ANTONIO 14 86% 80% 75% 65% 64% 63%

1-yr Trend
-0.3% 5.6% 9.0% 6.3% 2.3% -5.7%

60% 54%
51% 50% 50%

3.0% -5.8%
-4.5% -1.5% -2.3%

47%
45%

1.9%
-8.3%

44%
38%

0.2%
-9.0%

Source: Texas Education Agency (TEA). AEIS Reports. 2010-2011. School Districts include: Alamo Heights, East Central, Edgewood, Ft. Sam Houston, Harlandale, Judson, Lackland, North East, Northside, Randolph Field, San Antonio, Somerset, South San Antonio, Southside, Southwest.

San Antonio: our students are not College Ready

Focus (#2): Increasing number of students meeting the SAT criterion
Average SAT Score (Class of 2010)
ALAMO HEIGHTS RANDOLPH FIELD NORTH EAST LACKLAND FT SAM HOUSTON NORTHSIDE JUDSON EAST CENTRAL SOUTH SAN ANTONIO SOUTHSIDE HARLANDALE SOMERSET SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO ISD EDGEWOOD 15 1122 1075 1028 1017 1006 % >= Criterion (1110) 56% 40% 34% 29% 32%

998
919 914 879 858

28%
14% 12% 3% 6%

842
836

5%
5%

836 833
819

6% 5%
3%

Source: *In the AEIS, the criterion for the SAT is a score of 1110 on the critical reading and mathematics sections combined; TEA. (2011). College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

San Antonio: Number of Students that are College Ready

% >= Criterion (1110) ALAMO HEIGHTS RANDOLPH FIELD NORTH EAST LACKLAND FT SAM HOUSTON NORTHSIDE JUDSON EAST CENTRAL SOUTH SAN ANTONIO SOUTHSIDE HARLANDALE SOMERSET SOUTHWEST SAN ANTONIO EDGEWOOD 16 56% 40% 34% 29% 32% 28% 14% 12% 3% 6% 5% 5% 6% 5% 3% x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

% Grads. Testing 86% 63% 64% 75% 80% 60% 50% 51% 38% 50% 47% 65% 44% 54% 45% = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =

% Grads. >= Criterion (1110) 48% 25% 22% 22% 26% 17% 7% 6% 1% 3% 2% 3% 3% 3% 1% x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x

Graduates

Grads. >=Criterion = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = 156 17 807 6 17 813 75 32 5 8 15 6 14 62 8

326 68 3705 28 66 4829 1050 508 428 268 715 191 533 2246 533

TOTAL

15494

Source: College admissions testing of graduating seniors in Texas high schools, class of 2010: District and campus supplement (Document No. GE12 601 03). Austin, TX: Author.

2042 (13%)

Meeting the 2020 Target

Assuming the student population is constant until 2020, in order to reach the 2020 College Readiness target, 11,128 additional graduates will need to score at or above the criterion Annual College Ready Graduates
(SAT Standards)

85%
College Ready

+ 11,128 students
13%
College Ready

13,170

2,042
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
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How can we intervene

1.How can we increase the testing rate for the SAT exam?

2.How can we better prepare our students for the rigor that is tested through the SAT exam? Our Focus Today: A. De-averaging the data by ISD/High School B. Agree to common language of measurements C. Dual Focus on % and actual headcount

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College Readiness
Transformational for San Antonio

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Texas Unemployment by Education 2006-2012

Less Educated populations suffer disproportionately from higher unemployment rates 16% 14% 12% 10% 8% 6% 4% 2% 0%
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Less Than High School Degree Some College or Associate Degree High School Graduate No College Bachelor's Degree or Higher 10% 8% 6% 5% 2% 8% 5% 4% 2% 6% 4% 2% 7% 4% 5% 4% 9% 10% 8% 10% 8% 9% 7% 4% 13% 14% 13% 13%

Source: CPS 2006-2010 Annual Social and Economic Supplement

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35% of Texas students going to college are the

st 1
in their family to go to college
21

Source: Engle, Bermeo, and OBrien. Straight from the Source: What Works for First-Generation College Students. The Pell Institute for the study of opportunity in Higher Education. December 2006.

53%

of Texas children living in poverty come from a family with less than a high school education

22
Source: 2009 U.S. Dept. of Education; Texas LEARNS 2005.

33%

of juveniles sent to Texas Youth Commission are dropouts

Source: Deborah Fowler, Rebecca Lightsey, Janis Monger, Erica Terrazas, and Lynn White. Texas School-to-Prison Pipeline: Dropout to Incarceration. Texas Appleseed. October 2007.

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33%

of juveniles sent to Texas Youth Commission are dropouts

80%

of Texas inmates are dropouts

Source: Deborah Fowler, Rebecca Lightsey, Janis Monger, Erica Terrazas, and Lynn White. Texas School-to-Prison Pipeline: Dropout to Incarceration. Texas Appleseed. October 2007.

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OBESE:

38%
of those with Less than High School

25
Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Gaining Costs, Losing Time: The Obesity Crisis in Texas (Feb 2011).

OBESE:

38%
of those with Less than High School

22%
of those with a College degree

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Source: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts, Gaining Costs, Losing Time: The Obesity Crisis in Texas (Feb 2011).

Life Expectancy

High School or less

Collegeeducated

75

82

Source: Ellen Meara, Seth Richards, and David Cutler. "The Gap Gets Bigger: Changes in Mortality and Life Expectancy, by Education, 1981-2000." Health Affairs, March/April 2008, Volume 27, Number 2.

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