Floridas Cohort Graduation Rate 14th Annual MIS Conference Orlando, Florida February 26, 2001

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Floridas Cohort Graduation Rate14th Annual MIS
ConferenceOrlando, Florida February 26, 2001
Presenters

• Kathy Peck, Program Director,
• Florida Department of Education
• Julia Smith, Program Director
• Florida Department of Education
• Gisela Feild, Executive Director,
• Div. of Data Quality Management,
• Miami-Dade County School District

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Floridas Student Information Data Base

• Collects individual student data
• Data collected 6 times each reporting year
• 10th year of full implementation

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Highlights of New Adjusted Cohort Rate

• Accounts for students by identification number
• Accounts for transfers in and out
• Counts regular and special diplomas and GEDs
• Holds districts/schools accountable for all
  students scheduled to graduate

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FORMER GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY

• Compared 9th grade population four years ago with
  current completers
• Counted regular and special diplomas, regular and
  special certificates of completion, and 16 to 19
  year old students receiving GEDs
• Did not account for transfers
• Did not account for particular students

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FORMER GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY
100,000 graduates 125,000 ninth graders four
years prior 80 graduation rate
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Process
Data issues identified ? Improper reporting of
student number ? Improper reporting of grade
level? Inappropriate codes reported on certain
records? Discrepancy between local records
and records reported to the state? Missing
records
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Process (Continued)

• Details provided to districts on -
• Calculation methodology
• Data issues and how to recognize them
• Data issues and how to correct them
• Procedures for correction/update process

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Process (Continued)

• New calculation used to calculate rate for
  1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-00 cohorts
• Used 1997-98 cohort as pilot/test (official rate
  used old calculation)
• New calculation produced official rates for
  1998-99 and 1999-00

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COHORT GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY
Year 1 Fall 1996-97 First Time Ninth Graders
Enrolled in a Course?
Removed
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Add all new students at end of the year 1996-97
9th Grade 1997-98 10th Grade 1998-99 11th
Grade 1999-00 12th Grade
Repeater?
Removed
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REMOVE

• Left District
• Deceased
• Private School
• Home School
• Adult Education

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Those Left Are Adjusted Cohort
Divide Graduates by Adjusted Cohort
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1998-99 Cohort Graduation Rate 60.23
1999-00 Cohort Graduation Rate 62.27
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School Graduation Rate
VS.
District Graduation Rate
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IMPACT ON GRADUATION RATE

• Students who go to adult education
• Exceptional education students

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PROCESS OF UPDATING DATA

• Copies of archived data available for download
• Special reports available for download
• Technical assistance
• Preliminary graduation rate
• Update window
• Final graduation rate

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District 02 District Name Baker School
0011 Student ID 591188518X Last Name
Smith First Name Julia Alias
1345678900 Gender F Race W Birthday 19801027
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Y1 A-W01 D-ZZZ C-ZZZ E-ZZZ Y2 A-W01 D-ZZZ
C-ZZZ E-ZZZ Y3 A-W01 D-ZZZ C-ZZZ E-ZZZ
Y4 A-W06 D-06 C-ZZZ E-ZZZ
A Attendance withdrawal code D Diploma
type C Certificate type E Withdrawal reason
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Five-Year Graduation Rate
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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
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VERIFICATION OF DATA FOR STATES CALCULATION

• Review States Edit Reports on students with no
  graduation code
• Review End-of-Year transmission of student data

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MIAMI-DADE COUNTYS 5-YEAR GRADUATION STUDY

• Questions to be answered
• What happens when you track a single class-year
  of students over time?
• Are they
• Graduates (4 or 5 years)?
• Dropouts?
• Continuing students?

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ISSUES WITH MIAMI-DADES STUDY

• Inability to match dropouts or continuing
  students to state database
• Continuing students may become dropouts

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Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group
LEP Breakdown
29.2
50.0
20.8
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Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group
All Students
24.8
53.6
15.7
6.0