Pathways to College Success: Building a Strong Foundation for Chicago Students

2. Agenda • The To&Through Project [5 minutes] • Research on the Transition to College [15 minutes] • Building Data Based on Research [20 minutes] • Creating a Data Narrative [15 minutes] • Questions [5 minutes]

3. Nationally, only 22% of today’s high school freshmen will earn a bachelor’s degree by the age of 25.

4. 75% of CPS high school freshmen aspire to earn a Bachelor’s degree.

5. 18% of them are estimated to earn a bachelor’s degree within 10 years of starting high school.* * Based on current attainment percentages

6. 57% of Chicago high school students who want to finish college, won’t.

7. OUR GOAL Make Chicago The Attainment City — a place where every student who aspires to earn a college degree has the opportunity and support to do so.

8. Research tells us that people who finish college are ... Less likely to: More likely to: Be employed Commit crimes Engage in civic activities Suffer from obesity Experience financial hardship Live longer

9. How can we move more students toand through college?

10. RESEARCH FIVE MILESTONES Freshman On Track HS Graduation College Enrollment College Persistence College Graduation TRAINING DATA

11. RESEARCH DATA TRAINING MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL COLLEGE Looking Forward to High School and College: Middle Grade Indicators of Readiness in Chicago Public Schools High School Graduation Rates Through Two Decades of District Change From High School to the Future: Making Hard Work Pay Off Free to Fail or On-Track to College: Why Grades Drop When Students Enter High School and What Adults Can Do About It Preventable Failure: Improvements in Long-Term Outcomes when High Schools Focused on the Ninth Grade Year From High School to the Future: Potholes on the Road to College

12. RESEARCH DATA TRAINING September, 2016

13. RESEARCH DATA TRAINING

14. Moving from Data to Narrative:Building a Story Around Data

15. Turn and Talk In your current role, how do you use data to tell stories?

16. 1. Getting to college requires “college knowledge” and social capital. Like students in other urban areas, CPS students generally do not come from families with a college-going background and need structured support in: College search and application processes. College choice Adults can play a strong role in college going by addressing knowledge gaps and providing clear guidance. • What are critical leverage points on the path to college? • Findings from Consortium Research

17. Source: Potholes on the Road to College (2008) Roderick, Nagaoka, Coca, & Moeller

18. Very selective Selective Somewhat selective Source: Potholes on the Road to College (2008) Roderick, Nagaoka, Coca, & Moeller

19. Teachers were asked the extent to which they would agree that: (strongly disagree to strongly agree) • Teachers (in this high school) expect most students to go college. • Teachers help students plan for college outside of class time. • The curriculum is focused on helping students get ready for college. • Teachers feel that it is a part of their job to prepare students to succeed in college. • Many of our students are planning to go to college. Source: Potholes on the Road to College (2008) Roderick, Nagaoka, Coca, & Moeller

20. 2. Academic preparation matters because of: Access: Qualifications limit the number of college options students have. Attainment: Students with low qualifications are unlikely to attain a degree, particularly those with low GPAs. What are critical leverage points on the path to college? Main Findings from Consortium Research

21. College Access Source: Potholes on the Road to College (2008) Roderick, Nagaoka, Coca, & Moeller

22. High School GPA is More Predictive of 4-year Degree Attainment than ACT scores Source: Educational Attainment of Chicago Public School Students (2014) Healey, Nagaoka, & Michelman

23. 3. College choice matters a great deal. Colleges vary widely in their graduation rates, even among colleges of similar selectivity. Students often lack the information and support needed to make well-informed college choices. Many students enroll in colleges that are below the level of selectivity to which their qualifications give them access (undermatching). • What are critical leverage points on the path to college? • Main Findings from Consortium Research

24. Source: Potholes on the Road to College (2008) Roderick, Nagaoka, Coca, & Moeller

25. Moving from Research to Data:Crafting Data that Lends itself to Storytelling

26. Turn and Talk In order to implement this research at the school level, what data would you want to use?

27. Research-Based Data Approach • Focus, Focus, Focus • Trends • Prior Achievement Subgroups • Race / Gender Subgroups

28. Research-Based Data Elements • Focus, Focus, Focus • Trends • Prior Achievement Subgroups • Race / Gender Subgroups

29. Creating Effective Data Narratives

30. Strategically Selecting and Area of Growth • Specific • Impactful • Malleable • Meaningful • Inclusive

31. Moving from Data to Narrative:Building a Story Around Data

32. Creating Effective Data Narratives

33. Creating Effective Data Narratives Connect College Attainment to Your School’s Mission

34. Creating Effective Data Narratives Celebrate a Positive Trend

35. Creating Effective Data Narratives Describe the Work that Led to the Improvement

36. Creating Effective Data Narratives Own Your Areas of Improvement

37. Creating Effective Data Narratives Use the Data to Justify New/Current Actions

38. Creating Effective Data Narratives Tie it All Back Together

39. Turn and Talk What from today’s presentation could you integrate into your own work?

40. Thank you