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College Access Summit. REGIONAL STRATEGY SESSION ON ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION. Presentation Topic: DATA WORKING GROUP: Principles and Purpose Presenters: Dr. Joyce C. Romano Vice President, Student Affairs,
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College Access Summit REGIONAL STRATEGY SESSION ON ACCESS TO POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION Presentation Topic: DATA WORKING GROUP: Principles and Purpose Presenters: Dr. Joyce C. Romano Vice President, Student Affairs, Valencia Community College Dr. Sandra Archer, Director, University Analysis and Planning Support, University of Central Florida COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS
Membership Representatives from Representatives from Consortium Community Colleges Representatives from K-12 Representatives include “Practitioners” and “Data Experts” College Access Summit 2011 2
Meetings 5 Full Committee meetings (May, July, October, December, January) 8 Core Team meetings (to prepare for Full Committee meetings) Meeting agendas and minutes on College Access Summit web site (http://www.collegeaccess.ucf.edu) College Access Summit 2011
Purpose To exchange student progression data regularly to stakeholders in order to improve student success To develop and pursue an annual research agenda To become the expert source on students progression to and through college in the Central Florida region College Access Summit 2011
Principles • Data will … • be shared in aggregate form and not identifiable • follow data standards • be produced in a routine timeline • shared on the College Access website • useful for practitioners to implement strategies for meaningful improvement • be shared with all DirectConnect partners equally rather than providing individualized data reports • Data quality will be ensured by each partner • Partners agree to provide data for standard reports in an agreed timeline • Partners will develop the capacity to explore ad hoc research questions through sharing data College Access Summit 2011
Implementation Review existing data models to use “best practices” Use data that is already available if possible Follow a table format with static data Agree on the data that is most “actionable” to improve student outcomes Seek assistance from Florida state databases Focus on one research question at a time College Access Summit 2011
Research Question What are the pathwaysof consortium high school graduates through consortium community/state colleges and UCF to Bachelor’s degree completion? College Access Summit 2011
Research Questions • Sub-research questions: • Graduates from public high schools • Students attending colleges and UCF • Progression of students through colleges and UCF • Graduation of students from UCF • Future research questions • - Other pathways for public high school graduates College Access Summit 2011
Progress Data collection template development Communication with state of Florida’s staff to assist with populating tables Discussion with National Student Clearinghouse for Student Tracker inputs initiated College Access Summit 2011
Templates Development 4 data templates discussed and developed to decide the data elements that will be shared Community college feedback report for high school districts UCF UCF Feedback Report For High School District UCF Feedback Report For Community College HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT PARTNERS COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS COMMON DATA TO SUPPORT DATA WORKING GROUP RESEARCH AGENDA College Access Summit 2011
Data Collection Templates College Access Summit 2011
Next Steps…… Working with Florida State Database staff to populate the tables Committing to a “go live” date Identifying the next research question Seeking resources for more sophisticated data model development and support College Access Summit 2011