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High School Exit Interview

High School Exit Interview. Jeff Williams Dave Malott. Background. Based on experience in other states One tool to increase response rates Useful for subsequent phone or mail surveys. Why is response rate an issue?. By definition, the list of “leavers” is 6 – 18 months old

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High School Exit Interview

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  1. High School Exit Interview Jeff Williams Dave Malott

  2. Background • Based on experience in other states • One tool to increase response rates • Useful for subsequent phone or mail surveys

  3. Why is response rate an issue? • By definition, the list of “leavers” is 6–18 months old • December 2005 count has leavers from the first half of the 2005–2006 academic year • December 2006 count has leavers from the second half of the 2005–2006 academic year • Even if addresses were updated right as they “left,” how often do you think 17–25 year olds move?

  4. The Benefit • Telephone response in other states • 40–60 percent of graduates • 10–30 percent of dropouts • Exit survey boosts response rates by 10–20 percent • Many states have not attempted to survey dropouts in annual surveys because it was “too hard” to reach the population

  5. Three Options • Option A • Collect contact information • Option B • Provides an opportunity for the student to reflect on the high school experience and the utility of the Summary of Performance • Option C • To collect student interview data on processes, services, and/or systems for use in • analyzing SPP 14 data results and • informing the local system improvement process

  6. SPP 14 Post-School Survey

  7. The Short Version • Centralized mail survey (4 rounds) • ISD/LEA telephone survey (2 rounds) • 12,306 eligible students (2004-05 academic year) • Fielded May to October each year

  8. Survey Process • As of 8:01 AM, October 6, 2006; final plan not due to OSEP until later this fall • March: PSC receives data file from MDE • April: PSC preps mailings • May: Wave 1 mailing to leavers • June: Wave 2 mailing to leavers • July: Wave 3 mailing to leavers’ parents • August: Wave 4 mailing to leavers’ parents • September: Wave 1 ISD/LEA calls • October: Wave 2 ISD/LEA calls

  9. Students(2004–2005 academic year) • 8,312 students graduated • 3,294 students dropped out • 467 students received a certificate • 233 students reached maximum age • Total of 12,306 students

  10. The Survey • Survey developed by the National Post-School Outcomes Center (verbatim) • Questions about • Demographics • Employment (hours, wages, industry setting) • Education (type of training) • 14 questions, 2 pages • National resource and clearinghouse:http://www.psocenter.org/

  11. The Remaining Questions • Does Michigan survey all leavers or only CIMS cohort 2 & 3 leavers in summer 2007? • How do ISDs/LEAs record the results of the exit interview and transmit that to MDE and/or PSC? • Will Michigan stay with a mail survey, or will this eventually become a telephone survey?

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