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High School Redesign in Madison: Some Early Results. Results from the Analysis of 2001-03 Graduates Results from 2006 High School Survey of Student Engagement. Immediate College Destinations, Classes of 2001-03. College Freshman Completing the UW System Core, 2001-03.
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High School Redesign in Madison: Some Early Results Results from the Analysis of 2001-03 Graduates Results from 2006 High School Survey of Student Engagement
Remediation and Retention Challenges National first-year college remediation rates--20-30% of entering freshman (Ed Week, January, 2007) Freshman requiring remediation: UWS MMSD grads English 8.1% 6.5% Mathematics 11.8% 6.6% Return to the same UW campus: 77.1% 83% WTCSMMSD grads Classes of 01-03, Degree/certificate completion by 2006 38% 15%
High School Survey of Student Engagement (www.hssse.org) • HSSSE has been administered to approximately 80,000 high school students nation wide. • May 2007, all 4 Madison area high schools administered the survey. • Measures students’ academic, social, and personal engagement
Readiness Indicators (as measured by HSSSE responses) Subgroups • College Readiness • Career Readiness • Civic Engagement Ready • Gender • Ethnicity • White/Non-White • Economic Status • Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch • Grade • Lower/Upper Classmen • Curriculum • Don’t know/ELL/Voc. Ed/Spec.Ed/General/ College Prep & Honors Readiness and Demographics
College Readiness (n=42) • Talked to an adult in the school about how to apply for college • Completed one or more AP courses • I go to school because I want to go to college and get a degree
Career Readiness (n=36) • Talked to an adult in the school about career goals • Motivated to succeed in the world beyond school • Attending school to obtain workplace skills • Participated in a work study program
Civic Engagement Readiness (n=30) • Participated in community service or volunteer work • Had conversations or worked on a project with students with differing religious or political views • Gaining awareness of conditions in the community outside of school
Common Readiness Indicators (n=23) • Participate in school sponsored extra-curricular activities • Connected ideas from one class to another • Worked on a project requiring outside research • Motivated by a desire to learn • HS emphasis on exploring new ideas
College Readiness Between Gender
College Readiness By Economic Status
College Readiness By Race/Ethnicity
College Readiness By Grade
College Readiness By Curriculum
Career Readiness Between Gender
Career Readiness Economic Status
Career Readiness By Race/Ethnicity
Career Readiness By Grade
Career Readiness By Curriculum
Civic Engagement Readiness By Gender
Civic Engagement Readiness By Economic Status
Civic Engagement Readiness By Race/Ethnicity
Civic Engagement Readiness By Grade
Civic Engagement Readiness By Curriculum