Delawares Reo State Board Presentation

Statewide Review of Educational Opportunities

Delaware State Board of Education and

Delaware Department of Education

November 17, 2015

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Agenda

• Project Scope

• Project Timeline

• Survey Overview

• Report Overview

• Preliminary Analysis

• Report Content

• Geographical Map

Project Scope

• Identify the current specialized educational opportunities available in:

• Traditional district schools

• Vocational technical schools

• Magnet schools

• Charter schools

• Produce a report on statewide educational opportunities with supporting data and analysis

• Develop an interactive statewide geographical map detailing school data and information


Project Timeline


September October November December

• Data request

submitted to

DDOE

• Survey

developed

• DDOE data,

SBE research

and UD

enrollment

projection data

collected

• Survey

responses

collected

• Data analysis

• Draft map to

SBE/DDOE

(11/25)

• Draft report to

SBE/DDOE

(11/25)

• Final report to

SBE/DDOE

• State Board

meeting

presentation

(12/17)

State Supplied Data

The following data was (or is currently being) collected through the DDOE database, SBE research intern, and UD enrollment projections and demographics study:

• Student enrollment information

• District and school of attendance

• Home district and home school

• Grade

• Race

• Special education status

• English language learner

• Charter school enrollment by school and by grade

• Enrollment summary (2005-2015)

• Authorized enrollment numbers (2016-2020)

• Statewide enrollment and projections

• By school type (district, charter and vocational schools)

• By choice students attending other districts

• Projections by age band and demographics for future enrollment

• Course enrollment data

• AP/IB course enrollment by school and course

• CTE pathway enrollment by school and pathway

• World language course enrollment by school and by language


SREO Data Survey to Districts and Charter Schools

• Enrollment Data

• Number of school choice applicants (Applied, Accepted, Enrolled)

• School waitlist

• School capacity

• Specialized Educational Program Data

• Types of Specialized Educational Programs offered by school

• Current program enrollment (15-16 SY)

• CTE pathways offered by school

• Current CTE pathway enrollment (15-16 SY)

• Requested But Not Universally Available Data

• Number of school choice applicants

• School waitlist

• Demographics of school choice applicants

• Number of school choice applicants for prior years

• Home districts of school choice applicants

• Historical specialized educational program enrollment (beyond AP/IB and CTE)

• Number on Specialized Education Program waitlists

• Number of Specialized Education Program applicants


Report OverviewTable of Contents


Choice Student

Demographics

• Demographics of school choice students by school type • Student migration patterns into schools• Trends in school choice participation

Delaware’s

Educational

Landscape

• Specialized Educational Programs available by category• Specialized Educational Programs available by school and

geographic area

Gap Analysis:

Programs and

Enrollment

• Projections of enrollment by geographic region and demographics

• Analysis of enrollment vs. capacity by geographic area

Recommendations

• Are there programs/schools that should be reviewed further to maximize impact of educational opportunities?

• Are there types of programs/schools that should be expanded/replicated?

• How can Delaware improve access to specialized educational programs for students?

Preliminary AnalysisChoice Patterns by District


0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%

Woodbridge School District

Smyrna School District

Seaford School District

Red Clay Consolidated School District

Milford School District

Laurel School District

Lake Forest School District

Indian River School District

Delmar School District

Colonial School District

Christina School District

Capital School District

Cape Henlopen School District

Caesar Rodney School District

Brandywine School District

Appoquinimink School District

What percent of students are pursuing choice options outside their home district?

Preliminary AnalysisChoice Patterns by District


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Woodbridge School District (15%)

Smyrna School District (15%)

Seaford School District (16%)

Red Clay Consolidated School District (22%)

Milford School District (12%)

Laurel School District (19%)

Lake Forest School District (15%)

Indian River School District (8%)

Delmar School District (5%)

Colonial School District (28%)

Christina School District (33%)

Capital School District (22%)

Cape Henlopen School District (11%)

Caesar Rodney School District (10%)

Brandywine School District (13%)

Appoquinimink School District (15%)

Where are students leaving their home district choosing to go?

% Choice Traditional % Vocational % Charter

Preliminary Analysis Choice Patterns by Low Income Status


0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Woodbridge School District

Smyrna School District

Seaford School District

Red Clay Consolidated School District

Milford School District

Laurel School District

Lake Forest School District

Indian River School District

Delmar School District

Colonial School District

Christina School District

Capital School District

Cape Henlopen School District

Caesar Rodney School District

Brandywine School District

Appoquinimink School District

Low IncomeHow does the population of choice students compare to the overall

district population?

Low Income Choicing In Low Income Total

Report ContentSpecialized Educational Program Availability

Survey Data

• Continuum of specialized educational programs offered

• CTE pathways offered

• AP/IB courses offered

• Course and program enrollment*

Characteristics Assessed

• Program Location

• Analysis of program concentration by geographic area

• Displayed on interactive map

• Program Enrollment

• Approximate number of students enrolled by school and location

*Enrollment data will be included where available


Geographical Map Preview


• Hover over functionality displays specialized educational programs at schools

• Filtering available by county, grades served, and school type

**Image only represents a sample of schools

Next Steps

• Data analysis and report finalized in November

• Interactive mapping tool continue to be developed and finalized

new data collected from state and local sources in November

• Report and recommendations developed in late November and

early December

• Presentation of project report and deliverables at December 17,

2015 State Board Meeting

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PCG Team and Delaware Project Leads

PCG Team

• Anna d'Entremont, Project Manager

• Christine Donis-Keller, Subject Matter Expert

• Allie Panetta, Analyst

• Annelise Eaton, Analyst

Delaware Project Leads

• Donna Johnson, Executive Director, State Board of Education

• Susan Keene Haberstroh, Policy and External Affairs, Department of Education


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