High School to College Success Report FAQs Who is included in this report? ACT-tested students in 2006-2008 grad classes that began college in the fall.

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• Who is included in this report?

• ACT-tested students in ACT-tested students in 2006-2008 grad classes 2006-2008 grad classes that began college in the that began college in the fall of 2006-2008fall of 2006-2008

• First-time, full-time First-time, full-time freshmenfreshmen

• Illinois public four-year Illinois public four-year collegescolleges

• Illinois community Illinois community collegescolleges

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• Who is not included in this report?

• Students attending Students attending private high schoolsprivate high schools

• Students attending Students attending postsecondary postsecondary institutions outside institutions outside IllinoisIllinois

• Students attending Students attending private or proprietary private or proprietary postsecondary postsecondary institutionsinstitutions

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• How is this report different than the High School Feedback Report?

• Information will be Information will be released to the 48 released to the 48 Community Colleges Community Colleges

• Information will be Information will be released to the 11 Public released to the 11 Public 4-Year Universities4-Year Universities

• Information will be Information will be released to the publicreleased to the public

• ISBE, ICCB, IBHE ISBE, ICCB, IBHE receive aggregate receive aggregate reportsreports

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What is the purpose of this report?

• To facilitate discussions between To facilitate discussions between secondary and postsecondary secondary and postsecondary institutions.institutions.

• To encourage data-driven decision To encourage data-driven decision making.making.

• To support secondary and To support secondary and postsecondary institutions in postsecondary institutions in developing an articulated and developing an articulated and aligned curriculum.aligned curriculum.

• To provide another tool to help to To provide another tool to help to ensure success for all students.ensure success for all students.

• To help in the evolution toward an To help in the evolution toward an enhanced P20 longitudinal data enhanced P20 longitudinal data system.system.

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What will it provide?

• Accurate and comprehensive data Accurate and comprehensive data on the academic performance of on the academic performance of these students during their first year these students during their first year in higher education in higher education

• Information to review curriculum, Information to review curriculum, standards, and expectations and to standards, and expectations and to make revisions when appropriate to make revisions when appropriate to improve student successimprove student success

• Data to make policy decisions to Data to make policy decisions to support collaboration between support collaboration between secondary and postsecondary secondary and postsecondary institutions, as well as alignment institutions, as well as alignment between secondary and between secondary and postsecondary standards and postsecondary standards and expectationsexpectations

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What will schools receive?

• Student performance (GPA) at 2 Student performance (GPA) at 2 or 4-year public postsecondary or 4-year public postsecondary institutions.institutions.

• How your students performed How your students performed compared to state average.compared to state average.

• College Readiness Benchmark College Readiness Benchmark Scores by subject area.Scores by subject area.

• Aggregate data on your enrolled Aggregate data on your enrolled students’ performance in college, students’ performance in college, with data broken down by with data broken down by school/college.school/college.

• Summary statistics of your Summary statistics of your students who did/did not take core students who did/did not take core coursework.coursework.

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What will schools receive…cont.

• Student performance by high school Student performance by high school course sequence patterns in math course sequence patterns in math and science.and science.

• Average GPAs by ACT College Average GPAs by ACT College Readiness Standards score ranges.Readiness Standards score ranges.

• Student performance in credit Student performance in credit bearing and developmental bearing and developmental courses.courses.

• Summary statistics of those who Summary statistics of those who persistence from year one to year persistence from year one to year two of postsecondary career.two of postsecondary career.

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What is the dissemination plan?

• ACT will disseminate the report with a ACT will disseminate the report with a cover letter from ISBE, IBHE, and cover letter from ISBE, IBHE, and ICCB, to the participating secondary ICCB, to the participating secondary and postsecondary institutions.and postsecondary institutions.

• June 24June 24thth Summit Summit• Posted on three education agency Posted on three education agency

websites.websites.• Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC) Interactive Illinois Report Card (IIRC)

will host Individual High School will host Individual High School Reports.Reports.

• The report will be widely available.The report will be widely available.• Series of fall workshopsSeries of fall workshops

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What guiding questions should Secondarybe asking about the report?

• What information in this report is new What information in this report is new to us? to us?

• How will this report enhance ourHow will this report enhance our understanding of the colleges that our understanding of the colleges that our

students attend?students attend?• How can this report be used as a tool How can this report be used as a tool

to assist in the college guidance we to assist in the college guidance we give to our students?give to our students?

• How can this report inform early How can this report inform early intervention efforts designed to reduce intervention efforts designed to reduce our students’ need for remediation in our students’ need for remediation in college?college?

• How can this report inform secondary How can this report inform secondary to postsecondary conversations about to postsecondary conversations about articulation of curriculum?articulation of curriculum?

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What guiding questions should Post Secondarybe asking about the report?

• What information in this report is new What information in this report is new to us?to us?

• How will this report enhance ourHow will this report enhance our understanding of the high schools that understanding of the high schools that

feed into our institutions? feed into our institutions? • How can this report be used as a tool How can this report be used as a tool

to assist in the to assist in the recruitment/admission/placement of recruitment/admission/placement of incoming students?incoming students?

• How can this report inform early How can this report inform early intervention efforts designed to reduce intervention efforts designed to reduce the need for remediation in college?the need for remediation in college?

• How can this report inform secondary How can this report inform secondary to postsecondary conversations about to postsecondary conversations about articulation of curriculum?articulation of curriculum?

High School to College Success ReportFAQs

• What common guiding questions should we be asking about the report?

• What concrete steps can we take to What concrete steps can we take to use this information to promote an use this information to promote an ongoing dialogue with faculty, school ongoing dialogue with faculty, school boards, and other stake-holders?boards, and other stake-holders?

• What information in this report can What information in this report can be used to inform others about the be used to inform others about the success of our schools?success of our schools?

• How can this report inform How can this report inform secondary to postsecondary secondary to postsecondary conversations about articulation of conversations about articulation of curriculum?curriculum?

• What information on this report can What information on this report can be used to enhance the collaboration be used to enhance the collaboration between our high schools and between our high schools and colleges?colleges?

• How should we prepare to present How should we prepare to present this information to the public?this information to the public?