Losing Ground
PISA
The Graduation GapChance of Earning a Four Year
College Degree by Age 24
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SAT Score (Out of 1,600)
Bottom Income Quartile Top Income Quartile
Austin’s Achievement Gap
Only 6% of students
who are low-income in
Austin earn a college
degree
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“National Epicenter of Aspiration”
“Crescent of Inequality”
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS • EXECUTIVE COUNCIL • MARCH 17, 2014
How do we prepare our students for college?
AP Human Geo (9th Grade):
Describe three political or cultural consequences of superimposed boundaries in Africa that are evidence of the legacy of colonialism.”
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AP Participation and Achievement
Texas
*2015 AP National Summary Report – “Achievement” = 3+ TAPR Report
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Region 1 (RGV)
Region 20 (San Antonio)
Region 13 (Austin)
Region 19(El Paso)
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS • EXECUTIVE COUNCIL • MARCH 17, 2014
How do we prepare our students for college?
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“Crescent of Inequality”
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IDEA Rundberg
IDEA Allan
IDEA Bluff Springs
IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS • EXECUTIVE COUNCIL • MARCH 17, 2014
Changing the NationWhen a student goes to college, pursues a dream, and begins to build a future it changes a family, a community, an entire state and ultimately- student by student- our nation.
Q&A
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IDEA
National
Getting Better AND Bigger
20.9ACT
38% Tier 1 and 2
Projections for Class of 2016 as of 4.20.2016
25%AP Scholars
2016
2015 23% Tier 1 and 2
15%AP Scholars
20.2ACT
19.8ACT
2014 13%AP Scholars
20% Tier 1 and 2