Measuring Equity and Student Outcomes for Prepare RI

Measuring Equity and Student Outcomes for Prepare. RI Spencer Sherman, RI Department of Education Stephanie Geller, RI Kids COUNT Jim Vincent, NAACP Providence Branch Joshua Corria, College Crusade of RI 1

Introductions • Spencer Sherman, Office of College & Career Readiness, RI Department of Education • Spencer. Sherman@ride. ri. gov • Stephanie Geller, Senior Policy Analyst, RI KIDS COUNT • sgeller@rikidscount. org • Jim Vincent, President, NAACP Providence Branch • Joshua Corria, Associate Director of High School Operations, The College Crusade of Rhode Island • jcorria@thecollegecrusade. org 2

Agenda • Guiding question • What does newly-released data on Rhode Island students’ college and career readiness tell us about equity and the work ahead for Prepare. RI? • Agenda • • • Background (10) Group analysis (10) Group discussion (10) Panel discussion (20) Close-out 3

Background The Prepare. RI Action Plan is built around eight priorities: Prepare. RI Priority Employer engagement Industry credentials and college credit Work-based learning Career & Technical Education (CTE) Counseling and career exploration Outcome-focused accountability Aligned funding Outreach and professional learning Goals for 2020 All career pathway programs will be aligned to Rhode Island’s high-demand career fields All high school students will have access to college credit or an industry credential All high school students will have access to work-based learning at their school Half of high school students will participate in a CTE program All students in grades 6 -12 will have individual learning plans (ILPs), informed by students’ experiences in career exploration programming Agencies will use data on students’ college and career outcomes to evaluate schools and programs Align funding streams around a common strategy for building career pathway programs for all students All schools in the state will participate in Prepare. RI professional learning 4

Prepare. RI Outcomes work in 2017 1. Developing indicators (leading and lagging) aligned to our goals for the eight Prepare. RI Priorities 2. Assembling data for each indicator • • • RIDE: all K-12 data. This involved combining many different data collections and sources. Department of Labor and Training, via Data. Spark: employment data Governor’s Workforce Board: funding and work-based learning data Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner: postsecondary degrees and courses data Other organizations/agencies: such as Computer Science for Rhode Island (CS 4 RI) 3. Analyzing the data, publishing it publicly • Prepare. RI Annual Report • prepare-ri. org/data 5

Prepare. RI Outcomes work going forward 1. Institutionalizing and streamlining this data collection process 2. Using the data to revise the Prepare. RI Action Plan 3. Sharing the data widely and making it easy to analyze, so all stakeholders can use it to inform their decision-making 6

Group Analysis & Discussion Look through the graphs and data with your group. What “stories” do you see in the data? Thought questions 1. What does it tell us about the state of equity and college/career readiness in RI? 2. Which data points surprised you? Which data points confirmed your previous hunches? 3. How can this data help you clarify priorities for your organization? 4. What does this data leave you wondering? What additional questions do you have? Write up your major takeaways on your chart paper. We’ll share these in 10 minutes. 7

More Takeaways • What the Prepare. RI team noticed in the data 8

Our Initial Takeaways Some things the Prepare. RI team noticed in the data… 9

Large gaps for traditionally disadvantaged populations Especially students with disabilities, students with limited English proficiency, and Hispanic students 10

Postsecondary gaps are narrower than in K-12, but many students don’t even make it there 11

Disadvantaged students that concentrate in CTE complete at higher rates than their advantaged peers 12

Panel Discussion • What does this data tell us about what we need to do to advance equity in Rhode Island? Panel • Stephanie Geller, Senior Policy Analyst, Rhode Island KIDS COUNT (moderator) • Jim Vincent, President of NAACP Providence Branch • Joshua Corria, Associate Director of High School Operations, The College Crusade of Rhode Island 13

Wrap Up 1. What is your biggest takeaway from today’s session? 2. Optional: Do you have any feedback for us as we continue this data work going forward? 14