Sharing College Readiness Data with
Key Stakeholders
Jamie Jacobs
Director of Capacity Building
Our Mission
To increase college readiness, participation and
completion in Michigan, particularly among low-
income students, first-generation college-going
students, and students of color.
Our Goal
Increase the percentage of Michigan
residents with degrees or postsecondary
certificates to 60 percent by 2025.
Meeting Labor Market Needs
By the year 2020, 70% of the jobs in
Michigan will require formal postsecondary
education.
Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce report, Recovery – Job Growth and Education Requirements Through 2020
Michigan Attainment Rates:
Current vs. Need
2014
Level of education for Michigan residents, ages 25-64
2020
36%
21%4%
10%
18%
11%
High school or less
Some college, no degree
Certificate
Associate degree
Bachelor's degree
Graduate or professional degree
MCAN’s Strategies
• Local College Access Network
Development
• Advocacy and Leadership
• Professional Development
• Statewide Initiatives
• Coordination and Partnerships
Sharing College Readiness data with
Key Stakeholders
HOW? WHAT? WHEN?
WHO?
Build a Team
• College and career readiness IS
– central to what it means to prepare students for a successful postsecondary experience
– succeed in a credit-bearing entry-level college course at a four-year, two-year college, or in a technical certificate program
– without the need to take non-credit-bearing remedial classes
• College and career readiness IS NOT
– add-on program that a school does in addition to educating its students
Who should be on my team
• Principal
• Other senior administrator (e.g., AP, Dean)
• Instructional or advisory leadership in each of the core content areas (ELA and Math in particular)
• School counselor, college counselor, career advisor
• College support partner programs (e.g., College Access Program coordinator or advisor)
• District data guru
• Key community partners/stakeholders
What Will the Team Do
• Meet regularly
• Accurately assess strengths and challenges
• Prioritize the most critical needs around
college and career readiness
• Identify and align resources for the greatest
impact
• Develop and implement data-minded action
plans to better prepare their students for
college and career.
Where to Begin
• Coalition of the willing
– Some non-negotiable
• Collect/gather information to inform
discussion
– System, school, students
• Analyze the data
Data Collection
• Postsecondary Asset Mapping (PSAM)
• MCAN Self Assessment
– Solution to “that’s the counselor’s job”
• Student-level data
• College Readiness Indicator System
(CRIS)
The PSAM Framework
Begins with a full building culture and systems self-assessment
• Key Transition Knowledge and Skills– What students in my school are doing to build their knowledge and
access to college and career.
• Key Content Knowledge– What students in my school are doing to build their content knowledge
in the core subject areas
• Learning Skills and Techniques– What students in my school are doing to take ownership of their learning
and develop their learning skills
• Cognitive Skills– What students in my school are doing to develop their critical thinking
skills
• School-wide Systems– What my school is doing to develop and sustain systems for improving
college and career outcomes for our students
Key Transition Knowledge and Skills
• College admissions requirements and expectations
• Different types and kinds of postsecondary institutions (e.g., community, 4-year, state, city)
• Career pathways and the gatekeeping and pre-requisite coursework needed
• Tuition costs and financial aid options
• College-going culture (navigating relationships, understanding expectations, accessing available resources)
• Norms, values, and conventions of collaborating and working with peers, professors, co-workers
• Expectations of non-remedial level course work
Key Content Knowledge
• Understanding key concepts and big ideas
• Mastering different writing genres,
structures and formats
• Content area literacy
Learning Skills and Techniques
• Time management
• Decision making
• Study skills
• Self-control and self-monitoring
• Setting and tracking goals
• Persistence in completing tasks and
reaching goals
• Student agency over learning
Cognitive Skills
• Formulating problems, developing hypotheses, and aligned solutions
• Conducting research, collecting data, evaluating sources, using internet sources appropriately
• Interpreting and analyzing information and data
• Communicating in a variety of modes and modalities
• Demonstrating precision and accuracy at every step
School-wide Systems
• Can have a significant impact on a
school's programs, policies, and culture
– Use of data
– Diversity and equity
– Family engagement
– Partnerships with external organizations
– Staff development and support
RHHS Self Assessment
• Staffing and Capacity
– Capacity
• Ratio, dedicated college/career counselor,
technology
– Focus
• Counseling vs non counseling, proactive outreach
– Professional Development/Training
• College-Going Culture and Programs
– Team, culture building, programs, data usage
Student Data
Inputs
• Demographics
• 8th grade academic performance
– Grades/GPA
– Attendance
– Standardized tests
• 9th grade academic performance
– Grades/GPA
– Attendance
– Grade promotion
– Standardized tests
Outputs
• College Entrance Exam Scores/College
Readiness Benchmarks
• High School Graduation
• College credits earned
• College Applications
• FAFSA Completion
• Scholarship Dollars awarded
• Acceptances
Outcomes
• College Enrollment
– Mi School Data
– National Student Clearinghouse ($)
• Remedial course placement
– Mi School Data
• Remedial course performance
– College partners
Impact
• Degree/Certificate completion
College Readiness Indicator Systems
Another tool
• Brown University, Stanford University, University of Chicago
• 3 dimensions of CCR– Academic Preparedness
– Academic Tenacity
– College Knowledge
• 3 levels– Individual
– School
– System
Data Analysis and Action
• What is the data telling us?
– Trends, not scientific analysis
• 1-3 priority areas
• Do something!
• Lean on external partners for support
• Data disaggregation
– Student level data
Resources
• PSAM– http://psam-toolkit.fhi360.org/index.html
• http://psam-toolkit.fhi360.org/pdfs/PSAMSurvey-FINAL-FHI360-0615.pdf
• MCAN Self Assessment– https://michigancollegeaccessnetwork.app.box.com/files/0/f/467949144
6/1/f_38113643290
• MiSchoolData– www.mischooldata.org
• MiSSG Portal– http://www.michigan.gov/mistudentaid/0,4636,7-128-60969_73336---
,00.html
• FSA FAFSA Data– http://Studentaid.gov/fafsa-hs-data
• CRIS– https://gardnercenter.stanford.edu/publications/college-readiness-
indicator-system-cris-resource-series