High School Redesign in High School Redesign in Madison: Some Early Madison: Some Early Results Results

Results from the Analysis of 2001-03 Graduates

Results from 2006 High School Survey of Student Engagement

Immediate College Destinations, Immediate College Destinations, Classes of 2001-03 Classes of 2001-03

College Freshman College Freshman Completing the UW System Completing the UW System Core, 2001-03Core, 2001-03

Remediation and Retention Remediation and Retention ChallengesChallengesNational first-year college remediation rates--20-30%

of entering freshman (Ed Week, January, 2007)

Freshman requiring remediation: UWS MMSD gradsEnglish 8.1% 6.5%Mathematics 11.8% 6.6%

Return to the same UW campus: 77.1% 83% WTCS MMSD grads

Classes of 01-03, Degree/certificate completion by 2006 38% 15%

High School Survey of High School Survey of Student Engagement Student Engagement (www.hssse.org)(www.hssse.org)

HSSSE has been administered to approximately 80,000 high school students nation wide.

May 2007, all 4 Madison area high schools administered the survey.

Measures students’ academic, social, and personal engagement

Readiness and Readiness and DemographicsDemographics

Readiness Indicators (as measured by HSSSE responses) Subgroups

College Readiness

Career Readiness

Civic Engagement Ready

Gender Ethnicity

◦ White/Non-White Economic Status

◦ Qualify for Free or Reduced Lunch

Grade◦ Lower/Upper Classmen

Curriculum◦ Don’t know/ELL/Voc.

Ed/Spec.Ed/General/ College Prep & Honors

College Readiness (n=42)College Readiness (n=42)Talked to an adult in the school

about how to apply for college

Completed one or more AP courses

I go to school because I want to go to college and get a degree

Career Readiness (n=36)Career Readiness (n=36)Talked to an adult in the school

about career goalsMotivated to succeed in the

world beyond schoolAttending school to obtain

workplace skills Participated in a work study

program

Civic Engagement Readiness Civic Engagement Readiness (n=30)(n=30)Participated in community

service or volunteer workHad conversations or worked on

a project with students with differing religious or political views

Gaining awareness of conditions in the community outside of school

Common Readiness Common Readiness Indicators (n=23)Indicators (n=23)Participate in school sponsored

extra-curricular activitiesConnected ideas from one class

to anotherWorked on a project requiring

outside researchMotivated by a desire to learnHS emphasis on exploring new

ideas

COLLEGE READINESSCOLLEGE READINESSBetween Gender

COLLEGE READINESSCOLLEGE READINESSBy Economic Status

COLLEGE READINESSCOLLEGE READINESSBy Race/Ethnicity

COLLEGE READINESSCOLLEGE READINESSBy Grade

COLLEGE READINESSCOLLEGE READINESSBy Curriculum

CAREER READINESSCAREER READINESSBetween Gender

CAREER READINESSCAREER READINESSEconomic Status

CAREER READINESSCAREER READINESSBy Race/Ethnicity

CAREER READINESSCAREER READINESSBy Grade

CAREER READINESSCAREER READINESSBy Curriculum

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESSREADINESSBy Gender

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESSREADINESSBy Economic Status

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESSREADINESSBy Race/Ethnicity

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESSREADINESSBy Grade

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT READINESSREADINESSBy Curriculum