attendance/dropout prevention presenter: rebecca derenge, coordinator, wvde attendance, neglected...
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ATTENDANCE/DROPOUT PREVENTION
Presenter: Rebecca Derenge, Coordinator, WVDE
Attendance, Neglected and Delinquent, McKinney-Vento,
“Homeless Education”, Innovation Zone and Dropout Prevention
AGENDA
• Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• Available Data for 2013-2014
• “New” and improved Early Warning System
What?
West Virginia Department of Education
Year Graduation Rate (4 yr.)
2008-09 70.8%
2009-10 75.5%
2010-11 76.5%
2011-12 77.9%
2012-2013 79.3%
2013-2014 84.5%
What?
West Virginia Department of Education
Year Dropout Rate
2008-09 2.8% (3,527)
2009-10 2.7% (3,353)
2010-11 2.2% (2,729)
2011-12 1.7% (2,114)
2012-13 1.5% (1,877)
2013-2014 1.3% (1,584)
So, What?Projected continued dropouts
At this rate, next ten years over 35,000 will drop out of WV schools.
Cost (nationally) Each class of dropouts cost $55 million in
healthcare. 80% of prison inmates are dropouts 12 millions students who will drop out
over the next decade will cost the nation $3 trillion dollars.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
WVDE partnered with the Supreme Court of Appeals and Judicial Systems to create Community Awareness and Action on truancy and dropout prevention.
A presentation by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals on the results of a truancy survey developed by Suzanne Davis, Research Analyst, the Division of Court Services, was sent to all 55 counties to gather data on truancy and effective county policies
Dropout Prevention Initiatives• School-based probation officers serve in eight
counties: Cabell, Logan, Mercer, Greenbrier, Monongalia, Wayne, Boone and Putnam.
• Juvenile Drug Courts are operating in Boone/Lincoln, Brooke/Hancock, Cabell, Greenbrier/Pocahontas, Harrison, Jefferson, Kanawha, Logan, Mercer, Monongalia, Putnam, Randolph, Wayne, Wood, Ohio (new) and McDowell
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• Alternative education programs enrolled 3,054 students during the 2013-14 school year. The 4-Year graduation average (2009-2013) for alternative education students is 74.2%
Innovation Zone Grants
• In 2014-2015 West Virginia Department of Education issued 10 new Innovation Zone Grants ranging from $41,850 for 1-year projects to $300,000 for 3-year projects totaling $2,496,144. dollars
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• WVDE partnered with several advocacy organizations:– Education Alliance Frontline Network –
Communities Unite for High School Success and Dropout Prevention in West Virginia
– Legal Aid of West Virginia through “Youth M.O.V.E. West Virginia”
– Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) to co-host Student Success Summit July 30-31, 2014
Dropout Prevention Initiatives• West Virginia Department of Education Virtual
School currently offers 43 credit recovery courses.– West Virginia students registered for 4932
credit recovery courses for the 2013-2014 school year. (new)
• Thirty-two counties registered students for credit recovery courses for the 2013-2014 school year (new)
Dropout Initiatives
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy - offering struggling students an alternative way to receive a West Virginia Diploma.
• Mountaineer Challenge Academy graduated 196 students in Dec., 2014 with a West Virginia High School Diploma through the Option Pathway.
Dropout Prevention Initiatives
• In 2013-2014 10,339 students graduated with EDGE (Earn a Degree-Graduate Early) credits, and
• 269 students applied for EDGE credits at a West Virginia community and technical college
GED Completions
GED Test
January 1, 2013 – December 31, 2013
All Testers 7,032
Completers* 6,193
Passers 5,124
Pass Rate 83%
*Completers are individuals who take all five (5) subjects of the GED test. The passing rate for the GED test is determined by the number of passers/completers.
• H. B. 4003 – Grants dual jurisdiction to counties where a student lives in one county and attends school in another to enforce truancy policies across county lines
• H. B. 2764 – Authorizes the county attendance director and the assistants to both have authority relating to compulsory school attendance.
Dropout Prevention InitiativesCareer Technical Education Opportunities• expanded High Schools that Work to 32 sites• expanded Technical Center that Work from
14 to 20 sites• expanded Advanced Career Programs from
12 to 14 high schools• Implementation for 2013-2014 school year of
269 Simulated Workplace pilot sites (new)
Dropout Prevention Initiative
• West Virginia Board of Education’s Drivers’ License Certification Policy 4150 that includes requirements for attendance, behavior and course performance in order for students to receive their drivers’ permits
Dropout Prevention InitiativeThe Option Pathway by which a student receives both a High School Diploma and a State Equivalency Diploma (formally GED). The Option Pathway is a blend of Career Technical Education (CTE) and the state approved high school equivalency assessment (HSEA).• Over 1124 students were enrolled in the Option
Pathway during the 2013-2014 school year, with over 553 Option Pathway seniors earning high school diplomas. 125 students received a high school equivalency diploma before leaving high school. (not available until middle August)
Option Pathway• Only students who receive the State of
West Virginia High School Equivalency Diploma under Option Pathway I and II will graduate with a regular high school diploma and will therefore be counted as graduates.
ABC Framework
Attendance
Behavior
Course Performance
Attendance Relates to disengagement
Kindergartener’s missing 30 or more days of school
Need to create a culture of attendance
This is a life and job readiness skill
Legal consequences after 5 unexcused absences
Many contributing factors : substance abuse, family
problems, depression, pregnancy, boredom, social
anxiety,
Behavior
Can be a barrier to learning
All behavior is purposeful (family problems, substance abuse,
learning problems, boredom, child abuse etc.)
Need to learn the purpose of the behavior to change it
The more time out of class the more they fall behind
Course Performance• Progression of learning• On track or Off track to graduate• Acquiring basic skills to build upon• Basic Math and Literacy Skills are required to
pass a GED test• Some need additional help• Some need a different level• Some need a different teacher
Early Warning System
• The Early Warning System is available to all counties and is a web-based tool to help educators identify at-risk students grades K-12 from research-based indicators
GRADES
LESS THAN 1.5 GPA FOR THE YEAR
ATTENDANCEMISSING MORE THAN 10% OF THE YEAR
OFFICE REFERRALSGREATER THAN 5 OFFICE REFERRALS IN A MONTH
Easy to Understand and Share
Actionable
Linked to
Research
Graduation Cohort• a continuing discussion of the study being
conducted on the graduation cohort as part of the High School Graduation Improvement Act signed into law under HB 4593 beginning with the 2011-12 freshman cohort and raising the dropout age from 16 to 17
New Cohort Document can be found at:
http://wveis.k12.wv.us/wvies2004/documents/WV%20Adjuted%20Cohort%20Guidance_091913.pdf
COHORT 2010-
112011-
122012-
13Total # of 16 year olds who dropped out
*694 *359 *86
Total # of 9th Graders who were 16 years old who dropped out
*344 *125 *25
Total # of 16 year olds included in the 9th grade cohort to be impacted by raising the compulsory school age to 17
*1231 *1165
*These figures are calculated using students’ birthdates
4-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
5-Year Adjusted Cohort Rate
ESEA Graduation TargetsUsed Beginning in the 2012-2013 Accountability Year
4-Year Cohort
85.0%
5-Year Cohort
87.5%
QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
Contact Information
Rebecca Derenge
304.558.7805
Jack Wiseman
304.558.2440
Sara Harper
304.558.8869