# Presentation: 667866

## Percentage of Career-Oriented Students at Experienced Sites Completing theHSTW-Recommended Academic Curriculum 

**Schools that were members of the network throughout this period.**

**Archived Information**

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## Percentage of Students Who Met HSTW Performance Goals at Experienced Sites* 

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## High- and Low-implementation Sites Have Comparative Students

|  | High Sites | Low Sites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| African-American  |    20% |    21% |
| White | 66 | 65 |
| Other minorities | 14 | 14 |
| Parents completed some college  | 70 | 68 |

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## Comparison of High- and Low-implementation Sites by Percentage of Students Having Selected Curriculum Experiences

|  | High
Sites | Low
Sites |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Completed recommended English | 55% | 32 |
| Completed recommended math | 88 | 70 |
| Completed recommended science | 71 | 58 |
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## Students Meeting the HSTW Performance Goals

|  | High- Implementation Sites | Low-Implementation Sites | Goal |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reading |    66% |    48% |    85% |
| Math | 68 | 51 | 85 |
| Science | 57 | 42 | 85 |

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## Percentage of Students Receiving Extra Help at High- and Low-implementation Sites

**Source: Special analysis of 2002 Assessment**** ****top 50 and bottom 50 sites in implementing the *****HSTW***** design.**

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## What do students think about extra help at their school?

|  |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | High | Low |
| Received help needed for English class each week or more often | 28% | 23% |
| Extra help often helped me earn better grades | 45% | 33% |
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**Source: Special analysis of 2002 Assessment**** ****top 50 and bottom 50 sites in implementing the *****HSTW***** design.**

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## Students’ Experiences in Career/Technical Classes

|  | High | Low |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Used math for CT assignments  | 27% | 20% |
| Read technical books for CT assignments  | 32 | 23 |
| Read and understood CT articles  | 59 | 44 |
| Used computer skills  | 68 | 53 |
| Had challenging CT assignments | 62 | 48 |
| All differences are statistically significant at the .01 level. |  |  |

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## Mean Increases for 14 Schools That Improved First-Time Passing Rates on Graduation Test and Their Completion Rates

**Note: 14 high schools in Georgia were on two lists of schools: the top 50 high schools increasing the percent of students passing the graduation test on their first try; and the top 50 high schools having an increase in their graduation rate.  **

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## What do students plan to do after high school?

| Working full-time or part-time | 21% |
| --- | --- |
| Apprenticeship |   3 |
| Military |   5 |
| Homemaker |   1 |
| Trade school or community college | 26 |
| 4-year college | 41 |
| No plans |   3 |

**Source: 42,000 career/technical senior participating in the 2002 *****HSTW***** Assessment**

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## Postsecondary Remediation Rate by High School English Curriculum Taken

| 

 | Had to take remedial postsec. Courses |
| --- | --- |
| Completed 4 CP English courses | 44% |
| Completed weekly writing assignments | 19% |
| Scored at Proficient or Advanced level in reading (NAEP-referenced exam) | 28% |

**Source: 2002 Assessment at all network sites**

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## Postsecondary Remediation Rate by High School Mathematics Courses

|  | Had to take remedial postsec. Courses |
| --- | --- |
| Completed 4 CP mathematics courses |    20% |
| Took mathematics the senior year | 27 |
| Did not take mathematics the senior year | 34 |

**Source: 2002 Assessment at all network sites**

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