# Presentation: 541883

## Florida’s Cohort Graduation Rate14th Annual MIS ConferenceOrlando, Florida February 26, 2001

***Kathy Peck, Program Director,***
***Florida Department of Education***
***Julia Smith, Program Director***
***Florida Department of Education***
***Gisela Feild, Executive Director,***
***Div. of Data Quality Management,***
*** ******Miami-Dade County School District***

**Presenters:**

## Slide 2

## Florida’s Student Information Data Base

***Collects individual student data******	***
***Data collected 6 times each reporting year***
***10th year of full implementation***

## Highlights of New Adjusted Cohort Rate

***Accounts for students by identification number***
***Accounts for transfers in and out***
***Counts regular and special diplomas and GEDs ***
***Holds districts/schools accountable for all students scheduled to graduate***

## FORMER GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY

***Compared 9th grade population four years ago with current completers***
***Counted regular and special diplomas, regular and special certificates of completion, and 16 to 19 year old students receiving GEDs***
***Did not account for transfers***
***Did not account for particular students***

## FORMER GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY

_*100,000*_* graduates*
*125,000 ninth graders four years prior*_* *_
*       ****80% graduation rate***

## Process 

***Data issues identified:***
********* ******Improper reporting of student number***
********* ******Improper reporting of grade level************ Inappropriate codes reported on certain ******	******	******	******records************ ******Discrepancy between local records and  ******	******	******	******records reported to the state************ Missing records***

## Process (Continued)

***Details provided to districts on -***
***Calculation methodology***
***Data issues and how to recognize them***
***Data issues and how to correct them***
***Procedures for correction/update process***

## Process (Continued)

***New calculation used to calculate rate for 1997-98, 1998-99 and 1999-00 cohorts ***
***Used 1997-98 cohort as pilot/test (official rate used old calculation)***
***New calculation produced official rates for 1998-99 and 1999-00***

## COHORT GRADUATION RATE METHODOLOGY

***Year 1 Fall 1996-97***
***First Time Ninth Graders***

*Removed*

***Enrolled in a Course?***

## Removed

***Add all new students at end of the year***
***	******1996-97  9th Grade***
***	******1997-98 10th Grade***
***	******1998-99 11th Grade***
***	******1999-00 12th Grade***

*Y*

***Repeater?***

## REMOVE

***Left District***
***Deceased***
***Private School***
***Home School***
***Adult Education***

## Those Left Are Adjusted Cohort

***Those Left Are Adjusted Cohort***

***Divide Graduates by Adjusted Cohort***

## 1998-99 Cohort Graduation Rate

***60.23***

***1999-00 Cohort Graduation Rate 62.27***

## School Graduation Rate

***VS.***

***District Graduation Rate***

## IMPACT ON GRADUATION RATE

***Students who go to adult education***
***Exceptional education students***

## PROCESS OF UPDATING DATA

***Copies of archived data available for download***
***Special reports available for download***
***Technical assistance***
***Preliminary graduation rate***
***Update window***
***Final graduation rate***

## District:  02

***District Name:  Baker***
***School:  0011***
***Student ID:  591188518X***
***Last Name:  Smith***
***First Name:  Julia***
***Alias:  1345678900***
***Gender:  F***
***Race:  W***
***Birthday:  19801027***

## Y1:  A-W01  D-ZZZ  C-ZZZ  E-ZZZ

***Y1:  A-W01  D-ZZZ  C-ZZZ  E-ZZZ***
***Y2:  A-W01  D-ZZZ  C-ZZZ  E-ZZZ  ***
***Y3:  A-W01  D-ZZZ  C-ZZZ  E-ZZZ  ***
***Y4:  A-W06  D-06      C-ZZZ  E-ZZZ***

***A:  Attendance withdrawal code***
***D:  Diploma type***
***C:  Certificate type***
***E:  Withdrawal reason***

## Five-Year Graduation Rate

## MIAMI-DADE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

## VERIFICATION OF DATA FOR STATE’S CALCULATION

***Review State’s Edit Reports on students with no graduation code***
***Review End-of-Year transmission of student data***

## MIAMI-DADE COUNTY’S 5-YEAR GRADUATION STUDY

***Questions to be answered:***
***What happens when you track a single class-year of students over time?***
***	******Are they***
***	******Graduates (4 or 5 years)?***
***	******Dropouts?***
***	******Continuing students?***

## ISSUES WITH MIAMI-DADE’S STUDY

***Inability to match dropouts or continuing students to state database***
***Continuing students may become dropouts***

## Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group

**Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group**

**50.0%**

**20.8%**

**29.2%**

**LEP Breakdown**

## Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group

**Final Status of 1998-1999 Cohort Group**

**53.6%**

**24.8%**

**15.7%**

**6.0%**

**All Students**