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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Preparing for Success City Schools Students’ Path to College and Career Readiness
PRESENTATION TO THE BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
MAY 27, 2014
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SY2013-14 Student Achievement Overview
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
City Schools’ Vision
Every child will graduate ready to achieve excellence
in higher education and the global workforce
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
A Period of Significant Change
This presentation summarizes the work in progress as Maryland implements new standards and City Schools focuses on
• What college and career readiness means
• How it is measured
• What we are doing to prepare our students for success
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Preparing Students for Post-Secondary Success
Maryland’s College and Career-Ready Standards…
• Enable teachers and students to go deep into rich material that builds understanding, skills, and abilities that are relevant to the real world
• Set high expectations that focus on ensuring students have the skills and knowledge they need to succeed beyond high school
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Mathematics English Language Arts
More activities that require students to show their work and explain how they arrived at an answer
More activities that build on one another
More assignments that challenge students to understand concepts rather than focus on memorizing facts
More projects based on real-world problems
More reading about real-life events, including biographies, articles, and historical stories
More writing assignments that ask students to find evidence in concrete examples from text
More assignments that ask students to make written arguments using evidence
More assignments that stretch students’ vocabulary and teach them that “language is power”
How Has Instruction Changed?
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Implementing Maryland’s New Standards
City Schools has provided schools with supports, including:
• Increasingly rigorous units, lessons, and instructional resources for K-12 literacy and mathematics
• Revised assessments with performance tasks modeled on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career (PARCC)
• Extensive district and school-based professional development
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Building on a Foundation of Progress
Since 2007, City Schools has seen
• More students enrolling
• More students entering school ready to learn, with a lasting impact on achievement
• Students in grades 3 to 8 holding ground in achievement, with some notable gains in reading
• Graduation rates rising significantly, and dropout rates declining dramatically
But the shift to the new college and career readiness standards highlights work still to be done.
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
District Enrollment
82,381
81,284
82,266
82,866
83,800 84,212
84,747 84,730
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2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Note: Counts reflect the official district enrollment for pre-k to 12th grade.
1-year change 7-year change
# % # %
-17 -0.2% +2,349 +2.9%
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Maryland Model for School Readiness Results Many more students starting kindergarten fully ready to learn
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1,204
2,910
427
3,212
2,052
266
5,601
1,381
236
5,543
1,473
289
(4,541) (5,530) (7,218) (7,305)
2004 2007 2013 2014
1-yr change 7-yr change 10-yr change
# Pct # Pct # Pct
-58 -1.04% +2331 72.6% +4339 360%
F U L L Y R E A D Y A P P R O A C H I N G D E V E L O P I N G
Note: Data reflect composite scores. Teachers complete the MMSR for each kindergarten student in November. Only students with a rating for each of the 30 items are given a composite readiness score.
(4,541) (5,530) (7,218) (7,305)
2004 2007 2013 2014
(4,541) (5,530) (7,218) (7,305)
2004 2007 2013 2014
26.5%
58.1%
77.6%
64.1%
37.1%
19.1%
9.4% 4.8% 3.3%
1-yr change 7-yr change 10-yr change
# Pct # Pct # Pct
+92 +6.67% -579 -28.2% -1437 -49.4%
1-yr change 7-yr change 10-yr change
# Pct # Pct # Pct
+53 +22.5% +23 +8.65% -138 -32.3%
75.9%
20.2%
4.0%
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
88.0 86.3 80.0 81.0 81.9
78.1 74.7 74.1
66.1 66.5 68.2 63.4
56.2 59.8
56.3
48.4 54.4
32.1
1st Grade Stanford
2nd Grade Stanford
3rd Grade MSA
4th Grade MSA
5th Grade MSA
6th Grade MSA
Fully Ready Approaching Developing
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School Readiness: Long-lasting Impact on Performance
Students with an MMSR assessment in 2006-07 were linked to their subsequent Stanford 10 reading (1st and 2nd grade) and MSA reading scores (3rd to 6th grade). By 6th grade, only 81 students from the original cohort who had been assessed as “Developing” on the MMSR took the MSA, compared to 965 “Approaching” and 1,919 “Fully Ready.” Note: Includes only promoted students.
R E A D I N G
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
88.3 90.3 87.5 87.9
78.8
69.6
76.8 78.6
70.8 72.6
60.3
53.5
60.1 66.1
43.9
50.0
37.3
29.6
1st Grade Stanford
2nd Grade Stanford
3rd Grade MSA
4th Grade MSA
5th Grade MSA
6th Grade MSA
Fully Ready Approaching Developing
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School Readiness: Long-lasting Impact on Performance
M A T H
Students with an MMSR assessment in 2006-07 were linked to their subsequent Stanford 10 math (1st and 2nd grade) and MSA math scores (3rd to 6th grade). By 6th grade, only 81 students from the original cohort who had been assessed as “Developing” on the MMSR took the MSA, compared to 965 “Approaching” and 1,919 “Fully Ready.” Note: Includes only promoted students.
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
202 200 204
210 211 212
220 220 221
245 246 252
252 255 258
262 264 266
Change Since 2011
Change Since 2009
Baltimore City +4 +2
Large City +2* +2
National Public +1* +1
Trial Urban District Assessment Results (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
Average Reading Scale Scores by Grade
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2009 2011 2013
G R A D E 4 G R A D E 8
2009 2011 2013
National Public Large City Baltimore City
Change Since 2011
Change Since 2009
Baltimore City +6* +7*
Large City +3* +5*
National Public +2* +4*
*Statistically significant change; all other changes not reliably different from zero. Note: The NAEP Reading scale is 0 to 500. Numbers may not sum due to rounding.
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TUDA Results in Reading for Low-Income Students* Performance among Demographic Peers
188
190
193
193
198
200
201
203
Detroit
Cleveland
Fresno
Milwaukee
Philadelphia
Chicago
Baltimore City
Dallas
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4th-Grade Average Scale Score
*As determined by eligibility for free/reduced-price meals (FARMs). Note: Demographic peers are defined as districts with high percentages of FARMs students participating in NAEP across both grades and subjects. Results are rounded to the nearest whole number.
238
238
239
242
245
249
250
250
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cleveland
Fresno
Philadelphia
Baltimore City
Chicago
Dallas
8th-Grade Average Scale Score
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
222 226
223
231 235
239 240 241
257 261 260
271 274 276
282 283 284
Change Since 2011
Change Since 2009
Baltimore City -3 +1
Large City +2 +4
National Public +1 +2
Trial Urban District Assessment Results (National Assessment of Educational Progress)
Average Math Scale Scores by Grade
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2009 2011 2013
G R A D E 4 G R A D E 8
2009 2011 2013
National Public Large City Baltimore City
Change Since 2011
Change Since 2009
Baltimore City -2 +3
Large City +2 +4
National Public +1 +2
Note: The NAEP Math scale is 0 to 500. Numbers may not sum due to rounding.
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
TUDA Results in Math for Low-Income Students* Performance among Demographic Peers
203
216
217
217
220
222
225
233
Detroit
Cleveland
Milwaukee
Fresno
Baltimore City
Philadelphia
Chicago
Dallas
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*As determined by eligibility for free/reduced-price meals (FARMs). Note: Demographic peers are defined as districts with high percentages of FARMs students participating in NAEP across both grades and subjects. Results are rounded to the nearest whole number.
4th-Grade Average Scale Score
237
253
253
257
257
262
264
272
Detroit
Milwaukee
Cleveland
Baltimore City
Fresno
Philadelphia
Chicago
Dallas
8th-Grade Average Scale Score
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
51.2
42.8
6.1
43.3 47.2
9.5
32.7
50.3
17.0
32.1
49.9
18.0
Maryland School Assessment (MSA) Results in Reading Growth at Advanced Level, Steady Declines at Basic
B A S I C P R O F I C I E N T A D V A N C E D
Notes: MSA results for grades 3 to 8 combined. Between 2009 and 2012, Mod-MSA results were reported as part of MSA total scores; the Mod-MSA was not administered in 2013, therefore all scores for that year are based on the regular MSA.
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
-0.6 -1.8% -11.2 -25.9% -19.1 -37.3%
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
-0.4 -0.8% +2.7 +5.7% +7.1 +16.6%
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
+1.0 +5.9% +8.5 +89.5% +11.9 +195.1%
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(21,655) (15,043) (11,244) (11,065)
2004 2007 2012 2013
(18,096) (16,416) (17,277) (17,179)
2004 2007 2012 2013
(2,561) (3,312) (5,822) (6,194)
2004 2007 2012 2013
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Maryland School Assessment (MSA) Results in Math Growth at Advanced Level, Declines over Time at Basic
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66.5
30.5
2.9
52.2
39.8
8.1
36.6
47.2
16.2
41.1 45.3
13.5
B A S I C P R O F I C I E N T A D V A N C E D
Notes: MSA results for grades 3 to 8 combined. Between 2009 and 2012, Mod-MSA results were reported as part of MSA total scores; the Mod-MSA was not administered in 2013, therefore all scores for that year are based on the regular MSA.
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
+4.5 +12.3% -11.1 -21.3% -25.4 -38.2%
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
-1.9 -4.0% +5.5 +13.8% +14.8 +48.5%
1-yr change 6-yr change 9-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
-2.7 -16.7% +5.4 +66.7% +10.6 +365.5%
(28,233) (18,119) (12,541) (14,140)
2004 2007 2012 2013
(12,955) (13,823) (16,187) (15,578)
2004 2007 2012 2013
(1,244) (2,800) (5,548) (4,655)
2004 2007 2012 2013
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Time in School A Key Driver of Student Success
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70.5
54.4
R E A D I N G M A T H
62.7
39.3
(29,013) (4,856)
Not Chronically
Absence
Chronically Absent
Note: Chronic absence is defined as missing 20 or more school days (among students enrolled at least 90 days). Attendance data for 2013 are based on attendance as of June 6, 2013, and should not be considered official. Ns = total number of students who took the MSA.
69.5
53.8
44.3
(31,516) (2,021) (901)
0 1 >1
Suspensions
(28,994) (4,811)
Not Chronically
Absence
Chronically Absent
61.1
37.8
33.4
(31,471) (2,009) (893)
0 1 >1
Suspensions
Percent of students scoring proficient/advanced on the 2013 MSA
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
17.2
7.6
58.4
79.3
8th-Grade Achievement A Predictor of Graduation
15.0
6.2
62.0
86.1
N = 1,333 1,333
Proficient or Advanced
Notes: 8th-grade MSA proficiency levels of students in the 2009 4-year cohort. Only students who took the 8th-grade MSA in Baltimore City Public Schools are included. Scores from the most recent 8th-grade MSA administration were used for students who repeated the 8th grade.
M A T H R E A D I N G
Dropout Graduate
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3,310 3,310
Basic
2,365 2,365
Basic
2,290 2,290
Proficient or Advanced
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
High School An Urgent Need to Ensure Our Students Are Prepared to Reach Their Potential
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Cohort Graduation Rates
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Note: 4- and 5-year graduate counts refer to cohort rates. 5-year outcomes are completed one year after the 4-year outcome. For example, the Class of 2012 finished 4 years in 2012 and 5 years in 2013.
61.5 66.7 65.8
70.6 66.5
71.7 68.5
4 - Y E A R G R A D U A T E S 5 - Y E A R G R A D U A T E S
1-Yr Pt Change
1-Yr Pct Change
2-Yr Pt Change
2-Yr Pct Change
+1.1 +1.6% +5.0 +7.5%
6,444 6,187 6,305
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Class of 2012
6,432 6,128 6,288 5,987
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Class of 2012
Class of 2013
1-Yr Pct Pt Change
1-Yr Pct Change
3-Yr Pct Pt Change
3-Yr Pct Change
+2.0 +3.0% +7.0 +11.4%
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4-Year Cohort Dropout Rates
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Note: Students who re-enroll in high school are not counted as dropouts.
23.8
17.4
14.1 12.1
N= 6,432 6,128 6,288 5,987
Class of 2010
Class of 2011
Class of 2012
Class of 2013
1-Yr Pct Pt Change
1-Yr Pct Change
3-Yr Pct Pt Change
3-Yr Pct Pt Change
-2.0 -14.2% -11.7 -49.2%
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Time in School A Key Driver of Student Success
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Note: Data are for the Class of 2012. 4-and 5-year graduation rates are based on entering cohorts of 9th-grade students. The graduation rates are referred to by the spring of the cohort’s 4th year of high school. For the Class of 2012, students entered 9th grade in the 2008-09 school year and graduated 4 years later by August 2012 or 5 years later by June 2013. The 4-year rate includes summer graduates; the 5-year graduation rate does not. Chronic absence is defined as missing 20 or more days in a school year (among students who had been enrolled for at least 90 days).
7.0
88.8 92.2
18.8
51.4 58.5
27.3
39.4 45.7
N=
Chronically Absent in 9th Grade Chronically Absent at Least
Once in High School Never Chronically Absent in
High School
1,917 1,917 1,946
4-year dropout
4-year grad 5-year grad 3,756 3,756 3,824
4-year dropout
4-year grad 5-year grad 2,532 2,532 2,481
4-year dropout
4-year grad 5-year grad
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Preparing Students for the Future
Graduating students is only part of our commitment. We must also ensure that, when they graduate, our students are prepared for the next steps to success in adult life. The new college- and career-ready standards, along with district data, highlight the urgency of this work.
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46.7
24.8 27.6
45.8
23.6 21.6
43.9
23.1
32.0
45.5
21.8
32.0
2010 2011 2012 2013
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Cumulative High School Assessment Results, 2010-13 Percent of 12th-Grade Students Satisfying HSA Requirements
N =
*“Passing All” indicates that students passed three (Algebra, English, Biology) or four (Algebra, English, Biology, Government) HSA exams to complete graduation requirements. In 2012, the Government HSA was not required for graduation, though students may have already taken it.
Note: The denominator for these rates includes all 12th-grade students who had taken all exams and satisfied the HSA requirement in a given year. Passing HSA exams was not a graduation requirement for students entering 9th grade prior to 2005-06. Students can also receive a waiver that exempts them from this graduation requirement; 0.5% of 12th-grade students received a waiver in 2013.
(4,293) (4,551) (4,623) (4,461) (4,293) (4,551) (4,623) (4,461) (4,293) (4,551) (4,623) (4,461)
P A S S I N G A L L * P A S S I N G B Y C O M B I N E D S C O R E
P A S S I N G B Y B R I D G E
1-yr change 3-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
+1.6 +3.6% -1.2 -2.6%
1-yr change 3-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
-1.3 -5.6% -3.0 -12.1%
1-yr change 3-yr change
Pct Pt Pct Pct Pt Pct
0.0 0.0% +4.4 +15.9%
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
383 376 380 386 373 374 375 367 363
378 373 368
N =
2013 SAT Results by Subject
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R E A D I N G M A T H
Note: Results are from the 2013 College Bound Seniors Report by the College Board, District Highlights Summary. Data include results for all students who reported that they would graduate in a given year. The College Bound Seniors Report is for the (self-reported) Class of 2013. SAT scores have a possible range of 200-800 on each subscale.
(3,021) (3,373) (3,390) (3,279)
2010 2011 2012 2013
W R I T I N G
1-yr change 3-yr change
Points Pct Points Pct
+3.0 +0.8% -5.0 -1.3%
1-yr change 3-yr change
Points Pct Points Pct
+6.0 +1.6% -3.0 -0.8%
1-yr change 3-yr change
Points Pct Points Pct
+5.0 +1.4% -12.0 -3.2%
(3,021) (3,373) (3,390) (3,279)
2010 2011 2012 2013
(3,021) (3,373) (3,390) (3,279)
2010 2011 2012 2013
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
53.5
24.6
37.0
24.1
Note: Ns for anticipated enrollment refer to the total number of high school seniors who completed the MSDE High School Graduate Follow-up Questionnaire administered within 30 days of anticipated graduation, which asks students to report their anticipated plans following graduation. Results are available publicly at mdreportcard.org. Ns for actual enrollment refer to the total number of high school graduates. Actual enrollment captures enrollment in the first fall after high school graduation.
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Anticipated and Actual College Enrollment
2,710 4,419 Anticipated Actual
Class of 2010
48.2
22.0
32.1
24.8
44.7
20.4
41.1
23.9
3,157 4,596 Anticipated Actual
Class of 2011
3,396 4,633 Anticipated Actual
Class of 2012
4-Year College 2-Year Institution
While more than 80 percent of students plan to continue their education after high school, actual college enrollment fails to meet students’ expectations and has been declining.
44.3 46.8 48.7
90.6
N =
80.3 85.8
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
4.2
42.4
7.1
1.4
Note: Some students earned both 2-year and 4-year degrees. Students may earn degrees from a different institution than that where they first enrolled. Ns refer to the number of high school graduates who first enrolled in each institution type in the first fall after high school graduation.
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Postsecondary Degree Completion
707 886
2-Year Enrollees 4-Year Enrollees
Class of 2004
3.3
40.5
6.7
2.0
4.5
43.7
8.1
2.0
797 1,019
2-Year Enrollees 4-Year Enrollees
Class of 2005
752 1,173
2-Year Enrollees 4-Year Enrollees
Class of 2006
4-Year Degree 2-Year Degree
Students who first enroll in a 4-year college earn degrees within 6 years at much high rates than those who first enroll in a 2-year institution.
N =
45.7 42.5 43.8
11.3 10.0 12.6
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Postsecondary Outcomes for the Class of 2006
752
84
1173
547
Graduates College Enrollees College Graduates
2-yr College 4-yr College
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4,108
1,925
631
Only 15 percent of students who graduated in 2006 had earned a college degree by 2012.
Note: “Graduates” reflects actual number; cohort measure not in place in 2006. College enrollees are defined as those who entered college the first fall after high school graduation. College graduation is defined as completing a 2- or 4-year degree within 6 years. Some students earned both 2-year and 4-year degrees. Students may earn degrees from a different institution than that where they first enrolled.
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Transition from School to College and Career Calls for a Comprehensive Strategy
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The CCR work group is creating metrics aligned with the four strategic objectives for SY14-15.
• Connecting students to their passion and interests
• Community, business, higher education partnerships
• Building a college-going culture
• Alternative options with additional supports
• Advanced Placement (AP)
• PSAT/SAT/ACT prep
• Dual enrollment • Career
development (CTE, internships, work-based learning)
Provide rigorous
and challenging
courses
Engage and motivate students
Navigate the college and career
process
Foster successful transitions
• Financial literacy • Family engagement
and education • College/career
exposure • Career aptitude
assessments • Reducing need for
remediation
• School counseling and guidance
• Job readiness skills
• Identifying supports to strengthen transitions
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
AP Course Enrollment and Exam Participation
2,487
2,118
375
2,669
2,362
500
2,945
2,549
609
2,790
2,178
605
2010 2011 2012 2013
Note: Information on AP course enrollment is taken from SMS at the end of April; it therefore reflects the total enrollment for each year at the time of the AP exam. Data on number of exams taken and passed are from the College Board District Integrated Summary. Students may enroll in multiple AP courses in any given school year and take multiple exams.
1-Yr Pct Change
3-Yr Pct Change
-5.3% +12.2%
1-Yr Pct Change
3-Yr Pct Change
-14.6% +2.8%
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1-Yr Pct Change
3-Yr Pct Change
-0.7% +61.3%
COURSE ENROLLMENT EXAMS TAKEN EXAMS PASSED
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Career and Technology Education More students exposed to real world skills in the classroom
42.3 49.1
CTE program offerings include:
• Arts, Media, and Communication
• Business Management and Finance
• Construction and Development
• Consumer Services, Hospitality, and Tourism
• Environmental, Agriculture, and Natural Resources
• Health and Biosciences
• Human Resource Services
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology
• Transportation Technologies
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Change
Pt Change +6.8
Pct Change +16.1%
Note: Results reflect the percentage of students in a particular cohort who ever enrolled in a CTE course. The denominators reflect the total number of students in the cohort.
% O F G R A D U A T E S E V E R E N R O L L E D I N C T E
(6,288) (5,987)
Class of 2012 Class of 2013
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
61.1
47.5
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C T E P A T H W A Y C O M P L E T I O N R A T E S A M O N G C T E
E N R O L L E E S
CTE Completion and Certification Rates
Note: CTE pathway completion is out of all graduates in the cohort who ever enrolled in CTE courses. Certification rates are out of all graduates in the cohort who completed a CTE certification.
23.5
45.6
C E R T I F I C A T I O N R A T E S A M O N G C T E C O M P L E T E R S
(1,767) (2,014)
Class of 2012 Class of 2013 (1,080) (956)
Class of 2012 Class of 2013
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Work-Based Learning Participation
Employment Sector Student Participation
Agriculture, Animal, and Natural Resources 21
Arts and Media 18
Business, Finance, and Management 4
Construction Services 38
Education and Childcare 149
Manufacturing and Engineering 6
Health and Biosciences 690
Hospitality, Travel, and Tourism 62
Information Technology and Services 55
Law and Legal Services 2
Law Enforcement and Emergency Services 12
Nonprofit and Public Services 76
Printing and Communications 8
Transportation 9
Total 1,150
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In 2012-13, 1,150 CTE students in grades 11 and 12 participated in work-based learning programs.
Opportunities are being developed for non-CTE students to align work exposure with college and career aspirations.
Note: Counts are for CTE students who participated in internship or clinical programs either during the summer or the school year. These numbers do not include work-based learning for non-CTE students.
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Dual Enrollment
Vision: To provide high school students with opportunities to earn college credit while simultaneously completing requirements for high school graduation.
• The College Readiness and Completion Act of 2013 requires districts to provide dual-enrollment opportunities for qualified students.
• The program was first initiated in the district in Spring 2014 and will be expanding in 2014-15.
• Continued partnership with local colleges and universities will be critical going forward.
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Alternative Options Programs
Vision: To provide additional support to students who are not meeting with success in traditional academic settings by:
Eliminating all entrance criteria
Implementing flexible scheduling
Providing services such as mental health counseling, childcare, etc.
Choosing strategic geographical locations
Offering the following proposed structures:
Push-in programs
Transitional programs
Stand-alone school
Co-locations
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BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
5-year Cohort Graduation* and Dropout Rates among AOP Students
22.8 32.2 31.1
19.4
33.4 41.1
Graduates Still Enrolled
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57.2
34.4 27.8
1-Yr Pct Pt Change
1-Yr Pct Change
6-Yr Pct Pt Change
6-Yr Pct Change
+6.6 +10.1% +30.0 +71.1%
(754) (730) (900)
Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012
5-YEAR COHORT GRADUATION/STILL ENROLLED RATE*
*Data include students who had graduated with a high school diploma or were still enrolled at the end of the 5th year. Note: Analysis is limited to students enrolled at AOPs. Students are assigned to cohorts based on the year of 9th-grade entry; students are assigned to schools based on their last school of enrollment.
1-Yr Pct Pt Change
1-Yr Pct Change
6-Yr Pct Pt Change
6-Yr Pct Change
-6.6 -19.2% -29.4 -51.4%
(754) (730) (900)
Class of 2010 Class of 2011 Class of 2012
5-YEAR COHORT DROPOUT RATE
42.2
65.6 72.2
BALTIMORE CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS
City Schools students have unlimited potential — and our obligation and commitment is to ensure they have
every opportunity to realize that potential. In this work, the resources of the entire community must be tapped.
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Asia McCallum, senior, Forest Park High School
Gates Millennium Scholar, Disney Dreamer, aspiring writer, entrepreneur, product developer, patent-seeker, overcame bullying, struggled with homelessness — and is heading to MICA this fall
Zachariah McDowell-Spencer, junior, W.E.B. DuBois High School
Two-time 1st-place winner at the Morgan State University Mathematics-Science-Engineering Fair, delegate to the International Science and Engineering Fair, researcher into combatting pollution of waterways, lab assistant at the Carnegie Institution for Science, varsity wrestler
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Yasmine Baldwin, freshman, Baltimore City College
Writer, award-winning poet, Higher Achievement participant, performer, social commentator, dedicated to communicating that youth can be changed, helped, and — especially — successful
Evodie Ngoy, junior, Digital Harbor High School
Award-winning filmmaker, Wide Angle Youth Media participant, Tedx Baltimore presenter, committed voice for refugee youth, advocate for a more welcoming Baltimore
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Eddie Hawkins, junior, Baltimore City College
CEO intern, recycling advocate, fundraiser, student leader and organizer, Carson scholar, aspiring Morehouse College student, aspiring educator and politician
Asia Cole, senior, Digital Harbor High School
Researcher into the effects of stress and anxiety on youth, Kennedy Krieger intern, MERIT program participant, college bound to study psychology and chemistry