Cohort Graduation Rate Auditing Dropout Discussion

Ken BarbourAccountability Portfolio Manager

2009

4 and 5 Year Cohort Graduation Student Audit

Students in Original 9th Grade Cohort

GraduatesAuthoritative Source NCWISE

Official dropoutsPending, came back, not yet official

Unknown:moved? where?

Students who Graduate because of changes to Exit standards of Competency and computer skills do not count in 2009. Effective July 1, 2009

Current Year Dropouts

Considerations

• Accountability needs dropout data before the “official” dropout report is complete

•

LEP Cohort to establish database

Provide student ID and status

EC Students from CECASTo establish

which students have IEP. Provide

Student ID and status

Accountability database to collect accommodation data to

have schools key IEPInformation for testing.System can pass back

to NCWISE the EC tags and create DECK 4

information

NCWISE with Demographics.

Keeps LEAs from keying data we have

504

Options for Collecting Accommodation Data

NC Registration

LEA KEY EntryFrom IEP folders

Authoritative Source Security Management Ken Barbour 09/14/09

Candidates for Dropouts

• Create a file of W2s at NCWISE year end transaction (YET 2009)

• Create file on 20 Day• Compare the two files. Students not in both files are

candidates for dropout• LEAs would need to track dropouts for the remainder

of the school year, until 06/30/2010.• This process could allow for monitoring of dropouts

for NCLB.