Results, Challenges, and Recommendations – an Internal Assessment for CIS Project Success 2010-2011
Project Success – New Braunfels High School
Prepared by Tiffany Patterson, MLA
Project Success Coordinator
Communities in Schools of South Central Texas
June 2011
The 2010 2011 assessment will measure the Project Success program’s effectiveness based upon the following criteria:
1. A Demographic breakdown of students we served:
Number of students served, total and number of seniors
Ethnicity
Free and Reduced Lunch status
2. High School Performance Measures:
Enrollment and persistence in Project Success (attrition rate)
High School GPA
How many times students attended group (average by school)
On time graduation from high school
3. College Transition Measures:
Application to one or more postsecondary institutions
Completion of SAT/ACT by May 2011
Documented scholarship and grant awards
Completion of FAFSA
Independent status on FAFSA: dependency override or McKinney Vento certification
4. College Going Measures:
Enrollment in postsecondary training or college program
Receipt of financial aid
A Demographic Breakdown of Who We Served in 2010 - 2011
Schools with the highest senior populations, in order; this total includes all seniors served from the beginning of the Fall semester:
1. NBHS - 18
2. Marion - 10
We served 29 seniors in total during the 2010 2011 year.
Ethnicity:
Overall:
Hispanic – 43%
Caucasian – 49%
African American – 8%
Free and Reduced Lunch status:
Marion: 57%
NBHS: 83%
Spotlight: Why is Free and Reduced Lunch status important? While students can be enrolled in CIS for a variety of reasons, a verification of the family’s/and or student’s income is important because being on Free and Reduced Lunch opens the door to fee waivers for both the SAT and ACT exams. Receiving a fee waiver has a domino effect on the entire college application process, as once the student receives a testing fee waiver, he or she can then apply to up to four universities for free. While the income guidelines for fee waivers set by both College Board (SAT) and ACT are more generous than the Free and Reduced Lunch guidelines (allowing for independent judgment on the counselor’s part), students who are on free and reduced are guaranteed a waiver if they request one. Project Success facilitates this process as the students did not know about the option of using a fee waiver for testing. During our group work, we are able to actively send our students to the counseling office for a waiver and have them return to group to register for exams on the spot.
HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE MEASURES:
Enrollment and persistence in Project Success
High School GPA (average, by school)
How many times students attended group
On time graduation from high school
Enrollment and Persistence:
For our purposes, attrition is defined as “inactive” status when: a student fails to attend sessions; withdraws from the high school to attend an alternative program; graduates early (December graduation.). This year, we had two early graduates at Marion High School and two at NBHS.
1. Marion HS: A total of 10 seniors finished the program. Two students graduated in December.
2. New Braunfels High School: 18 seniors, with none inactive by the end of first semester. All seniors finished the program. Two seniors graduated early.
• Inactive students are those who graduated early (December 2010), left the high school for another school, or chose to not attend the program meetings.
High School GPA:
MHS: 3.01
NBHS: 2.75
Attendance: Average number of times students attended group, by school:
MHS: 11
NBHS: 14
On time graduation:
100% of Project Success students graduated at all campuses.
College Transition Measures:
Application to one or more postsecondary institutions
Completion of SAT/ACT by May 2011
Documented scholarship and grant awards
Completion of FAFSA
Independent status on FAFSA: dependency override or McKinney Vento certification
Acceptances:
Acceptances were to the following institutions: SAC, St. Philips, Northeast Lakeview, Central Texas Technology Center; UTSA, TX State, University of Incarnate Word, Texas Tech University, Dillard University, Blinn College, Prairie View A&M University, Howard Payne University, Texas State Technical College, West Texas A&M University, Midwestern State University, Austin Community College
Marion: 9 out of 10 students were accepted to a school = 93%
NBHS: 18 out of 18 were accepted to a school = 100%
Overall acceptance rate: 97%
SAT/ACT completion:
Completed ACT/SAT or ACCUPLACER by May 2011
MHS: 9 out of 10 students
NBHS: 15 out of 18 students
FAFSA completion by school:
MHS: 7 students completed FAFSA
NBHS: 16 students completed FAFSA