StarkUsing County the P-16 Compact Experience: Toward Convergence in Northeast Ohio Adrienne O’Neill, Ed.D. President Stark Education Partnership 220 Market Avenue S, Suite 350 Canton, Ohio 44702-2181 www.edpartner.org 330-452-0829 July 25, 2007 • Presentation to the Northeast Ohio Universities Collaboration & Innovation Study Commission WWhat is P-16? 1 Van de Water, G. & P-16 is the shorthand term for an integrated system of education stretching Rainwater, T. (2001). What Is P-16 education? from early childhood through a four-year college degree. A primer for legislators: A practical introduction to the concept, language Imagine a system of education where every child enters school ready to learn, and policy issues of an integrated system where all third graders read at or above grade level, where all students have of public education. taken algebra by the end of the 8th grade, where high school exit exams test Education Commission of the States. Available students at the 12th grade level and are aligned with college admissions at: http://www.ecs.org/ requirements, where all young people graduate from high school prepared for clearinghouse/24/28/ 1 2428.htm college or work, and where every student who enters college finishes college. Our work as a P-16 Compact was recently described as follows: “P-16 doesn’t act on its own; individual institutions decide what to do. In my 35 years in higher education I have seldom been involved in a more worthwhile endeavor. I listen to the conversation at this table and go back to my deans and vice-presidents and say: “What can we do to help solve that problem.” Before this Compact was established, I had limited knowledge of what the P-12 problems were. It is affirming to have Malone College’s success celebrated by the P-16 Compact. I try not to miss meetings. Establish more local P-16 councils is my advice to the State.” Dr. Ronald Johnson – President Emeritus, Malone College 2 How Did We Start in Stark County, Ohio? Stark County Ohio has a long tradition of collaborative action. In “When the 17 district the fall of 2002, using that Superintendents look tradition and the helpful The Class of 2021 A White Paper of the Stark County P-16 Compact advice of a consultant, August, 2002 at our graduation Robert Kronley, from Ohio’s Percent of Population with a Ba chelor’s Degree or Higher Atlanta, Georgia we decided Population 25 years and over, 2001 rates compiled in the to build on our successes document Class of Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Demographic Surveys Division Created: June 28, 2001 Last Revised: Wednesday, 08-May-02 16:34:24 Note: The chart above shows the margin or error, represented by the lower (|–) and upper (–|) bounds of the 90% onfidencec interval. The and established the Stark estimate itself is representedby the center of the confidence interval (•). The confidence interval gives a range of values likely to include the population true value. The smaller the confidenc e interval the more prec ise the estimate of the chara cteristic of interest. 2021 (2002), we were County P-16 Compact. We Published by the Stark Education Partnership A White Paper of the Stark County P-16 Compact held several large meetings appalled and all of us and benefited from the advice given to us by agreed – 100% is our goal. Each of us set out Stephen Portch. to improve the graduation rate – we shared our strategies at County meetings and here at P-16 meetings. We have moved the needle.” Teresa Purses – Superintendent Canton Local School District 3 Members of the Stark County P-16 Current Compact members include presidents of all of representatives from the County the local colleges, superintendents Educational Service Center, representing the 17 local school businesses, foundations, economic districts in Stark County, and development organizations and social service agencies. Keith Barsuhn – President Patricia Grischow – Senior Stephen Paquette – President United Way of Greater Stark County Government Affairs Specialist Stark Development Board The Timken Company Fred Blosser – Superintendent Teresa Purses – Superintendent Massillon City Schools Michael Johnson Canton Local Schools Executive Director James Bower – President Child & Adolescent Service Center Judge W. Don Reader – Board Chair Stark Community Foundation Stark Education Partnership Richard Jusseaume – President Theodore Boyd – Chairman Walsh University Dr. Joseph Rochford Beaverkettle Vice President Dr. Faith Kittoe Stark Education Partnership Dr. Betsy Boze – Dean Interim Superintendent Kent State University-Stark Campus Lake Local Schools Dennis Saunier – President & CEO Canton Chamber of Commerce Victoria Conley – Executive Director Cindy Lazor Sisters of Charity Foundation Vice President of Programs Randy Snow – Board Member Stark Community Foundation Ohio Foundation of Independent Colleges Rebecca Crowl – President Black, McCuskey, Souers & Arbaugh Aultman College of Nursing Mel Lioi – Assistant Superintendent and Health Sciences Stark County ESC Walter Stanislawski Director & Executive Vice President Lynne Dragomier – Vice President Larry Morgan – Superintendent Paul & Carol David Foundation of Public Relations & Marketing Stark County ESC Mercy Medical Center Alice Stephens – Interim Director Robert Mullen The Employment Source Dr. Michele Evans-Gardell Legislative Assistant Superintendent Congressman Ralph Regula Tracy Stevens – Manager Canton City Schools Local Affairs Dominion East Ohio Dr. John O’Donnell – President Jeff Garner – Vice President Stark State College of Technology Dr. Gary Streit – President National City Bank Malone College Dr. Adrienne O’Neill – President Dr. Richard Giese – President Stark Education Partnership Ward J. Timken – President Mount Union College Timken Foundation 4 Members of the Goals of the Stark County P-16 Stark County P-16 All local P-16 Councils the Ohio Department of Education must choose a transition for or the Ohio Board of Regents. We the focus of the work. Given the are getting much closer to our 100% noteworthy work of the Sisters of goal for high school graduation. Charity Foundation of Canton on the pre-school to Kindergarten transition, We are making progress with our we selected the transition from high goal of sending more students on school to college as our initial P- to college. However, increasing the 16 focus. Our initial goals were to high school to college going rate is increase the high school graduation harder to accomplish than moving rates and to increase the number of up the high school graduation rate. high school students going on to some form of higher education. Those goals have become much more specific. Graduation Rate We are now seeking to attain a 100% District 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 graduation rate and an 80% high school Alliance 81.9% 80.3% 86.8% to college going rate. Canton City 72.4% 67.3% 54.1% We examined data to establish our Canton Local 98.3% 97.3% 97.8% goals and we continue to measure our Fairless 94.9% 96.2% 89.3% results using data provided either by Jackson 98.6% 96.8% 95.3% Lake 99.2% 98.1% 96.9% Louisville 96.4% 94.5% 94.7% Marlington 96.8% 96.5% 94.8% Massillon 87.5% 88.9% 88.9% Minerva 92.7% 89.3% 87.5% Our county is North Canton 99.8% 98.5% 97.9% moving forward Northwest 97.8% 98.9% 100% with higher Osnaburg 96.8% 91.3% 85.7% high school Perry 96.0% 96.5% 99.1% graduation rates Plain 95.0% 96.0% 95.2% Sandy Valley 93.9% 95.5% 93.8% Key: White=Improvement Source: Ohio Department of Education Tuslaw 96.3% 96.1% 87.0% 5 Stark County P-16 Baseline ‘03-’05 Data Stark County P-16 + + + olled olled olled e e e Remediated Remediated Remediated Persisting Persisting Persisting Scor Scor Scor ollment Count ollment Count ollment Count ACT ACT ACT 2003 High School Grads 2004 High School Grads 2005 High School Grads 2003 Enr 2004 Enr 2005 Enr 2003 % of Grads Enr 2004 % of Grads Enr 2005 % of Grads Enr 2003 % of Remediation 2004 % of Remediation 2005 % of Remediation 2003 Number 2004 Number 2005 Number 2003 2004 2005 2003 % Persistence 1-yr 2004 % Persistence 1-yr 2005 % Persistence 1-yr 2003 Number 2004 Number 2005 Number Alliance 203 212 195 67 75 63 33% 35% 32% 51% 55% 50% 34 41 32 20 21 20 79% 67% 76% 53 50 48 Canton - McKinley 364 331 306 151 132 143 41% 40% 47% 49% 44% 48% 74 58 69 20 20 20 83% 73% 69% 125 31 99 Canton - Timken 170 178 171 29 43 47 17% 24% 27% 60% 69% 72% 17 30 34 20 18 18 66% 56% 60% 19 24 28 Canton Local 174 178 172 80 70 79 46% 39% 46% 53% 50% 58% 42 35 46 21 21 21 79% 70% 80% 63 49 63 Fairless 133 150 111 54 59 47 41% 39% 42% 50% 52% 30% 27 31 14 20 20 21 93% 76% 87% 50 45 41 Jackson 406 427 418 260 292 278 64% 68% 67% 36% 34% 37% 94 99 103 22 23 23 88% 85% 83% 229 248 231 Lake 284 260 249 185 166 151 65% 64% 61% 44% 36% 39% 81 60 59 22 21 22 78% 83% 83% 144 138 125 Louisville 232 223 216 124 94 123 53% 42% 57% 37% 32% 45% 46 30 55 23 22 22 84% 83% 80% 104 78 98 Marlington 183 221 210 88 106 99 48% 48% 47% 32% 44% 55% 28 47 54 22 20 21 77% 82% 79% 68 87 78 Massillon 280 321 281 104 123 119 37% 38% 42% 57% 36% 55% 59 44 65 20 21 21 83% 80% 87% 86 98 104 Minerva 147 134 153 56 66 70 38% 49% 46% 45% 50% 47% 25 33 33 22 20 21 88% 80% 71% 49 53 50 North Canton 376 395 399 234 236 243 62% 60% 61% 35% 22% 35% 82 52 85 22 23 23 85% 88% 83% 199 208 202 Northwest 172 172 180 89 90 92 52% 52% 51% 34% 48% 37% 30 43 34 22 22 22 87% 79% 75% 77 71 69 Osnaburg 72 80 56 34 38 28 47% 48% 50% 41% 68% 40% 14 26 11 21 21 21 74% 74% 71% 25 28 20 Perry 329 385 337 176 186 196 53% 48% 58% 46% 51% 42% 81 95 82 22 21 21 84% 78% 87% 148 145 171 Plain