Our Kids. Our Tomorrow. The Commit Partnership Community Achievement Scorecard 2018 Published April 2019 Contents Our Mission and Vision Dear Valued Partners, 01 Mission & Vision Since our founding in 2012, our Partnership has The Commit Partnership been relentlessly focused on finding the most 03 2018 Scorecard impactful strategies to address the root causes is a community navigator hindering student outcomes. We work every 05 Understanding Our Community day toward a future for North Texas in which: 07 Early Matters Dallas and connector, working • Every child can read by third grade 09 Best in Class Coalition to ensure that all DFW • Excellent educators are present 11 Dallas County Promise students receive an in every classroom 13 Advocacy • Every graduating senior is excellent and equitable college and career ready 15 Staff, Leadership Council, & Partners 17 Investors & Footnotes education that prepares These three important goals inform the work of each of our three main coalitions: Early them to flourish in Matters Dallas, Best in Class, and the Dallas County Promise. These teams are dedicated college and career. to collaborating with local leaders to eliminate barriers and increase access across our region. While it’s important to continue working within our community, we also recognize that some of A coalition of over 200 the challenges we face are systemic and must be Our Approach addressed on a statewide level. That’s why I was partners (public and honored to serve over the past year on the Texas Commission on Public School Finance, providing private schools, colleges, recommendations that will improve the way we fund our schools across the state. Our Advocacy foundations, businesses, team has been down in Austin working hard to and nonprofits), we work help ensure these new ideas become a reality. Meanwhile, our Analytics team has been collaboratively to solve tirelessly examining the data contained within health of the country. Thank you for 47,009 our state’s new A-F accountability system in supporting us in our mission to make our additional Analyze data and engage expertise to inform order to identify the needs, challenges, and county, state, and world a better place. the region’s biggest opportunities to grow student achievement Dallas County action, activate the community to achieve throughout our state. Currently, almost students are shared goals, and grow the capacities of systemic challenges. half of our state’s students attend C-, D-, Todd Williams now achieving education systems and stakeholders. or F-rated campuses. Talent is distributed CEO & President, The Commit Partnership key benchmarks equally, but too often, resources are not. since 2012. Dallas County educates 1% of the children in this country. Texas educates 10%. What happens in our region and in the state of Texas matters greatly to the economic 2 With guidance from its Governing Board, Leadership Council and partners, All Scorecard data reported is provided by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Dallas County the Commit Partnership annually measures 11 critical achievement How the Data with the exception of Postsecondary Enrollment, Postsecondary Persistence, and Cradle-to-Career indicators reflecting key milestones in a learner’s educational journey is Calculated Postsecondary Completion, which are provided to Commit by each school district. and helps to mobilize aligned community action to address the Pipeline greatest gaps in opportunities affecting student achievement. PRE-K KINDERGARTEN 3RD GRADE 4TH GRADE 8TH GRADE ALGEBRA 1 COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL POSTSECONDARY POSTSECONDARY POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT READINESS READING MATH SCIENCE READINESS GRADUATION ENROLLMENT PERSISTENCE COMPLETION 47% 52% 38% 43% 43% 53% 14% 88% 62% 49% 28% +2% GAP WITH TEXAS +5% GAP WITH TEXAS -3% GAP WITH TEXAS -4% GAP WITH TEXAS -7% GAP WITH TEXAS -3% GAP WITH TEXAS -2% GAP WITH TEXAS -4% GAP WITH TEXAS 25,585 STUDENTS 15,090 STUDENTS 14,979 STUDENTS 17,257 STUDENTS 15,422 STUDENTS 21,320 STUDENTS 4,271 STUDENTS 27,983 STUDENTS 18,796 STUDENTS 14,592 STUDENTS 7,465 STUDENTS MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK MEETING BENCHMARK Percentage of eligible Percentage of kinder- Percentage of students Percentage of students Percentage of students Percentage of students Percentage of 2017 high Percentage of 2013-14 9th Percentage of 2017 Percentage of 2016 Percentage of 2012 3-and-4-year-olds enrolled garteners passing who achieved at who achieved at who achieved at who achieved at school graduates who grade cohort who started high school graduates high school graduates high school graduates in public Pre-K.1 district assessments the meets standard the meets standard the meets standard the meets standard took and scored at or and graduated high who enrolled in a who enrolled and who completed a two- conducted within the (postsecondary (postsecondary (postsecondary (postsecondary above 1110 on the SAT or school within four years.5 higher education then returned for or four-year degree first 60 days of the start readiness), answering at readiness), answering at readiness), answering at readiness), answering at 24 on the ACT.4 institution within one a second year of within six years of high of the school year.2 least 76% of questions least 74% of questions least 71% of questions least 58% of questions year of graduation.6 higher education.7 school graduation.8 correctly on STAAR.3 correctly on STAAR.3 correctly on STAAR.3 correctly on STAAR.3 DALLAS COUNTY 12% 0% 3% 16% 14% 20% 0% 6% 0% -3% -1% CHANGE SINCE 2012 Please see page 18 for footnotes regarding the data for these indicators. 3 4 UNDERSTANDING Our Community There are currently 681,537 children living in Dallas under the age of While the Scorecard has tracked our 11 indicators for the past six years, the data tells a more 18, of which 27.1% live in poverty. Additionally, 32% of households nuanced story because it can be disaggregated. For example, take a look at two key indicators, third grade reading and college readiness. Analyzing the data this way helps ensure that in Dallas County earn less than $35,000 per year. strategies to improve student outcomes are reaching the students who need it the most. DALLAS COUNTY 2018 ACCOUNTABILITY BREAKDOWN STAAR THIRD GRADE “MEETS GRADE LEVEL” RATES BY DEMOGRAPHIC, 2012-2018 The A-F accountability system was designed to ensure that every Texas student master the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills, and are provided the necessary support to do so. A INCOME RACE LANGUAGE grade of A-F is determined through the measurement of three domains: student achievement, school progress, and closing the gaps between different student subgroups. Non-EcoDis EcoDis White Hispanic Black Non-ELL ELL 57% 32% 61% 36% 26% 40% 34% In third grade reading, Female Male EcoDis Economically Disadvantaged TEA achievement gaps between Non-EcoDis Non-Economically Disadvantaged ACCOUNTABILITY GRADE # OF CAMPUSES # OF STUDENTS % ECO. DIS. % HISPANIC % BLACK % WHITE % ASIAN Dallas County females and 42% 35% ELL English Language Learner males persist Non-ELL Non-English Language Learner A 136 80,167 47% 43% 13% 28% 14% Dallas County high schools graduated 29,548 seniors in May 2018. Of those B 247 181,933 72% 59% 20% 13% 5% graduates, 18,173, or 73%, are economically disadvantaged. Only 1,300 economically disadvantaged graduates (7%) met the college ready standards on the SAT or ACT. C 225 177,749 78% 58% 28% 8% 3% D 79 52,154 80% 55% 33% 8% 2% COLLEGE READINESS HISPANIC BLACK WHITE OTHER ALL F 36 18,379 82% 53% 25% 5% 1% Rate 7% 6% 40% 33% 14% High School Graduates 15,484 6,876 4,611 2,677 29,548 College Ready 1,142 401 1,847 880 4,271 Please see page 18 for footnotes regarding the data for these indicators. Please see page 18 for footnotes regarding the data for these indicators. 5 PRIORITY AREA: EARLY CHILDHOOD Early Matters Dallas Early Matters Dallas is a broad-based coalition works to align efforts to advocate for the children in of business, civic, education, philanthropic Texas – one of three of whom live in our three regions. and nonprofit organizations and volunteers, Quality learning environments (whether at home with working together to raise awareness about, and supportive and nurturing families or in classroom settings) advocate for, the importance of high quality early significantly improve Kindergarten Readiness, Third Grade Reading mastery, high school graduation rates, education for a strong economy tomorrow. postsecondary attainment, and workforce readiness. Early Matters leaders continuously advocate for increased We envision a community where high-quality early financial resources allocated to this critical, high returnon- learning environments are available to all children. To investment area. In partnership with Early Matters achieve this vision, the Dallas community must be Houston and Early Matters Austin, Early Matters Dallas coordinated, intentional, and results-oriented. 1 2 $229.9M 3 4 5 (28,000 STUDENTS) 60% 6 7 (15,000 STUDENTS) “ I always knew I was going to teach. I’d seen the holes and the gaps from middle and high school and so I wanted to make my transition back down [to elementary]. We had a lot of misconceptions about early An additional $229.9 million was In 2018-19, Early Matters Dallas led In 2018-19, nine of 14 Dallas Early Matters Dallas has contracted allocated to Texas through the a pilot with seven school districts County districts offered fullday The Collaborative for Academic, learning and early childhood that we weren’t willing to let go. We knew Child Care Block Development and a 0-5 provider, Child Care Pre-K, with all southern Social, and Emotional Learning these things were tried and true, and we got in here and we had to pump Grant, leading to an additional Group, to pilot CLASS, a classroom Dallas districts making full-day (CASEL), a national expert the brakes.