Goal #3 – Students graduate college-and-career ready and prepared for a lifetime of learning.

90% of the fastest growing jobs require some post-secondary education yet only 2/3rds of our 9th graders graduate high school, and only 43% of those are ready for college level classes without remedial work.

To succeed in the 21st century and build a world-class economy, Central Texas must have the best-prepared graduates - those who have the academic skills, creativity, and job skills needed to succeed in life.

 

Draft Blueprint Objective:

  • 95%+ graduation rate by 2015.
  • 20,010 more students enroll in college by 2010.
  • Double the number of students who are college-and-career ready by 2015.
Action Strategies*
Draft Success Indicators*

  1. Refine and adopt college and career readiness standards for the Central Texas Community.

  2. Align and expand programs to simplify high school to college transitions and develop stronger articulation with higher education and with career pathways in high demand in Central Texas. 

  3. Expand higher education capacity in the Central Texas Region.

  4. Develop and promote industry collaboration to provide career relevance to core subjects and to develop skills critical to success in both college and career. 

  5. Identify and promote business skills and high-need occupations to students while they are in secondary and higher education.

  6. Review and systematize emerging best practices in high school redesign.

  • Percent of first-time 9th graders completing Algebra I in that school year

  • Percent of first-time 9th graders taking Geometry

  • Percent of first-time 9th graders who repeat 9th grade

  • Percent of non-first-time 9th graders who repeat 9th grade

  • Percent of students who drop out in 9th grade

  • Percent of students who have taken dual enrollment course(s), have taken AP/IB course(s), or have taken upper level CTE course(s)

  • On-time graduation rate (4-yr cumulative)

  • Drop out rate (4-yr cumulative)

  • Percent of college ready graduates

  • Percent of students graduating on minimum high school plan (MHP)

  • Percent of Seniors who did not graduate on-time who graduate in 5th year (or later) of high school

  • Percent of high school graduates enrolling in college in the fall after graduation (full-time or part-time)

  • Percent of students who persist after first year of college

  • Percent of high school graduates enrolling in college in the fall after graduation who complete higher education ≤ 6 years of graduating high school

*Objectives and Success Indicators are under development by Blueprint partners. They represent objective measures to evaluate and track our progress over time.

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