Resources for Student Success: P-16

Elaine Yandle-Roth for

Christine Tell

Gear Up

• Federal grant supported network with 16 school clusters (with 1+ middle, high and OUS/postsecondary institution)

• Goal – To ensure that Oregon’s low income middle and high school students are prepared for, pursue and succeed in postsecondary ed.

• To provide meaningful academic enrichment activities that result in systemic school improvement.

Provides --• Scholarships for Gear Up Students• Professional development for teachers• Outreach and college partnerships (mentoring,

tutoring, visits, advising, exposure to areas of study—engineering)

• Community & Parent Involvement• Student Academic Development

www.ous.edu/gearup

PASS• Admission to an OUS university, students will need to

demonstrate their knowledge and skill in six academic content areas: – English,– mathematics, – science, – second languages, – visual and performing arts, and – social science.

• For details of standards for entry into OUS institutions see www.ous.edu/pass

The First Year Study-What We Learned---OUS & CC’s

• Standards do count: The better you do the better you do.– Of the 34% of students who entered OUS in 2001, met

GPA req. but not 10th grade benchmark in MTH, GPAs were 2.12-2.36 (Of the 66% who did meet or exceed MTH standard their OUS GPA was 2.6-3.14.)

– College students with 1st year GPA’s this far below 2.5 have only a 40% probability of graduating 6 years later.

Lesson—Continue to prepare

• Don’t waste the senior year.

• What they can do…

Partnership to Link P-16 Data

• Pilot – K-12, OUS, CC’s

Oregon Student Record

Send, receive and use data