1. Using NSC Data to Determine Postsecondary Success
SW Plains Principals’ Council
March 23, 2017
Jay Scott, KSDE

2. Creating a Vision for Kansas
State Level Outcomes will drive our Vision!
Kindergarten Readiness
Individual Plans of Study
High School Graduation Rates
Post Secondary Success
Social/Emotional Growth Measured Locally

3. Job Market Requirements

4. By the year 2020
Kansas needs 71% of workers to have a postsecondary certificate or degree.
Approximately 36% need to have a bachelor’s degree or higher
Approximately 35% need to have a certificate or associate’s degree

5. NSC Data Reports
Include all reporting institutions (98%) including 2- & 4-year, public & private
All reports available aggregately at state, district and building levels
For District & Building, disaggregated down to individual student

6. What NSC data will show you………
Enrollment in fall following graduation
Full-time/part-time status
Persistence in college (enrolling for a second year)
Number of students enrolling at in-state vs out-of-state PS institutions
Students who graduate within 6 years

8. Five Year Graduation Rate
84.2%
Five Year
Success Rate
54.4%
Five Year
Effective Rate
45.6%
83.0
54.5
45.2
84.9
53.0
45.0
85.6
55.2
47.2
85.8
55.8
47.8
Graduation Rate: The 4-year adjusted cohort graduation rate is the number of students who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma divided by the number of
students who entered high school four years earlier (adjusting for transfers in and out).
Success Rate: The sum of the percentage of students who enrolled in postsecondary in both the first and second year following high school graduation plus the percentage of
students who graduated from postsecondary.
Effective Rate: The percent of 9th graders in a cohort who graduate in four years with a regular high school diploma and either enroll in postsecondary in both the first and
second year following high school or graduate from postsecondary (graduation rate x success rate).

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