1. 3rd Friday of September, Year End, Child Count, & Discipline ISES Update
Fall 2011
Melissa Aro
Data Management and Reporting
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

2. Session Topics Changes & Updates Graduation Rates
Statewide Validation & Data Quality

3. Changes & Updates

4. District Certification

5. Certification CC, CD, & YE Name and Title are required
Certifications may be saved separately
Certification must be reentered if any record is modified or added
District may not lock without the required certifications

6. Race & Ethnicity Race Key required for Year End and Discipline
Race Conversion Tool will remain available

7. Business Rule Validations
Grade range within Accountable School and Agency
Age related logic in WSLS and ISES
Significant Developmental Delay and Secondary Disabilities
Return to Regular Education for Full Term Dropouts
Record Requirements for recently opened or closed schools

8. Interface Specifications
No revisions for YE, CD, CC, or Discipline
XML DTDs remain the same
CSV & XML Check Programs remain the same
New version of specification posted to sync with development phase

9. Graduation Rates

10. May 2011 DPI Press Release
Wisconsin’s four-year cohort graduation rate for is 85.7 percent. The 4.2 point difference between the four-year and legacy rates is attributed to the differences in each formula.

12. Legacy Rate
While both rates count the number of students who graduate with a regular diploma, the legacy rate provides a snapshot of high school graduation and completion in a given year.

13. 4-Year Rate
The four-year adjusted cohort rate places students in a permanent cohort when they enroll in a public high school and counts how many graduate in four years.

16. Additional Information Graduation Rate
dpi.wi.gov/eis/pdf/dpinr2011_43.pdf
dpi.wi.gov/graduation/pdf/gradrthandout.pdf

17. Significant Factors in Percentage Point Change
Expected Transfers with No Evidence of Move
Retentions & Graduates taking more than 4 years
HSED or Other Certificate in less than 4 years
Annual dropouts returning in a later year
Small District Size

18. Reviewing Components in ISES
Expected Transfer Responses
Exit Type Report
High School Completer Counts
Transfers and Other Exits
Dropout Report

20. Statewide Validation & Data Quality

21. Missing Data District Lock Schools with No Enrollment
Missing Child Count Data
Missing or Low Charter School Enrollment
Missing or Low Homeless Student Counts

22. Misreported Data Other Credential Type Migrant Student Data
Free & Reduced Lunch Data
Special Education Data

23. Questionable Rate Data
Dropout
Retention
Attendance
Expulsion

24. Questions & Discussion