Overview, Results, and Indicators

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Overview, Results, and Indicators
January 2005
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Project GRAD Overview
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Project GRAD Structural Components

• Project GRAD USA
• Start-up Assistance for New Sites
• Federal Funding
• Technical Support
• Quality Control

• The Feeder System
• System of Schools that
• Feed High Schools
• Provides Consistency, K-12
• Aggregated effect

• Existing Assets
• Work with Existing Teachers and Leadership
• Ensures Model Can Scale

• Local GRAD Sites
• Local Management
• Program Consistency
• A Voice Advocating
• Supporting GRAD
• SWAT Team

• Community Collaboration
• Parental and Community Support
• Business Political Leadership Mobilized to
  Demand Results
• Social Services
• Parent Involvement

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Project GRAD Program Components

• Literacy
• Prevention
• Early Intervention
• Mastery of Skills
• Acceleration
• Parent Involvement

• Mathematics
• Manipulative Based
• Pre K 8
• System for Teaching Learning Mathematics
• Instructional Professional Development Program
• Balanced Approach Teaching Skills Concepts
• Well Articulated Algebra Strand

• Classroom Management
• Goal Instructional Effectiveness
• Prevention
• Organization
• Caring Climate
• Cooperation
• Communication

• High School Programs
• College Scholarships
• Summer Institutes
• Academic Rigor
• Social Services
• Classroom Management Program

• Social Services/Parent Involvement
• Social Workers in Schools
• Drop Out Prevention
• Family Services
• Parent Empowerment

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Current GRAD Sites
Ohio Columbus Akron Cincinnati Lorain
Alaska Kenai Peninsula
135,000 Students In 217 Schools
New York Roosevelt
New Jersey Newark
Tennessee Knoxville
California Los Angeles
Georgia Atlanta
Texas Houston Brownsville
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Project GRAD Serves Predominantly High-Poverty,
Minority Students
Minority
High Poverty
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Project GRAD Results Raising Graduation,
College Attendance and College Completion Rates
in the Original Feeders
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Number of Graduates in First GRAD Feeder up 94
Number of Davis graduates grew 94
Jefferson Davis High School
Before GRADAverage1984 1988
After GRAD2004
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4 Year Graduation RateDavis HS vs 4 Comparison
High Schools
Davis High School in Houston has shown steady
improvement in the percentage of 9th graders that
graduate 4 years later. In 1997, 44.8 of the 9th
grade class from 4 years earlier graduated. In
2003 the graduation rate of 9th graders increased
to 64.3. These graduation rate increases are
significantly higher than the historical
trendline for high schools within the district
that have student bodies with similar
demographics and socio-economic status as Davis.
We see that the average graduation rate for these
comparison schools (Milby, Furr, Lee, Austin)
stays relatively constant, and significantly
lower than that of Davis over the past several
years.
Graduation Rate calculated as percentage of
incoming 9th graders 4 years prior to graduation
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GRAD Scholars Completing College at a Rate 70
Above the National Average
70 above national average
National Low Income Average
Davis GRAD Scholars Average
A study of the first 8 classes of GRAD scholars
shows that 46 of them completed college 4 to 8
years after enrollment. In contrast, according
to a national study by the U.S. Dept. of
Education, only 27 of low income students
across the country completed college 4 to 8 years
after enrollment. This indicates that Davis
graduates, 91 of whom are low income, complete
college at a rate 70 above the national low
income average.
Percentage of low-SES college entrants
completing 2- or 4-year degrees from Principal
Indicators of Student Academic Histories in
Postsecondary Education, US Dept of Education,
2004.
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Number of Students Entering College Up
Substantially in First 3 GRAD Feeders
Over 5 times pre-program levels
Over 3 times pre-program levels
Nearly 2 times pre-program levels
Number of Students Entering College
1991
2003
1998
2003
2000
2003
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Project GRAD HoustonAdvanced Placement Tests
Students Taking AP Tests
Students Scoring 3 on AP Tests
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Houston Independent School District Number of
Students Offered Academic Scholarships by High
School - 2003
Davis and Yates High School ranked 1st and 3rd
among all HISD High Schools in number of students
offered academic scholarships in college in 2003.
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Project GRAD Indicators Early Evidence of
Success in Expansion Sites
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Project GRAD Newark Shabazz High
SchoolPercentage Increase in Graduation
1997(Year before GRAD) to 2000-2003(First Three
Classes of GRAD Scholars)
In 1996-1997 ( the year before implementation),
158 students graduated from Shabazz high school.
Project GRAD raised the number of graduates to an
average of 200 students between 2000 and 2003,
which were the first three years of graduating
scholars. This represents a 26.3 increase in the
size of the graduating class. During the same
time frame, the size of the districts graduating
class remained relatively constant.
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Note Percentage Increase in Graduation Rate
(Average Number of Graduates 2000-2002 Number
of Graduates 1997) / Number of Graduates 1997
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Linden-McKinley High School vs Columbus Public
SchoolsGain in Four Year Graduation Rate (1999
2003)
Note Graduation rate calculated as percentage
of total 9th graders 4 years earlier.
Source Columbus School District
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Project GRAD Columbus Linden McKinley Has
Outpaced the District in the Number of Graduates
attending College
In 1999, the year before implementation, only
28.1 of Columbus Linden McKinley High Schools
graduating class went on to enroll In college.
That same year, 47.2 of the districts total
graduating class enrolled in college. By 2003,
the first year of awarding GRAD scholarships,
67.5 of Linden McKinleys graduates entered
college, a percentage significantly higher than
the districts enrollment rate of 57.9.
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Project GRAD Los Angeles Has Closed the Gap on
the District in High School (Grade 11) Reading on
the Stanford 9
Metric used National Percentile Rank
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Project GRAD Atlanta Schools Improving More
Rapidly than District in Mathematics and Reading
Washington Feeder System, AtlantaGeorgia
Criterion-Referenced Competency TestGain in
Percent Passing 4th Grade (2002 to 2003)
MATHEMATICS
READING
Non-GRAD
Non-GRAD
GRAD Atlanta(Washington Feeder)
GRAD Atlanta(Washington Feeder)
Over the last year, Project GRAD has increased
4th grade scores on the mathematics and reading
portions of the Georgia Criterion Referenced
Competency Test by 16- and 9-points,
respectively. These gains are significantly
higher than those seen in non-GRAD elementary
schools in the district.
Note The gains in Mathematics are reflective of
1 year of Move-It Math Implementation
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Project GRAD KnoxvilleHigh School Graduation

Project GRAD has increased the size of Austin
East high schools graduating classover the last
3 years, while the size of the districts
graduating class has remained relatively
constant.
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Project GRAD Knoxville Has Closed the Gap on High
School Gateway Exam for Algebra

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Project GRAD Cincinnati vs Comparison Schools
and DistrictGain in Percent Proficient 2002 -
2003Ohio Proficiency Test - 6th Grade Reading
Schools within the district that have similar
demographics and income status to the GRAD
schools Source Ohio Department of Education
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Number of Students Qualifying for Project GRAD
Scholarship
Note 2005-2007 data based on projected estimates
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