Health Special Population Data Compared to Statewide Data

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Health Special Population Data Compared to
Statewide Data

• Laurie Harrison
• Statewide Special Populations Collaborative
  Project

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Federal funding requires states to report data on
4 indicators

• Skill Attainment
• Completion
• Employment placement and retention
• Nontraditional participation and completion

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• States must negotiate performance levels with
  the federal government.
• (The negotiated levels are indicated by red
  lines in the following graphs.)

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Data must be reported for six special
population groups

• Economically disadvantaged
• Single parents
• Displaced homemakers
• Limited English proficient
• Students with disabilities
• Nontraditional students - students in programs
  which are nontraditional to their gender

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The following graphs

• Report data longitudinally from 1998 to 2007.
• Report data for each of the six special
  population groups. (Each group indicted with a
  different color.)

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Core Indicator 1Skill Attainment

• Percent of special populations students receiving
  a C or better in CTE courses

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Skill Attainment

• Heath students
  All CTE students
• Health students are outperforming CTE students
  as a whole.
• All categories of health students are doing
  well. Students with disabilities perform least
  well.

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Core Indicator 2Completions

• Percent of special population concentrators who
  complete the programs

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Completions

• Health Students
  All CTE Students
• Health students are outperforming CTE students
  as a whole.
• All categories of health students complete at a
  similarly high level.

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Core Indicator 3aPlacement

• Percent of Special Population students who are
  placed in employment or transfer

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Placement

• Health Students
  All CTE Students
• Health students have higher placement rates
  that students in other CTE areas.
• Nontraditional health students have the highest
  placement rates. Students with disabilities the
  lowest.

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Core Indicator 3bEmployment retention

• Percent of special population students who are
  retained in employment

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Employment Retention

• Health Students All CTE Students
• Health students are retained in employment at
  higher levels that students in other areas.
• Displaced homemakers and students with
  disabilities have the lowest rates of retention.

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Core Indicator 4Participation and Completion in
Programs deemed Nontraditional
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Definition of nontraditional

• Occupations in which individuals from one gender
  comprise less than 25 of the employees

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In Health Occupations,All Nontraditional
Students are Male
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Indicator 4aNontraditional Participation

• Percent of males participating in training
  programs for health occupations which have fewer
  than 25 male employees.

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Nontraditional Participation

• Males in Health All nontrad.CTE Students
• The participation of males in health careers is
  somewhat lower than the participation of
  nontraditional student in other career areas.
• There was an increase for the latest year.

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Core Indicator 4b

• Percent of students of the under-represented
  gender who complete nontraditional training
  programs
• (Percent of health completers who are males.)

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Nontraditional Completion

• Percent of Health completers Percent all
  CTE completers
• who are nontraditional (male) who are
  nontraditional
• The percent of health completers who are male is
  low.
• To meet labor market demand, recruitment and
  retention of males in health should be emphasized.