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Attainment Outcomes-Based Measures

Attainment Outcomes-Based Measures

Definition of Attainment OBM

Provisional Early College

Early College

 

Requirements

Distinctions

 

Must meet persistence, 9 college credits by 10th, and 15 college credits targets

Must meet targets on at least five attainment data indicators

Must meet targets on at least six attainment data indicators

Data Indicators

Persistence of 9th grade students (and transfers in grades 10 or 11) through ECHS program into fall of 12th grade

70% of students enrolled remain in the ECHS program

75% of students enrolled remain     in the ECHS program

85% of students enrolled remain in the ECHS program

Earning 9 college credits (any) (DC/3+ AP Exam/OnRamps) by end of 10th grade

35% of students

40% of students

50% of students

Earning 15 college credits (any) by graduation

50% of students (by the fourth year of implementation)

65% of students

80% of students

Completing Texas Core Curriculum (Core 42) by graduation

Not taken into account for designation

30% of students

40% of students

Earning postsecondary degree and/or credential by high school graduation (Level 1, Level 2, Associate)

Not taken into account for designation

40% of students

50% of students

Graduating high school in 4 years (4-year cohort graduation rate)

Not taken into account for designation

Within 5% of statewide 4-year graduation rate

Exceeds the statewide 4-year graduation rate

Direct-to-college enrollment into a 2-year or 4-year institution

Not taken into account for designation

45% of students

50% of students