WIXLIB

2019 Life Outcomes with High School Experiences for 2015 GraduatesTechnical NotesThe 2019 Life Outcomes with High School Experiences for 2015 Graduates is producedby the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS) utilizing data from the KentuckyLongitudinal Data System (KLDS). Data sources leveraged for this report include datafrom: Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) and Council on PostsecondaryEducation (CPE).Occasionally, data from one source will not conform to data from another sourcebecause of differences in student cohorts, how variables are defined, how variablesare calculated, the treatment of missing data, and other factors. This means thatdata published in this report may not be comparable to data published in otherreports. For specific details about metric formulas, please refer to Appendix A. Somevalues are redacted to preserve individual privacy and conform to state laws.Redaction rules can be found in Appendix B.The 2019 Life Outcomes with High School Experiences for 2015 Graduates report ispresented in a dynamic tool for users to easily see education attainment as well asthe high school experiences (participation in early postsecondary opportunities,enrolling in work based learning, finishing a career pathway, etc.) students wereengaged in along the way. Users are able to filter by specific high school experiences.Questions this report answers:1. What is the highest level of post-high school in-state educational attainmentfor recent high school graduates?2. Does highest level of in-state post-high school educational attainment vary bystudent engagement with distinct high school experiences?3. What are the combinations of high school experiences in which studentsengage?DashboardThis dashboard can be filtered by specific high school experiences and defaults tohighest educational attainment for all 2015 public high school graduates, regardless ofhigh school experiences. Selectable high school experiences include: Any EarlyPostsecondary Opportunities, AP Exam Attempted, AP Exam Passed, DualEnrollment/Dual Credit, CTE Certificate, CTE Pathway Completion, and Work-BasedLearning Participation (for exact metric definitions, see Appendix A).3/23/20211

At a glance, the circles bracketing the population chart in the dashboard display ageneral overview of the number of 2015 high school graduates by highest post-highschool education level as of the 2019 academic year. The middle section provides avisual representation of highest educational attainment, with the figure colorscorresponding to the attainment level colors. This section includes a legend at the topto approximate the number of people each figure represents. This legend will changeto reflect the size of the group selected in the high school experience dropdown.Below the population chart is a figure displaying both the number of individuals in theselected group as a whole and the number of individuals within this group brokendown by participation across a variety of high school experiences.3/23/20212

This section provides a quick glance at the most common high school experiencespursued by the selected group (using the dropdown at the top of the dashboard).3/23/20213

APPENDIX A: METRIC FORMULASData Sources:Kentucky Department of Education (KDE): KDE provides statistics and pertinent factsabout schools and education in Kentucky including racial breakdowns, and attendanceand graduation rates. KDE provides information on public PK-12 teachers andstudents. Data included is from the Technical Education Database System (TEDS).Which is the authoritative source for all Career and Technical Education (CTE) datarelated to federal Perkins and Kentucky state accountability Career Readiness data.More information about Career Pathways can be found on CTE’s website here.Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE): Provides data from the KentuckyPostsecondary Education Data Systems. This system contains comprehensiveinformation on postsecondary enrollments, coursework, grades, and degrees earnedfor all in-state postsecondary students that attend one of the following institutiontypes: 4-Year Private (Independent), 2-Year Public (KCTCS), 4-Year PublicComprehensive, and 4-Year Public Research. In-state proprietary and out-of-stateinstitutions are not included in this data system.Dashboard:Educational Attainment - Defines the level of educational attainment of 2015 highschool graduates as of the 2019 Academic Year. The ranges include bachelor’s degreeor higher, associate degree, postsecondary certificate or diploma, some collegeexperience, and high school graduate. Unlike highest educational attainment in theHigh School Feedback Report, this report looks at highest in-state educationalattainment after graduation. Individuals who enroll in an in-state postsecondaryinstitution will have ‘Some College’ or higher as highest educational attainment. If norecord of in-state postsecondary enrollment is found post-high school graduation, theindividual was classified as either a high school graduate or a CTE certificatecompleter. Completion of a CTE certificate during high school is treated as higherattainment than high school graduation without a CTE certificate.Bachelor Degree or Higher – The number of public high school graduates whocompleted a bachelor degree or higher.Data Source: CPEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated, KPEDS Degree:KPEDS DegreeLevelShortDesc in ('Bachelor','Doct Other','Doct Prof','DoctRsch/Schl','Specialist','Post-Bacc Cert','Post-Mast Cert','Inst-Def Grad Cert')3/23/20214

Associate Degree – The number of public high school graduates who completed anassociate degree.Data Source: CPEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated, KPEDS Degree:KPEDS DegreeLevelShortDesc ‘Associate’Postsecondary Certificate/Diploma – The number of public high school graduates whocompleted a certificate or diploma.Data Source: CPEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated, KPEDS Degree:KPEDS DegreeLevelShortDesc in (‘Cert 1 Yr’, ‘Cert 1-2 Yr’, ‘Cert 2-4 Yr’, ‘Diploma’,‘Diploma 1-2 Yr’)Some College – The number of public high school graduates who completed somecollege. Students that have enrolled in a postsecondary institution but have notfinished a degree are grouped into ‘Some College’.Data Source: CPEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated, KPEDS Enrollment:KPEDS Degree: KPEDS DegreeLevelShortDescCompleted CTE Industry Certificate - The number of public high school graduateswho completed a CTE. The cohort is taken by dividing the total number of studentswho completed a CTE certificate by the number of graduates we have in the cohort.Only students whose highest education completed by 2019 was the industrycertificate are counted. It means they did not complete or enroll in postsecondary,so their industry certificate from high school is their highest completion.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: IC ReportedGraduated; TEDS IndustryCerts:TEDS IndustryValidHigh School Graduates - High school graduate counts are the number of studentswho were indicated as graduates from public high schools. These totals do notinclude graduates from career high schools.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: IC ReportedGraduated ‘Y’High School Experiences - Participation counts of the students in the various highschool experiences.3/23/20215

Any Early Postsecondary Opportunities - The number of public high school graduateswho, prior to graduation, enrolled in at least one of the following: at least one APcourse, at least one dual enrollment/dual credit course, or at least one InternationalBaccalaureate (IB) course.Data Source: KDEData Elements: See ‘Enrolled in AP Class’, Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit’, and‘International Baccalaureate (IB) Course Enrollment’ for data sources and metriccalculations.AP Exam Attempted - The number of public high school graduates who took at leastone AP Test.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated; IC AssessmentsAssessmentCode like (‘AP%’)AP Exam Passed - The number of public high school graduates who passed at leastone AP Test with a score of 3 or higher.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated; IC AssessmentsAssessmentCode like (‘AP%’) and Scale Score 3Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit - The number of public high school graduates whoenrolled in a dual credit class or attempted and passed at least one dual credit/dualenrollment course at an in-state 2 or 4-year public or private postsecondary institutionprior to high school graduation.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: AcadYr, IC ReportedGraduated; IC Transcript:IC HonorsCode; or KPEDS Enrollments: KPEDS Classification in (‘High School,‘Gatton/Craft Academy’) and KPEDS Institution: SectorCode in (‘1’, ’2’, ‘3’)CTE Certificate - The number of public high school graduates who completed a CTEcertificate prior to high school graduation. Everyone who earned a certificate,regardless of whether they went on to earn a higher degree is included in this count.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: IC ReportedGraduated; TEDS IndustryCerts:TEDS IndustryValidCTE Pathway Completion - The number of public high school graduates whocompleted four courses within an approved CTE pathway prior to high schoolgraduation.Data Source: KDE-TEDSData Elements: TEDS Enrollment: TEDS CareerPathwayName3/23/20216

Work-based Learning Participation - The number of public high school graduates whoparticipated in eligible cooperative education courses, internships, or workexperience prior to high school graduation. For a full list of eligible course codes, seeAppendix D.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC Courses: IC StateCodeEnrolled in International Baccalaureate (IB) Course - The number of public highschool graduates who enrolled in at least one IB class.Data Source: KDEData Elements: IC AnnualPerson: IC ReportedGraduated; IC Transcript:IC HonorsCode ‘IB3/23/20217

APPENDIX B: REDACTION RULESRedaction RulesKYSTATS follows strict redaction and suppression guidelines to ensure the privacy ofall individuals. The following rules were applied to the 2019 Life Outcomes with HighSchool Experiences for 2015 Graduates report to redact or mask some of the databased on the small cell-size counts that could be used to identify individuals. Ingeneral, categories must have a base denominator of 10 to be present in the report.All rules apply at the school, district and state level. All graphs include data alreadypresented in the report unless otherwise noted. If these data are redacted in thereport, they are also redacted in any accompanying charts and graphs.3/23/20218

APPENDIX C: PRINTINGPrinting - Download a dashboard to PDF1. Click Download2. On the Download screen – click PDF3. On the Download PDF screen. Set what you want to include, the scaling paper size,and orientation, then click create PDF.This View under Include, prints the current page.Specific sheets from this dashboard (the displayed page) allows you to selectspecific sheetsSpecific sheets from this workbook (select from all dashboards) allows you to selectspecific workbooks.4. Once your PDF has been generated. Click Download.3/23/20219