eTIGER and Early Postsecondary Opportunities

TN Attendance Supervisors’ ConferenceSeptember 10, 2015

Bobby Sanborn and Patrice Watson, Division of College, Career and Technical Education

Session Outline

Overview of CTE Data Reporting

Reports from the Field on CTE

The EIS and eTIGER Relationship

Early Postsecondary Opportunities

2015-16 Reporting Process for Early Postsecondary

Overview of CTE Data Reporting & Reports from LEAs

Overview of CTE Data Reporting

• There are five major data reporting periods in the school year for LEAs– Open Enrollment (January-February)

• Schools announce the CTE Programs of Study they will offer in the next school year

– Follow Up Reporting (February-March)• Determining recently graduated CTE concentrators

postsecondary status

– End of Year Reporting (May)• Marking CTE Concentrators and attesting student rubric scores

– Data Review (July and October)• Reviewing and attesting last year’s data in eTIGER

– Final Agreed Upon Performance Levels (FAUPL) Negotiations (November)

Reports from the Field

• Now that we have recently concluded a school year, and have begun another one, we have found LEAs have several questions for us:– Reporting student competencies takes a lot of time at the

end of the year. What can we do to make this process less time consuming?

– What is my role in data review? When I see data that is missing, or incorrect, how do I fix it?

– What is this new SharePoint site? What do we review in there?

– I am missing a teacher, or a class, or a set of students in eTIGER. What went wrong?

– What changes do we have coming for this school year? Are there new postsecondary opportunities for our students?

The EIS and eTIGER Relationship

The EIS and eTIGER Relationship

Sometimes eTIGER can feel frustrating to a CTE Director, like it just won’t work.

But we can make everyone happy, if we learn how eTIGER and EIS work.

The EIS and eTIGER Relationship

LEA Reporting• Class Performance• Follow-up• Program of Study

Perkins CAR

ReportOther

Research Reports

CTESchool

Report Card

EIS• Class Enrollment• Teacher Data• Student Data• Earned Credits• Cohort/Graduation

Assessment Division• Assessment Results

eTIGER

eTIGER Data Display (Instructor Class Listing) EIS Search

Instructor Class Listing Staff – Staff Assignment

Instructor Assignment Date Staff – Staff Assignment

Course Code/ Local Class Number Staff – Staff Assignment

Service School Staff – Staff Assignment

Class Begin/End Date Staff – Staff Assignment

eTIGER Data Display (Instructor Information) EIS Search

Name Staff (search)

Teacher License Number Staff (search)

Gender Staff (search) – Staff Assignments

Race & Ethnicity Staff (search)

District/School Staff (search)

eTIGER Data Display (Class Roster Screen) EIS Search

Class Roster Class - Student List

Student Class Assignment Date Student - Class Schedule

Student Enrollment Date Student (search)

Student Information Student (search)

EIS Credit Earned Research Queries – Student Final Grade List

eTIGER Data Display ( Student Information) EIS Search

District/School Student (search)

Name Student (search)

Race & Ethnicity Student (search)

Gender Student (search)

Student State ID Student (search)

Grade Student (search)

Enrollment Date Student (search)

eTIGER Data Display (CTE Student & Cohort Data) EIS Search

Cohort Year Student – Student Details

Graduation Completion Type Student – Enrollment Information

Included in Cohort EIS (cohort application data) – from Data Quality

Timeframe on eTIGER Changes

• For an eTIGER change to be completed and attested, it takes a few steps and a few days.

– Unattest the class in eTIGER – 1 business day– Once unlocked, make the necessary changes. Then save the data, which now turns pink to

show changes are pending – 1 business day– Once no longer pending, then can attest the changes. The attest is pink since it is pending - 1

business day– Finally, the CTE Director needs to certify all changes in all classes – 1 business day

Timeframe on eTIGER Changes

• Why does the process take so long? – There is an overnight extract process with EIS for all changes to be saved. – This applies to a SIS and to an application such as eTIGER.– All changes need to be in by 3pm CST to appear next day.

• Therefore, this process could take up to a week or more to complete if changes aren’t made in EIS in a timely manner.

Take-Aways

• eTIGER gets a vast majority of its data from EIS, which is funneled from the Student Information Systems

• For successful end of year CTE Reporting and Data Review, EIS Administrators and CTE Directors will need to work closely together to fix any remaining issues

• Correcting information and attesting data in eTIGER can take days to complete.

Early Postsecondary Opportunities

TN Attendance Supervisors’ ConferenceSeptember 10, 2015

The world continues to change and today’s students need much more to be able to succeed.

The reality

Tennessee students are struggling after high school.

If we fail to expand the ways in which we educate and prepare our students for postsecondary education and the workforce, their future quality of life will suffer,

our communities will lose out on unrealized contributions, and the impact on our various

economies will be pronounced.

What is our goal?

ALL STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO

EARLY POSTSECONDARY

Importance of Early Postsecondary Opportunities

Early postsecondary opportunities allow students to:

Earn postsecondary credits in high school.

Become familiar with postsecondary learning expectations and requirements.

Develop confidence and study skills necessary for success in postsecondary coursework.

Make more informed decisions about postsecondary plans and career goals.

Decrease the time and cost of completing a certificate or degree.

Students who participate in early postsecondary courses are more likely to enroll and persist in college.

Early Postsecondary Opportunities in Tennessee

Dual Enrollment

Local Dual Credit

Statewide Dual Credit

Advanced Placement (AP)

International Baccalaureate (IB)

College level Examination Program (CLEP)

Student Industry Certification (SIC)

Course

Course & Exam

Exam

2015-16 Reporting Processes for Specific Early Postsecondary Opportunities

Importance of Accurately Tracking and Reporting Early Postsecondary Data

• Districts and the states will be able to distinguish the different types of early postsecondary opportunities available to students,

• Identify where students have access to these opportunities and where greater access is still needed, and

• Better understand how these opportunities help to create rigorous and relevant pathways for students.

Overview of Specific Opportunities

Dual Enrollment: Postsecondary course, taught by postsecondary faculty or credentialed adjunct faculty. Students are enrolled at the postsecondary institution and earn postsecondary credit upon completion of the course.

Statewide Dual Credit: High school course aligned to Tennessee postsecondary standards and challenge exam, developed by Tennessee secondary and postsecondary faculty. Student who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted by all Tennessee public postsecondary.

Local Dual Credit: High school course aligned to a local postsecondary institution’s course and exam. Students who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted and/or recognized by the local postsecondary institution.

Dual Enrollment:2015-16 Reporting Process

Dual enrollment courses have been assigned high school course codes in order to help facilitate course scheduling and accurate reporting. Guidance on selecting the appropriate course code is outlined below.

General Education Courses: Titles reflect the course titles used at Tennessee postsecondary institutions. If a student is enrolled in a postsecondary course that has not been

assigned a unique secondary code, the general dual enrollment code for the content area should be used.

CTE Courses: Titles reflect the approved 2015-16 CTE Programs of Study and can count

toward a student’s concentrator status. If a student is enrolled in a postsecondary course or program that does not

clearly align to a specific Program of Study, the dual enrollment code that has been assigned to the Career Cluster should be used.

Important Points for Dual Enrollment Reporting

For reporting purposes, it is important to remember that these are postsecondary courses and high school students are enrolled at the partnering institution.

The district determines whether or not to award high school credit and is responsible for entering course information on the student’s high school transcript.

The physical location of the class does not affect the dual enrollment course code that is used.

Overview of Specific Opportunities

Dual Enrollment: Postsecondary course, taught by postsecondary faculty or credentialed adjunct faculty. Students are enrolled at the postsecondary institution and earn postsecondary credit upon completion of the course.

Statewide Dual Credit: High school course aligned to Tennessee postsecondary standards and challenge exam, developed by Tennessee secondary and postsecondary faculty. Student who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted by all Tennessee public postsecondary.

Local Dual Credit: High school course aligned to a local postsecondary institution’s course and exam. Students who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted and/or recognized by the local postsecondary institution.

Statewide Dual Credit:2015-16 Reporting Process

• The statewide dual credit course must be identified with a “flag” because the course code does not denote the statewide dual credit status.

• The department provides flagging instructions directly to the pilot coordinator at each pilot site.

• Pilot coordinators work with their district SIS/EIS Coordinator to ensure that the appropriate course section(s) are flagged as statewide dual credit.

• When flagging a course section as Statewide Dual Credit, the system requires the user to select from a drop-down menu of postsecondary partner institutions. The option for “statewide dual credit” should be selected for statewide dual credit sections.

Overview of Specific Opportunities

Dual Enrollment: Postsecondary course, taught by postsecondary faculty or credentialed adjunct faculty. Students are enrolled at the postsecondary institution and earn postsecondary credit upon completion of the course.

Statewide Dual Credit: High school course aligned to Tennessee postsecondary standards and challenge exam, developed by Tennessee secondary and postsecondary faculty. Student who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted by all Tennessee public postsecondary.

Local Dual Credit: High school course aligned to a local postsecondary institution’s course and exam. Students who pass the exam earn credits that are accepted and/or recognized by the local postsecondary institution.

Local Dual Credit: 2015-16 Reporting Process

• Local dual credit courses are reported using an existing high school course code, and must be identified with a separate “flag” in order to denote the local dual credit status.

• The school/district is responsible for identifying and flagging local dual credit courses.

• When flagging a course section as Local Dual Credit, the system requires the user to select from a drop-down menu of postsecondary partner institutions. The postsecondary institution where the student has the opportunity to earn credit should be selected from the list of options.

Contact Information

http://www.tn.gov/education/section/career-and-technical-education

Patrice WatsonDirector of Early PostsecondaryPatrice.Watson@tn.gov(615) 532-2811

Bobby SanbornExecutive Director, Divisional Support & AccountabilityBobby.Sanborn@tn.gov(615) 532-2846