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Mecklenburg County Index of Readiness and Literacy
Harrison S. Campbell
Department of Geography and Earth Science
UNC-Charlotte
Terri M. Manning
Planning and Research
Central Piedmont Community College
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Why a Literacy Index
Project initiated by Charlotte Reads. There was a desire of have a “measuring
stick” to mark progress in literacy annually. Measurement would help constituent groups
focus interventions on specific groups. To our knowledge, no other county in the
country is doing this.
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Literacy by Definition
The US Congress incorporated the following definition of literacy into the National Literacy Act of 1991:
“an individual’s ability to read, write and speak English and compute and solve problems at levels of proficiency necessary to function on the job and in society, to achieve one’s goals, and to develop one’s knowledge and potential”
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The Value of a Functionally Literate Community
The Best Prevention is a Real Future
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Savings for Business and the Community Relationship of Education to Social Problems
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
<HS degree HS degree 1 yrs college AA 3 yrs college BA/BS BA/BS +
% unemployment
% welfare
% smoking
days absent
% alcohol abuse
% incarceration
Source: CC Benefits, Economic Impact Study
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Benefits for the Individual-Average Annual Earnings Based on Years of Education
AverageEducation Level Earnings + Value
Less than HS degree $16,451 High school degree $24,498 +$8,048 Certificate or diploma $28,902 +$4,403 Associate degree $31,138 +$2,236 Three years of college $35,846 +$4,708 Bachelors degree $40,453 +$4,607 Masters or 5 years $49,629 +$9,176
Source: CC Benefits, Economic Impact Study
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Major Difficulties with a Literacy Index
No data are available annually on the educational attainment of adults.
The Census measures educational attainment once every ten years.
Obtaining a true measure of educational attainment is cost-prohibitive (surveying county residents) .
An alternative source was selected that was benchmarked again the Census data.
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Data Elements Used in the Index
Pre-K, 3rd, 4th and 8th grade data from CMS and private schools
Graduation numbers from CMS and private schools
Adult (22+) data (highest grade completed) from the ESC (benchmarked against the 1990 and 2000 educational data from Census)
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Data Elements Were Weighted
Based on:
– Population numbers in school per age group– Total operative population of the county by year (removing
those we don’t expect to be literate or above working age)– Conversion of percentages to scaled scores (1-10)
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For Example…. One small piece of the puzzle
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Population of Mecklenburg County
1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02Operative population totals 566,150 580,984 599,516 632,208
(removing all unaffected individuals, preschoolers, retired, etc.)
Population 0-18 yrs 224,880 230,891 238,259 247,814Population in CMS 97,586 99,403 102,013 105,172Population in private schools 16,707 17,018 17,465 17,246Total in School 114,293 116,421 119,478 122,418Percent in school 20.2% 20.0% 19.9% 19.4%
(total in school divided by the operational population)
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Using 3rd Grade as an example…..
In 2000-2001: CMS Private Schools
Population 8,719 1,493
Percent passing EOGs 72.8% 84.5%
Scaled Score 7.28 8.45
Weighted value .0145 .0025
(based on grade population divided by operative total population)
Value in Overall Index .11 .02
(based on weighted value times the scaled score)
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The Primary Grade Levels Component(K-8) 1999 - 2002
7.157.33
7.59
7.93
5.00
5.50
6.00
6.50
7.00
7.50
8.00
1999 2000 2001 2002
Writing Assessment excluded from formula in 2002
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As the School System Makes Progress in Primary Grades
The index is only slightly
affected because they account
for a small piece of the total
population
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Secondary Levels (9th – 12th)1999 - 2002
8.02 7.89 7.787.88
5
5.5
6
6.5
7
7.5
8
1999 2000 2001 2002
Writing Assessment excluded from formula in 2002
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When Secondary Level Progress Declines…
The index is even less affected
because secondary
students represent a smaller
portion of the population
than primary students.
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Adult Component 1999 - 2002
8.67 8.61 8.46 8.59
1.00
2.00
3.00
4.00
5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
10.00
1999 2000 2001 2002
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As the County Looks at Educational Attainment in Adults..
The Index can be greatly affected
because adults make up
the vast majority of
the population.
We must make
an impact on adults.
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How does the ESC data compare to the Census data?
81.981.6
72.470
77.6
86.186.281.8
78.181.6
65
70
75
80
85
90
95
US NC MSA Meck ESC (22+)
1990
2000
Percent with high school degree
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Weights Used in Index, 2002
79.86%
4.59%
15.19%
Primary
Secondary
Adult
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Actual Index 1999 - 2002
8.41 8.39 8.3 8.45
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1999 2000 2001 2002
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For a Color Copy of this Presentation:
Go to:
http://inside.cpcc.edu/planning/studies_reports And click on “Readiness and Literacy Index”