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Findings from the 2010 Senior Surveys
Authors: Greg Cumpton, Shelby Tracy
Date: January 2011
Publication Type: Report
This report presents findings from the survey of area high school seniors conducted in spring 2010. The senior survey contains questions about students’ backgrounds, academic experiences, plans for the future, and perceptions of their preparedness for post-secondary education and the workforce. Comparisons and trends between the 2010 survey and previous years’ surveys are also presented.
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In December 2009 the Student Futures Project released a report by Tara Carter Smith and Greg Cumpton highlighting the findings from the 2009 senior surveys. The senior survey is a primary component to the Student Futures Project research, providing details on graduates' family backgrounds, high school experiences and preparations for the future, which assist researchers in determining key influences and factors that affect students' postsecondary education decisions and outcomes.
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Authors: Brian L. Levy, Christopher T. King
Date: September 2009
Publication Type: Report
The project relies on a combination of student surveys and linked administrative records to provide feedback in order to improve policy and program alignment for Central Texas ISDs that prepare students for the demands of adulthood and for success in the workplace. The purpose is two-fold:
• To provide Central Texas school districts, postsecondary institutions and employers with comprehensive, longitudinal research on what local high school students are doing after high school and how a variety of educational, personal and financial factors are related to their success in higher education and the workforce; and
• To foster best practices through workshops, seminars and applied research, assisting the region’s ISDs, Education Service Center and postsecondary institutions to increase the number of regional youth who obtain postsecondary education and workforce credentials.
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Authors: Greg Cumpton, Deanna Schexnayder, Christopher T. King
Date: September 2009
Publication Type: Report
The Central Texas Student Futures Project is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center and ten Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project follows the progress of Central Texas high school graduates as they make the critical transition from high school to postsecondary education and the labor market. This effort grew out of concerns among key education, business, workforce development and community stakeholders that the region’s economy and its residents would not prosper in the near- and longer-term unless more of its graduates obtained higher levels of enrollment in postsecondary education and better labor market outcomes. Graduates' actual postsecondary education and work outcomes are computed annually (for at least four years beyond graduation) using postsecondary enrollment and employment records. Findings are shared annually with local educators, business and community leaders, and policymakers committed to improving education and supporting local initiatives. |
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Findings from the 2008 Senior Surveys
Authors: Tara Carter Smith, Nicole Beck, Greg Cumpton
Date: February 2009
Publication Type: Report
The Central Texas Student Futures Project is a research partnership of the Ray Marshall Center and ten Central Texas independent school districts (ISDs). The project follows the progress of Central Texas seniors as they make the critical transition from high school to postsecondary education and the labor market. The senior survey is a primary component to the research, providing valuable individual detail on students’ family backgrounds, high school experiences, and preparations for the future. |
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Authors: Deanna Schexnayder, Christopher T. King, Greg Cumpton, Nicole Beck, Brian Levy, Chandler Stolp
Date: February 2009
Publication Type: Report
To determine both what students plan to do after high school and key influences on these outcomes, the project surveys seniors in the spring prior to graduation. Graduates' actual postsecondary education and work outcomes are computed annually (for at least four years) using postsecondary enrollment and employment records. Data from prior high school records and the senior survey are added to the longitudinal outcomes data and used to identify those background factors and educational activities associated with specific education and labor force outcomes. Findings are shared annually with local educators, business and community leaders, and policymakers committed to improving the quality of education and employment in Central Texas.
This report presents the results of an analysis of initial postsecondary enrollment and employment outcomes — measured in the fall of 2007 — for 2007 high school graduates in the eight independent school districts (ISDs) that participated in the Student Futures Project in 2007: Austin, Del Valle, Eanes, Leander, Manor, Pflugerville, Round Rock and San Marcos Consolidated.
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Authors: Nicole Beck, Greg Cumpton
Date: February 2009
Publication Type: Report
To determine both what students plan to do after high school and key influences on these outcomes, the project surveys seniors in the spring prior to graduation. Graduates' actual postsecondary education and work outcomes are computed annually (for at least four years) using postsecondary enrollment and employment records. Data from prior high school records and the senior survey are added to the longitudinal outcomes data and used to identify those background factors and educational activities associated with specific education and labor force outcomes. Findings are shared annually with local educators, business and community leaders, and policymakers committed to improving the quality of education and employment in Central Texas.
This report presents the results of an analysis of initial postsecondary enrollment and employment outcomes — measured in the fall of 2007 — for 2007 high school graduates in the eight independent school districts (ISDs) that participated in the Student Futures Project in 2007: Austin, Del Valle, Eanes, Leander, Manor, Pflugerville, Round Rock and San Marcos Consolidated.
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