College & Career Readiness
GOAL 1:
Central Falls
College and career readiness helps students gain the skills and knowledge they need to succeed after high school in college, work, and life.
Clear goal setting and support for college and career pathways is important for student success after their time in the Central Falls School District. For example, getting a bachelor’s degree can increase a person’s earnings significantly compared to a high school diploma or GED. Students can also find success through the labor market. . The US Bureau of Labor Statistics highlights career planning as a way for students to learn to plan for the future and become more flexible in their decision making.
After the Central Falls team of students and families spoke to community members, they found that many families felt unaware of the resources their children had to prepare for the next stage of their lives. We found that students and families didn’t feel there was a clear system for talking about and planning what would come after graduation.This often led to a disconnect between school staff and the community to make students feel confident for their future.
The SCORE Central Falls College and Career indicators are separated into two goal areas that focus on access to and resources for post-graduation opportunities:
The district has a plan for communicating college and career resources that was created with input from parents and students
| Number | Indicator |
|---|---|
| 1 | Student knowlege of and satisfaction with college and career supports and resources . | 2 | Parent knowlege of and satisfaction with college and career supports and resources |
| Number | Indicator |
|---|---|
| 3 | Description of work done by partner organizations focused on college and career supports and resources | 4 | How often students talk about college in class |
| 5 | How often students talk about jobs and careers in class |
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Currently, the active indicator links represent data that is publicly available (i.e., enrollment data and SurveyWorks climate survey). However, in many cases, our community-identified indicators differ from those that are publicly available. We are working to request data that the school district collects but is not yet made public. As new data and visualizations are ready, we will add them to the SCOREcard.
Additionally, some of what community members have asked to be measured in the SCOREcard is, to the best of our knowledge, not currently being collected In these cases, this SCOREcard represents a call to action for the school system, in partnership with community organizations, to collect data in areas that matter to the community, and to make it publicly accessible. As we get access to more data, more indicators will be populated and our SCOREcard will be stronger.