Graduates’ Performance Report

PURPOSE: This rule establishes a procedure for annually reporting the performance of graduates of public high schools in the state during the students’ initial year in the public colleges or universities of the state in compliance with the requirements of section 173.750, RSMo. Editor’s Note: The following material is incorporated into this rule by reference: 1) Coordinating Board for Higher Education, Enhanced Missouri Student Achievement Study Manual. (Jefferson City, MO: Coordinating Board for Higher Education, 1995). In accordance with section 536.031(4), RSMo, the full text of material incorporated by reference will be made available to any interested person at the Office of the Secretary of State and the headquarters of the adopting state agency. (1) For the purpose of this rule, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following terms shall be defined as follows: (A) Coordinating board or board is the coordinating board for higher education created by section 173.005, RSMo; (B) EMSAS is the Enhanced Missouri Student Achievement Study program operated by the board; 13 (C) Graduates’ performance report is the report of the performance of graduates of public high schools during the students’ initial year in a public college or university which is produced by the coordinating board pursuant to the requirements of section 173.750, RSMo; (D) High school graduate is a student enrolled in a Missouri public college or university as a first-time, full-time degreeseeking freshman in the fall following graduation from one of the state’s public high schools; (E) Public college or university is any public two (2)- or four (4)-year institution located in Missouri that meets the requirements set forth in subdivision (2) of 173.205, RSMo; (F) Remedial courses or other noncollege-level courses are those courses to which a public college or university assigns institutional credit that is not creditable toward the student’s major and/or degree completion requirements; and (G) The meaning of other terms used in this rule, unless usage clearly indicates otherwise, will be consistent with the definitions contained in the Enhanced Missouri Student Achievement Study Manual. (2) Data for the production of the graduates’ performance report will be supplied through the EMSAS data base. Public colleges or universities failing to provide information necessary to produce graduates’ performance reports will be noted on those reports as not submitting data. (3) Graduates’ Performance Reports. (A) Graduates’ performance reports will be produced annually and will be based on the cohort of high school graduates who enroll as first-time, full-time degree-seeking freshmen the fall following their high school graduation. The initial cohort will include those 1995-96 high school graduates who enrolled in fall 1996. (B) Graduates’ performance reports will be provided to the State Board of Education as soon as practical after production. The report shall include the following data: 1. College grade point average (on a four (4)-point scale) of high school graduates after the initial college year; 2. Percentage of high school graduates returning to college after first half, second half, or after each trimester of the initial college year. This percentage will be based on the number of students who continue their enrollment at a Missouri public college or university in the spring semester following their initial fall enrollment and the number of students who continue to be enrolled at a Missouri public college or university in the fall semester the year following their initial enrollment in a public college or university; and 3. Percentage of high school graduates taking noncollegelevel classes in basic academic courses during the first college year or remedial courses in basic academic subjects of English, mathematics, reading, or other disciplines. (C) Graduates’ performance reports will not contain the name of any student nor will grade point averages be reported in instances where fewer than four (4) students can be reported in any one reporting cell. (D) Graduates performance reports will— 1. Display data by each ethnic and gender category; 2. Be organized by the name of each high school in the state, with student data grouped according to the high school from which the students graduated; and 3. Provide the data specified in subsection (3)(B) of this rule for each public college or university in which high school graduates enroll. (E) The format of the annual report to the State Board of Education will be consistent with the format developed by the State Board of Education for reporting on the performance of vocational education students as required by section 161.610, RSMo. AUTHORITY: section 173.750, RSMo (1994).* Original rule filed Oct. 31, 1995, effective May 30, 1996. *Original authority 1993.