Measures of Success

The following table displays six community measures of success. Achieving the goals for these indicators will drive the action of GRADUATE GREENVILLE. The baseline data provides our current achievement level for each measure. Changes in the indicators will measure our overall success and tell us on an annual basis whether our partnerships and initiatives are the right ones and are sufficient to attain our objectives. Progress will be tracked and reported during each year of the action plan.

The six community measures of success were chosen based on three standards: 1) Is the
measurement simple and easy to understand? 2) Is the data for that measure “clean” (is the
data available and computed and presented in the same way every year)? and 3) Is the
measurement valued by educators, parents, business leaders, and the general community?


Measure
 2005 Baseline
Initial
2010 Goal
Percent of second-year students who passed both subtests of the High School Assessment Program (HSAP)
72.6% 80%
Percent of ninth-graders promoted to tenth grade in one year
Not currently reported; to be estimated.
95%
High school out-of-school suspensions and expulsions for violent and/or criminal offenses, as a percentage of high school enrollment
2.7% 2.0%
High school attendance rate
 94.7% 95%
Graduation rate (State definition)
79.3% 85%
Percent of graduates attending postsecondary education
86.4% 88%