Dashboard Metrics
Foundation High School Program
Background
The Foundation High School Program (FHSP) metric at the campus level provides educators with information related to student participation in plans related to the Foundation High School Program, including their pursuit of Endorsements and the Distinguished Level of Achievement.
Students who entered high school beginning in the 2014-2015 school year will graduate under the FHSP. Students entering high school prior to that school year may elect to graduate under the FHSP and may be included in this metric. The metric shows the percent of students on each graduation plan, with comparison to campus goals for each.
User Interface
Dashboard Example
Figure 1 shows the Foundation High School Graduation Program metric as seen on the campus dashboard.
Figure 1 TSDS Foundation High School Program Metric
Status Definition
The Status column indicates the percentage of current students across grades 9-12 targeting the three types of graduation plans under the Foundation High School Program, as follows:
- Foundation (22 credits, no Endorsements)
- Foundation with Endorsements (26 credits, at least one Endorsement)
- Distinguished Level of Achievement (26 credits, at least one Endorsement, Distinguished award)
The Status indicator is determined by campus-specific thresholds (campus goals) which are set at the district level. The TSDS default thresholds are
- Foundation Graduation Plan is 10%
- Foundation with Endorsements Graduation Plan is 70%
- Distinguished Level of Achievement Graduation Plan is 20%
Table 1 lists the Status indicators as seen on the campus dashboard.
Metric Indicators | Comparisons | |||
Container Metric Name | Granular Metric Name | Metric Status Indicator(a) | Trend | Campus Goal (Delta) |
Foundation High School Program | Foundation | Red (Percentage) = if the percentage of students is greater than campus goal Green (Percentage) = if the percentage of students is less than or equal to campus goal | Current year to prior year | Campus goal and the calculated percentage of students |
Foundation with Endorsements | Red (Percentage) if the percentage of students is less than campus goal Green (Percentage) if the percentage of students is greater than or equal to campus goal | Current year to prior year | Campus goal and the calculated percentage of students | |
Distinguished Level of Achievement | Red (Percentage) = if the percentage of students is less than campus goal Green (Percentage) = if the percentage of students is greater than or equal to campus goal | Current year to prior year | Campus goal and the calculated percentage of students | |
(a) The Value column displays the number of students assigned a specific graduation plan out of the total number of students on campus.
Trend Definition
Table 2 defines the trend indicators for the Foundation Graduation Plan metric.
Trend Indicators: Objective is to indicate changes in participation in the Foundation Graduation Plan | |||
| Up green | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points higher than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending upward. | |
| Unchanged | If the value for the current time frame is less than or equal to 5 percentage points higher or less than or equal to 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display two gray arrows pointing outward indicating no direction. | |
| Down red | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending downward. | |
The trend does not show for the first occurrence of a time frame since data is not available.
Table 3 defines the trend indicators for the Recommended High School Graduation Plan metric.
Trend Indicators: Objective is to indicate changes in participation in the Foundation with Endorsements Graduation Plan | |||
| Up green | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points higher than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending upward. | |
| Unchanged | If the value for the current time frame is less than or equal to 5 percentage points higher or less than or equal to 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display two gray arrows pointing outward indicating no direction. | |
| Down red | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending downward. | |
The trend does not show for the first occurrence of a time frame since data is not available.
Table 4 defines the trend indicators for the Distinguished High School Graduation Plan metric.
Trend Indicators: Objective is to indicate changes in participation in the Distinguished Level of Achievement Graduation Plan | |||
| Up green | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points higher than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending upward. | |
| Unchanged | If the value for the current time frame is less than or equal to 5 percentage points higher or less than or equal to 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display two gray arrows pointing outward indicating no direction. | |
| Down red | If the value for the current time frame is more than 5 percentage points lower than the prior time frame, then display a gray arrow trending downward. | |
The trend does not show for the first occurrence of a time frame since data is not available.
Delta Definition
The Delta column is the absolute value of the difference between the metric percentage (Status column) and the campus goal percentage (Campus Goal column).
Delta Indicators: Objective is to indicate the difference in current student participation in each plan as compared to the campus goal | |||
Metric Name | Sub-Metric Name | Campus Goal | Delta |
Foundation High School Program | Foundation | Set campus goal | Red (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is less than the campus goal Black (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is equal to or greater than the campus goal |
Foundation with Endorsements | Set campus goal | Red (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is less than the campus goal Black (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is equal to or greater than the campus goal | |
Distinguished Level of Achievement | Set campus goal | Red (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is less than the campus goal Black (Delta Percentage) = if the plan percentage is equal to or greater than the campus goal | |
Periodicity
At a minimum, load this information at the beginning of a school year to assess any interventions required. At the beginning of the year, information will be supplied by loading the related PEIMS Fall interchanges. After the Fall submission closes, the information will be supplied by loading the related PEIMS Summer interchanges.
This data should be loaded as often as necessary to capture updates to student plan selections and to ensure that complete academic information for newly-enrolled students is accurately reflected on the dashboards.
Tooltips
The standard tool tips for the metric definition, column headers, and help functions display for this metric.
- Green metric status: OK
- Red metric status: LOW
- 'More' indicates drill down views for this metric
is ‘No change from the prior period'
is ‘Getting worse from the prior period’
is 'Getting better from the prior period'
Business Rules
The Foundation High School Program metric indicates the percentage of current students across grades 9-12 targeting the three types of graduation plan options specified by the State of Texas, as follows:
- Foundation graduation plan
- Foundation with Endorsements graduation plan (default)
- Distinguished Level of Achievement graduation plan
Data Assumptions
- All students are assigned a graduation plan for grades 9-12.
- The graduation plan to which a student is assigned in the TSDS interchanges is the same as the graduation plan to which she is assigned in the PEIMS interchanges.
- Students are not assigned to the "Standard" or "Career Technical Education" graduation plans.
Computed Values
Table 6 defines how values in the Status column are calculated. The result of the calculation displays in the Status column on the campus dashboard.
| Metric | Calculation |
Foundation High School Program | Total number of current students in grades 9-12 pursuing a specific plan * 100 / Total of all current 9-12 students on campus |