Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
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.
(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;
(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 degree-seeking 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 noncollegelevel
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
noncollege-level 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.
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
*Original authority
1993.
