Presentation at the October NYSED sessions

1. Adult Ed and HSE – Where do we fit in?
- A look at the numbers

2. TEST TAKERS IN NEW YORK STATE
Overall GED ® test
takers in FY 2012
(from NYSED GED
database)
• 48885
• Pass rate 49%
Prep Programs
• 18302 (37%)
• Pass rate (68%)
NYSED Funded
Prep Programs
• 5039 (10%)
• Pass rate (72%)

3. PASS RATE BY REGION
Region
Capital/North
Percentage of
Percentage of
Number of testers of the Number of passers of the Pass rate
testers
whole state
passers
whole state by Region
957
10%
817
11%
85%
2162
22%
1716
23%
79%
Finger Lakes
944
9%
703
9%
74%
Hudson Valley
1052
11%
824
11%
78%
625
6%
418
6%
67%
NYC
2826
28%
1719
23%
61%
West
1417
14%
1222
16%
86%
Central So. Tier
Long Island

4. HOW READY ARE THEY?
OPT SCORES FOR TEST TAKERS
Prep
programs
overall
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•
•
•
Average OPT score = 2548
Number at or above 2500 = 8757 (48%)
Number below 2500 = 5502 (30%)
Number without OPT scores = 4043
(22%)
Prep
programs
NYSED
•
•
•
•
Average OPT score = 2580
Number at or above 2500 = 2773 (55%)
Number below 2500 = 1000 (20%)
Number without OPT scores = 1266
(25%)

5. WHERE DO TESTERS COME FROM?
Tester Count by Region (all Testers)
West
8%
Capital North
10%
Central/So.Tier
10%
Finger Lakes
5%
Hudson Valley
11%
New York
50%
Long Island
6%

6. WHERE DO TESTERS COME FROM?
TESTERS FROM PREP PROGRAMS
Tester Count by Region (Prep Progam Testers)
West
12%
New York
25%
Capital North
16%
Central/So.Tier
19%
Finger Lakes
10%
Hudson Valley
13%
Long Island
5%

7. WHO ARE WE SERVING?
ADULT EDUCATION STATISTICS (FY 2012)
Total students
enrolled in 2012 • 115699
(from State NRS
report for 2012)
Enrollment by
Instruction Type
Total in levels
4–6
• ABE – 44938 (39%)
• ASE – 7011 (6%)
• ESL – 63750 (55%)
• 26094 (23%)

8. WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS ACHIEVING?
EDUCATIONAL GAINS BY LEVEL
Educational Gain % by Instructional Level
80%
71%
70%
62%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
63%
62%
58%
55%
54%
50%
69%
56%
52%
51%

9. WHAT ARE THE STUDENTS ACHIEVING?
GED ® OUTCOMES BY TYPE AND LEVEL
ABE/ASE
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
ESL
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Level 4
Level 5
Level 6
5387
0
23
391
2200
1484
1289
88
9
8
9
12
27
23
5475

10. STUDENTS SERVED BY REGION
Enrollment by Instruction Type by Region
40000
35000
30000
25000
20000
ABE/ASE
ESL
15000
10000
5000
0
Capital/North
Central So.
Tier
Finger Lakes Hudson Valley Long Island
NYC
West

11. STATISTICS ON REFERRALS
Of the 169 NYSED funded programs, only 52
programs made any referrals
 Of the 114 programs who had prep codes in the
NYSED data, only 49 programs made referrals


12. REFERRALS MADE BY INSTRUCTIONAL TYPE
AND LEVEL
Instructional Type and
Level
ABE1
ABE2
ABE3
ABE4
ABE5
ABE6
ESL1
ESL2
ESL3
ESL4
ESL5
ESL6
Number of referrals
1
19
248
1219
617
523
7
3
4
5
13
2