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Central School District 13J

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9th Grade On-Track

9th Grade On Track | Noveno Grado en camino

Percent of 9th graders on track to graduate on time. 

QUICK Q&A: 

What does 9th Grade "on track" mean? For a 9th grade student to be considered "on track," they must have successfully earned at least 25% of the credits required to graduate on time by the time they reach their 10th grade year.

Why is being "on track to graduate" important? An Oregon Department of Education study showed that "on-track" students were more than twice as likely to graduate in 4 years as their "off-track" peers.

Goals

At least 85 percent of Central High School 9th grade students will be on track to graduate by 2025.

At least 75 percent of Central High School 9th graders who are Emergent Bilingual students will be on track to graduate by 2025.

Bar chart showing the percentage of ninth-grade students on track to graduate for the 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 school years.

Two gauges show student progress: 73% on track for 2024-2025, with a goal of 85%.

How will we help students get on track?

  • 9th grade Success Team
    • Interdisciplinary team comprised of administration, teachers, and counselors
      • Review data using Atlas and Data Dialogue Protocols, discuss systems, supports, and interventions
  • Create clear and consistent definition of on track status 
    • Use to plan academic interventions, integrate into family nights and within extra and cocurricular
  • New Panther Orientation in the fall
  • Transition process with 8th TMS student-504, IEP, Advisory, Math, Social/Emotional Support
  • Forecasting with 8th TMS students
  • TMS family nights- focus on 9th grade success
  • Identify students (especially those w/in focal/target populations) to participate in empathy interviews to learn more about barriers, strengths and opportunities at CHS
    • Use to inform Tier 1 practices
      • Cross section will focus on students who normally attend, but may still struggle academically, as well as students who are succeeding at ninth grade (diverse perspectives on our academic supports)