Learn how to collect, manage, and analyze student data and use it to improve outcomes and scale capacity.

Explore data-driven organizational cultures, find external data sources, and connect access programs, school districts, and postsecondary institutions.

Identify key indicators of college access and success and discuss how to disaggregate data to identify disparities in program services and student performance.

Discuss the broader role of data in college access and education.

The Takeaways

Want to hear concrete strategies from data-savvy practitioners?

Want to see robust data systems that track hundreds of students as they go to and through college?

Want to learn how data and technology can improve outcomes and serve more students?

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Postsecondary completion rates are alarmingly low. 59% complete a 4-year degree within 6 years. 39% complete within 4 years.

This rates are worse for low-income students, first-generation college-goers, and students of color, who also enroll in college at far lower rates.

Postsecondary completion is a national policy focus with implications for global competitiveness and social well-being.

The Problem

College Forward, Degrees of Change, and I Know I Can are some of hundreds of college access and success programs that are part of the National College Access Network.

These programs provide specialized early awareness information, pre-college advising on admissions and financial aid, and mentoring services that dramatically raise college entrance and completion rates.

The Players

Drawing on data and technology, college access and success programs can improve program performance and serve more students.

As elsewhere in education, the thoughtful and applied usage of data is changing the approach to college access and success.

The Approach

The following are examples of the dashboards and metrics employed by the panelists to track student progress.

At SXSWedu, panelists will discuss how they developed these systems and share best practices for implementing similar systems and using this data to improve student outcomes.

The Systems

I Know I Can’s Access Dashboard

I Know I Can’s Retention Dashboard

I Know I Can’s College Milestones

Degrees of ChangeEnrollment, Persistence, and Graduation

Dashboard

Degrees of ChangeFinancial Aid Award Dashboard