Dashboard Technical Notes
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Race and Ethnicity in Our Data
The US Census Bureau divides people into at least five racial groups. It then tracks Latin@ identity through a separate category, Hispanic origin. Most of our sources track race and ethnicity this way, too, including the Wisconsin State Department of Public Instruction and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. These categories are oversimplifications of some parts of the complicated heritages and identities that each of us have. As of 2022, we have made the imperfect decision to report local data with four racial/ethnic categorizations: Black, Latin@, White, and All Other Races. That last category includes folks with Asian, First Nations, Pacific Islander, and multi-racial identities. We believe that this perspective provides a reasonable approximation of our groups within our community that have broadly similar experiences of systemic racism. Dis-aggregating data in this way can lead to actionable insights into the disparate conditions that our community members encounter in their day-to-day lives.
Employment Dashboard
Sources:
Bureau of Labor Statistics and Local Area Unemployment Statistics (Annual Rates).
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U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year estimates:
Table Name, ID: Employment Status, S2301
Table Name, ID: Poverty Status in the Past 12 Months, S1701
Gateway Graduate Follow-Up Survey
Notes:
In the ACS, "Hispanic or Latino orgin" is not mutually exclusive of other races/ethnicities listed, unless otherwise noted.
The ACS poverty population estimates only include those people for whom poverty status can be determined. See ACS for more information.
The Gateway Graduate Follow-Up Survey is administered each October to students who graduated the previous academic year (any semester) with Associate's degrees or technical diplomas.
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students. Gateway data for that group only includes students who are enrolled in a Pell Grant-eligible program.
Post Secondary Attainment Dashboard
Sources:
U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), 1-year estimates.(Table Names, ID: Sex by Educational Attainment for the Population 25 Years and Over (various races/ethnicities), B15002A-I.) Data for each education attainment level by race/ethnicity calculated by adding male and female numbers, and then dividing by the total population 25 years and over.
Gateway Technical College, Institutional Effectiveness Division
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Institutional Research Department
Notes:
For Gateway and Parkside data: In order to protect student privacy and/or provide more meaningful comparisons, data for other races/ethnicities are not reported due to small student population sizes.
The Federal Pell Grant Program provides need-based grants to low-income undergraduate students. Gateway data for that group only includes students who are enrolled in a Pell Grant-eligible program.
In the ACS, "Hispanic or Latino orgin" is not mutually exclusive of the other races/ethnicities listed (unless otherwise noted), unlinke race/ethnicity data from Gateway and Parkside.
Latest data points in the Parkside graduation tabs are preliminary.
For more data on UW-Parkside retention and graduation, visit the University of Wisconsin System Progress and Completion Accountability Dashboard.
Post Secondary Enrollment Dashboard
Sources:
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and National Student Clearinghouse. Retrieved from WISEDash Public on 9 Sept. 2022. Learn more about how these data are calculated.
Notes:
For more data on post-secondary enrollment of Racine County high school graduates, visit the Post-secondary enrollment page on WISEDash Public.
For more data on UW-Parkside enrollment, visit the University of Wisconsin System Access Accountability Dashboard.
High School Graduation Dashboard
Sources:
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved from WISEDash Public on 1 Sept. 2022. Learn more about how these data are calculated.
Notes:
High school graduation data includes all completion credentials, not just traditional diplomas.
Middle School Math Dashboard
Sources: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved from WISEDash Public on 9 Sept. 2022. Learn more about how these data are calculated.
Assessment: The Forward Exam is a computer administered assessment which is used to determine how well students are mastering the Wisconsin State Standards. Each student’s Forward Exam result is described as “Advanced,” “Proficient,” “Basic,” or “Below Basic.” Our dashboard shows the percentage of 8th graders who achieved a “Proficient” or “Advanced” result on the Mathematics component of the test.
Elementary Reading Dashboard
Sources: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction. Retrieved from WISEDash Public on 9 Sept. 2022. Learn more about how these data are calculated.
Assessment: The Forward Exam is a computer administered assessment which is used to determine how well students are mastering the Wisconsin State Standards. Each student’s Forward Exam result is described as “Advanced,” “Proficient,” “Basic,” or “Below Basic.” Our dashboard shows the percentage of 3rd graders who achieved a “Proficient” or “Advanced” result on the English Language Arts component of the test.
Kindergarten Readiness Dashboard
Source: Racine Unified School District (RUSD)
Assessment: PALS is the Phonological Awareness and Literacy Screener. The PALS assessment that Racine Unified uses includes seven tasks: Name Writing; Alphabet Recognition (Upper- and Lower-Case); Letter Sounds; and Sound, Print, and Rhyme Awareness. Each of these tasks has a “Spring Developmental Range” [PDF] of scores. Our dashboard reports the percentage of 4-year-old kindergarten students that score within, or above, the spring developmental range on all seven tasks.