Strategic Plan 2009-2013

Goal II: Access

Continuously improve access for individuals of all ages, abilities, and economic means to the public education system, training, rehabilitation, and information/research programs and services.

Objectives for Access:

1. Increase participation of secondary students in advanced opportunities programs for receiving postsecondary credits (Advanced Placement Courses, dual credit, Tech-Prep, and International Baccalaureate).
• Performance Measure:
• Number of schools/districts offering advanced opportunities in each program and the total number of students enrolled in each program.
• Benchmarks:
• One hundred percent of secondary schools offer advanced opportunities.
• Students enrolled in advanced opportunities programs will increase.
2. Maintain and increase high school graduation rates, especially for minority students.
• Performance Measure:
• Percentage of 9th grade students graduating from high school.
• Benchmark:
• Increase the percentage of 9th grade students graduating from high school.
3. Increase student access to educational opportunities by reducing barriers to efficient transfer of credit and student status.
• Performance Measure:
• Number of transfer students, average number of credit hours requested for transfer, and average number of credit hours (as a percent total requested) accepted for transfer by the institution.
• Benchmark
• At least 90% of credits requested will transfer for students (with two or less years of postsecondary education) when transferring from one of Idaho’s regionally accredited postsecondary institutions to another Idaho regionally accredited postsecondary institution.
4. Increase access to postsecondary education by improving students’ ability to pay for educational costs.
• Performance Measure:
• The percent of educational costs covered by loans.
• Benchmark:
• The percent of expenses paid by loans will decrease.
5. Improve the rate of high school graduates advancing to postsecondary education.
• Performance Measure:
• Number of high school graduates (as a percent of total graduates) advancing to postsecondary education.
• Benchmark:
• At least 50% of high school graduates will register as full-time or part-time postsecondary students after graduating high school.
6. Increase student access to relevant medical education programs (nursing, physician assistant, health technicians, and physicians).
• Performance Measure:
• Number of nurses, physician assistants, health technicians, and physicians per 100K of Idaho’s population.
• Benchmark:
• Number of nurses, physician assistants, health technicians, and physicians (per 100K of Idaho’s general population) will increase each year until comparing favorably with other states in the Northwest.

Goal III: Efficiency