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Board hears Bassett High progress on CCI, CTE pathways and expanding dual enrollment
Summary
District staff described college and career indicator (CCI) measures, current CTE pathways, and an increase in dual enrollment courses and students at Bassett High School; officials identified targets to boost a-g completion and CCI preparedness.
Bassett Unified School District staff presented an update on the districtlevel College and Career Indicator (CCI), current career-technical education (CTE) pathways at Bassett High School and efforts to expand dual enrollment on Aug. 26. The board received a district snapshot that the presenter said shows growth in Seal of Biliteracy awards and an increase in students taking college courses through a Mt. San Antonio College partnership.
Dr. Julie Harrison, the district presenter, summarized how the CCI combines college-ready and career-ready measures. College-ready metrics include Smarter Balanced results, a-g completion, Advanced Placement scores, two semesters of dual enrollment and the Seal of Biliteracy; career-ready metrics include CTE pathway completion, work-based learning and industry certifications. Dr. Harrison said counselors must project student trajectories because the state combines these measures into a single CCI result later in the year.
Staff presented several data points the board was shown: district a-g completion at 32% and Seal of Biliteracy attainment districtwide at 27% (up from 9% the prior year). Dr. Harrison reported the district had a 43% AP pass rate for exams reported to the state and that Bassett High School had 12 dual-enrollment courses with 145 students enrolled, up from 93 the prior year. At Bassett High, 44 seniors (27% of a graduating class figure reported) earned the Seal of Biliteracy last year, the presentation said.
The board heard a current snapshot of CTE pathways at Bassett High: a longstanding Health Care Academy (three-year sequence), a two-year Child Development sequence, and a three-year engineering pathway. Staff noted that pathway completion often requires multi-year scheduling commitments from students and that staffing constraints had put the business pathway on hold. Adult education and the Nueva Vista continuation program coordinate CTE exploration courses for students and the district discussed expanding collaborations so high-school students could complete two-year adult-education CTE sequences (for HVAC or electrical trades) before graduating.
Dr. Harrison said district goals for next steps include expanding dual enrollment, improving a-g completion rates, increasing work-based learning (internships) and ensuring CTE courses have modern equipment. Board members praised the outreach and success in raising Seal of Biliteracy counts and asked staff to pursue partnerships and targeted outreach to increase both dual enrollment and CTE pathway completion.
No formal board decisions on new programs or contracts were made during the presentation; Dr. Harrison said staff will return with follow-up steps and additional metrics as planning continues.
