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Technical Notes


 County Overview
 
Data Sources:

Cradle to Career Outcomes
  •   Teaching Strategies Gold (TSG) Data
    • Self-reports from KUSD Early Learning and Westosha Head Start programs(All calculations were made by dividing the total number of students meeting or exceeding expectations by the total taking the exam)
  • Children Living with Food Insecurity ​Feeding America: Map-the-Meal-Gap
  • Clinical Care Rank County Health Rankings
  • Third Grade Reading Proficiency, Eighth Grade Math Proficiency, 4-Year high-school graduation rate, % of students enrolling in postsecondary WI Department of Public Instruction WISEDash Data File
  • % of population with postsecondary credential U.S. Census Bureau, 201p American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Educational Attainment S1501
  • Unemployment rate in Kenosha County U.S. Census Bureau, 201p American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Selected Economic Characteristics DP03

Our Population
  • U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Spatial Files
    • Counties
    • Municipalities
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by Municipality:
    • Demographic and Housing Estimates, DP05​

Our Student Population
  • WI Department of Public Instruction School Directory
  • WI Department of Public Instruction Enrollment Data Files.

Cost of Living in Kenosha County
  • MIT Living Wage Calculator
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by County: Median Income in the past 12 months(in 2019 inflation adjusted dollars) S1903

Equity in Kenosha County
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates (Table Name, ID) by Tract: ​SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS, DP04
  • U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Spatial Files
  • Census Tracts

 Kenosha County's Workforce
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2019 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics OnTheMap (To see Kenosha County census tract information, enter Kenosha, WI into search tab, choose 'Census Tracts' from the dropdown menu underneath, and select 'Perform Analysis on Selection Area for results)
  • U.S. Census Bureau Geographic Spatial Files
  • Census Tracts

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
 
Smart Beginnings

Data Sources:

Teaching Strategies Gold Data
  • Self-reports from KUSD and Westosha School District​

Health and Wellness
  • ​Feeding America: Map-the-Meal-Gap
  • County Health Rankings

ASQ-3 and ASQ-SE Tracking
  • Birth to 3 about the ASQ-3 Domains (http://sproutsdevelopment.com/resources/)
  • Self-reports from the WI Health Department, KUSD Head Start, and Child Find

4K Enrollment
  • WI Department of Public Instruction WISEdash Data Files

Child Care Quality and Capacity
  • Data request from the Wisconsin Dept of Children and Families
  • Directory from YoungStar
  • Kenosha's Median Household Income and Population under 5 years old 
  • ​Economic Policy Institute
  • Department of Children and Families 2017 Market Rate Survey
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Inflation Calculator

Bright By Text
  • Bright By Text user portal

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
  • The number of ASQ-3 screens are self-reports from the agencies currently agreeing to provide information. We are aware that more screens have been done, but, to get to our eventual goal of screening every child and identifying areas of opportunity, these screens not only need to happen, but need to be in a centralized database.
  • Capacity is the maximum number of children that a childcare can accommodate, not necessarily the number of children who attend that childcare.
  • To participate in the WI YoungStar rating system, a childcare must be willing to accept a WI Shares child, or a child from an economically disadvantaged background, and agree to be a part of the YoungStar system.
    • Once they are a part, training and funding can be available to the center

Academic Papers:
  • Heckman, James J. "Four big benefits of investing in early childhood development." (2015).
 
School Success

Data Sources:

Third Grade Reading and Eighth Grade Math Proficiency 
  • WI Department of Public Instruction 
    • Forward Results by Year
Attendance
  • WI Department of Public Instruction
    • ​Attendance by Year
Absenteeism
  • WI Department of Public Instruction
    • Absenteeism by Year

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
  • ELA, or English/Language Arts, is the section of the Forward exam that encompasses Reading, Writing, Language, and Listening. This replaced the singular “Reading” section included in the WKCE.
  • Habitual Truancy is defined as missing all or part of at least 5 days in a semester without an acceptable excuse.

Academic Papers:

  • Schorr, Lisbeth, and Marchand, Vicky. 2007. Pathway to Children Ready for School and Succeeding at Third Grade. Cambridge: Project on Effective Interventions at Harvard University.
  • Lesnick, Joy et al. 2010. Reading on Grade Level in Third Grade: How Is It Related to High School Performance and College Enrollment? Chicago: Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago.
  • Hernandez, Donald. 2011. Double Jeopardy: How Third-Grade Reading Skills and Poverty Influence High School Graduation. New York: Foundation for Child Development and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
  • Spielhagen, Frances. 2006. “Closing the Achievement Gap in Math: The Long-Term Effects of Eighth-Grade Algebra.” Journal of Advanced Academies, 18(1).
 
High School Completion

Data Sources:

Introduction
  • U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Median Usual Weekly Earnings
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates

High School Completion and ACT Scores
  • WI Department of Public Instruction WISEDash Data Files​
    • High School Completion, by Year
    • ACT Graduates, by Year

Attendance and Absenteeism
  • Special request made to Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.
 
Postsecondary Success and Career Prep

Data Sources:

Introduction
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates(Table Name, ID):
    • ​EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT BY EMPLOYMENT STATUS FOR THE POPULATION 25 TO 64 YEARS, B23006

How many residents in Kenosha have a postsecondary degree?
  • U.S. Census Bureau, 2016 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates(Table Name, ID):
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER, B15002
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (WHITE ALONE), B15002A
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN ALONE), B15002B
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE ALONE), B15002C
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (ASIAN ALONE), B15002D
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER ALONE), B15002E
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (SOME OTHER RACE ALONE), B15002F
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (TWO OR MORE RACES), B15002G
    • SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER (HISPANIC OR LATINO), B15002I

How many Kenosha high school graduates are enrolling in a postsecondary institution?
  • WI Department of Public Instruction WISEDash Data Files
    • Postsecondary Enrollment, Years 2009-10 through 2019-20

What are the retention and graduation rates for postsecondary institutions in the region?
  • Gateway Technical College, Institutional Effectiveness Division
  • University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Institutional Research Department
  • Cathage College, 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 origin" is not mutually exclusive of the other races/ethnicities listed (unless otherwise noted), unlinked race/ethnicity data from Gateway and Parkside.
  • Latest data points in the Parkside graduation tabs are preliminary.
  • For more data on UW-Parkside enrollment, visit the University of Wisconsin System Access Accountability Dashboard.
  • For more data on UW-Parkside retention and graduation, visit the University of Wisconsin System Progress and Completion Accountability Dashboard.
  • Unless indicated otherwise, to protect student privacy but also report as many student outcomes as possible, the “Other” race/ethnicity includes Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and those identifying with two or more races.
  • “Economically Disadvantaged” refers to student who qualify for free and reduced-price lunches or whose family income is 185% of poverty level or lower.

Academic Papers:

  • Carnevale, Anthony P., Cheah, Ban, Wenzinger, Emma, "The College Payoff" (2021). https://bit.ly/3FNvgKm

Housing in Kenosha

Data Sources:

Housing Costs and Cost-Burden 
  • ​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)
    • GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS, B25070
    • DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS FOR OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS, S2502

Homeowner Demographics
  • ​​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)​
    • SELECTED HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS, DP04

​Income and Earnings
  • ​​U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (Table Name, ID)
    • ​MEDIAN INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2019 INFLATION ADJUSTED DOLLARS), S1903
    • MEDIAN EARNINGS IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2019 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) BY SEX BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT FOR THE POPULATION 25 YEARS AND OVER, B20004

Low-Income Housing Units
  • ​U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Database

Student Homelessness
  • ​WI Department of Public Instruction, WISEdash Public Portal

Evictions
  • ​Eviction Lab's data for Kenosha County
  • State of Wisconsin Department of Administration's Eviction Data Project

Kenosha County Impact 211
  • ​United Way of Kenosha County

Redlining History
  • ​Robert K. Nelson and Edward L. Ayers, accessed June 3, 2022, https://dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/redlining/[YOUR VIEW].

​Notes:
  • Unless indicated otherwise, all data is rounded to the nearest whole number.
  • Homeownership rate refers to the percent of all housing units occupied by that race/ethnicity in Kenosha County that are owner-occupied.
  • The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development defines affordable housing as housing in which the occupant is paying no more than 30 percent of gross income for housing costs, including utilities.

Teaching in Wisconsin

Data Sources:

Student-Teacher Ratios
  • WI Department of Public Instruction WISEdash Data Files
    • ​Enrollment Certified 2021-22
  • WI Department of Public Instruction
    • ​Public All Staff Report 2021-22

Out-of-Field and Inexperienced Teachers
  • WI Department of Public Instruction
    • ​Public Inequitable Distribution of Teacher Report 2020-21

Teaching Degrees
  • Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Statistics
    • ​Completions: Degrees/Certificates by field of study 2020-21, Wisconsin Institutions

Notes:
  • For purposes of Student-Teacher ratio analysis, only "Assignment Position" of "53-Teacher" from DPI's All Staff report are included

Academic Papers:
  • Scherer, Ethan, Cleveland, Christopher, 2022, The Effects of Teacher-Student Demographic Matching on Social-Emotional Learning. (EdWorkingPaper: 21-399)
  • Gershenson, Seth, M.D. Hart, Cassandra, Hyman, Joshua, Constance, Lindsay, Papageorge, Nicholas W., 2021, The Long-Run Impacts of Same-Race Teachers
  • Wenglinsky, Harold, 2000 "How Teaching Matters: Bringing the Classroom Back Into Discussions of Teacher Quality" 

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