Envision Schools uses performance assessment as a key tool for supporting student learning. In this graduate follow-up study, Envision Schools puts its model of “Rigor, Relevance, Relationships, and Results” to the test, examining the results of a longitudinal tracking study to measure the enrollment and persistence of their graduates in post-secondary education as well as their academic performance based on analysis of their college transcripts. This paper focuses on the strengths and weaknesses of the Envision model.
Preliminary findings show that the first three graduating cohorts of Envision Schools enrolled in college at much higher rates (between 88-95 percent) and that the first two graduating cohorts persisted into the second year of college at much higher rates (94-100%) than would be expected in similar populations of students.
