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Arizona GEAR UP | Strengthening the Education Pipeline GEAR UP Communities 2000 – 2019

Every child deserves access to a quality education and the opportunity to earn a college ƒ And two, by leveraging resources to support Arizona’s education priorities
degree. Arizona’s economic prosperity depends on increasing the number of residents and expanding capacity to make local and state initiatives possible: GEAR UP
with degrees or workplace credentials. Since 2000, Arizona GEAR UP has strengthened advances broader and shared aims with a variety of partners committed to improving 26 67 12k+
the pipeline leading to educational attainment on behalf of the state in two ways: Arizona’s educational outcomes—ensuring that the state’s strategies to achieve its educational
attainment goal extend beyond GEAR UP communities alone succeed. These partnerships and
ƒ One, by increasing high school graduation and postsecondary enrollment for collaborations leverage resources, build capacity, support priorities, and make a variety of Communities Schools Students
local and state initiatives that both current and future students benefit from possible.
thousands of students from diverse communities across Arizona: GEAR UP
provides college awareness and readiness services to all students in an entire cohort
(graduating class) beginning in seventh grade and continuing through high school and Arizona’s economic future depends on producing more college graduates School Districts
into the first year of college. Cultivating the motivation, knowledge, and skills needed
attracts
for entire cohorts to succeed along the pathway to college creates a sustainable, high- more businesses 2000 – 2006
expectations culture in partner schools that benefits subsequent cohorts of students. to the state
A skilled workforce Alhambra Elementary Grand Canyon
in Arizona... Pinon
45% of Arizona AZ State Schools for the
residents 25–64 Deaf & Blind
years of age have Arizonans with Predicted need 68% of jobs will Flagstaff Unified
completed a 2- or post-secondary require training Kingman Unified
AZ
4-year degree degrees by 2020 beyond high decreases increases Bullhead Golden Valley Flagstaff
poverty
or received a 45% 68% school by 2020 2 our tax base Mesa Unified City Kingman
postsecondary Phoenix Union Cottonwood Winslow
certificate 1 Mohave
Pinon Unified Valley Prescott Cornville Holbrook
Santa Cruz County Valley Dewey-Humboldt
Sources: 1) expectmorearizona.org/progress/, EEO/AA Statement 2) cew.georgetown.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Recovery2020 Yuma Elementary
grows businesses
that are already here Yuma Union
Phoenix Mesa Miami
2006 – 2012
GEAR UP works! | Outcomes/evidence of success Globe
Coolidge Unified
Coolidge
Under NAU’s first two grant cycles (2000–2006 and 2006–2012), GEAR UP students Similarly, a matched comparison-group research study shows that GEAR UP students served Crane Elementary Casa Grande
graduated and entered college at rates far exceeding the state averages, as verified under the 2012–2019 cycle beat the odds relative to FAFSA completion and graduation, as Flagstaff Unified Yuma Eloy
by student-level data and independent evaluations. These outcomes, shown in the shown in the graphic below. San Luis
below graphic, were attained despite low-income and other disadvantages of the student Globe Unified Tucson
populations in the communities that GEAR UP served. Miami Unified
GEAR UP vs comparison schools Murphy Elementary Patagonia
GEAR UP vs. state Nogales Douglas
FAFSA completion Graduation Phoenix Union
High school graduation (%) College going (%)
Yuma Union Cottonwood–Oak Creek
2000−2006 2000−2006 Elementary
69% State State 45% 47% Comparison schools Comparison schools 83% 2012 – 2019 Douglas Unified
82% GEAR UP GEAR UP 75% 58% GEAR UP GEAR UP 88% Bullhead City Elementary Holbrook Unified Mohave Valley
Elementary
2006−2012 2006−2012
Casa Grande Elementary Humboldt Unified Toltec Elementary
73% State State 51%
83% GEAR UP GEAR UP 72% *In 2012, the GEAR UP Evaluator worked with staff at the AZ Department of Education to identify 20 high schools similar to the 12 GEAR UP high schools in baseline academics, Casa Grande Union Kingman Unified Winslow Unified
graduation rate, student to teacher ratio, locale, school letter grade, social economic and ethnic composition, and Title I status for purposes of a statistically valid comparison.
Colorado River Union Mingus Union Yuma Union