Methodology: Graduate outcomes / Graduates' effectiveness
Institutions were asked to provide information on the nature of data they obtained from hiring school districts on the performance of their graduates and their graduates' students.
For each program, NCTQ also surveyed personnel in hiring school districts. Using a very simple questionnaire sent to the superintendents of two districts that identified themselves as hiring from particular institutions, we asked whether programs sought out and received data from the hiring district(s) on 1) the job performance of graduates and 2) the performance of graduates' students.
The rating was based on documents substantiating data collection that were provided by the institution. If no such documents were provided, survey information was used.
