<p>My DD attends a large public high school, with limited resources available to support the college guidance process. I recently gained access to our school's Naviance system, and was fairly shocked to see many obvious errors (# enrolled > # admitted, etc.) Apparently our school relies on seniors to self-report, via a spring survey, the data that is entered into Naviance. The information is acknowledged to be incomplete and inaccurate. Surely there must be a better way!?</p>
<p>How does your school collect the data used for the Naviance system? If the information comes from the seniors, is it verified in any way? What is done about students who don't choose to submit their information? We shouldn't have to reinvent the wheel here...! :)</p>
<p>We don’t have Naviance. But, my kids’ HS does collect data from the seniors. </p>
<p>In May, each kid who requested transcripts gets a list of where his or her transcripts were sent. Next to each school, the kid has to indicate the outcome of the application and how much scholarship money was received (if any). </p>
<p>Since we don’t have Naviance I honestly don’t know what they do with the data. The only use I’ve seen is reporting the total scholarship dollars earned by the class during the graduation ceremony. </p>
<p>I’d be shocked if the data were verified. Shocked. This public school system just wouldn’t have the resources for that. (And if they did, I’d rather see that budget allocated elsewhere.) </p>
<p>IMO, nothing should be done about students who don’t submit their info. Although my son was willing to share, I can respect the privacy of those who aren’t.</p>
<p>Our public also does not use Naviance. Matter of fact, when I asked my D1’s guidance counselor if they used Naviance a few years ago his response was “What is Naviance?”</p>
<p>Our school does know where the kids apply but relies on the students to self-report where they got accepted (they don’t request info on denials and waitlisting). There is also no systematic collection of information about scholarship awards.</p>
<p>Our school also relies on kids to self-report. Thus, I think the past information is somewhat inaccurate. My oldest S, who graduated in '08, only listed about 2/3 of the schools he applied to. He reported the results for those schools accurately, but there are several schools he applied to, and was either rejected or accepted, and those results are not in Naviance. </p>
<p>I think from this year on out the results will be better, mostly because this year at our school Naviance is now used to submit all the school paperwork online. So all those applications will be listed. Not sure whether it still relies on the kid to report the results. I do see there is something called “counselor override” so maybe counselors have the ability to correct inaccurate information.</p>
<p>Our school does have Naviance, but only for a few years. Someone in the guidance office manually inputted some data, but there is not a lot there for many schools. I did see on S’s Naviance a place to enter what schools he has applied to, and what the results were. I’m curious if the guidance counselors will ask more questions in the spring. I believe some schools notified the high school of acceptances. There is no practical way to verify it. I don’t think anything should be done about those who choose not to submit information.</p>
<p>We have Naviance and seniors must fill out a graduation survey which lists where they got accepted and where they are attending. Also the school knows which colleges got transcripts. Finally, the final transcript only goes to one school usually.</p>
<p>What I found interesting is that My D’s Naviance plot had her PSAT scores extrapolated to SATs. When she tried to supply school with her actual ACT scores, they refused to take them because they could not be “verified”. I suppose some poor girl this year thinks my D somehow managed to get into Bryn Mawr with a 1430/2400 SAT score which she never got, but this was her 10th grade PSAT. She did much better in 11th grade but the school did not have that info because she took it at a different test center. Her SATs and ACTs were also not reported to the school so it is as if they did not exist.</p>
<p>Our large public hs does use Naviance and seniors self-report the results to the GC who then enters it. Mos kids seem to cooperate. I do see errors - schools that don’t have EA - for example - have some data points that were entered as an EA acceptance - which I find kind of annoying. I think Naviance is very helpful - but you also have to take it with a huge grain of salt. I’m sure some results are missing - more likely to be the rejections. And just because your child’s little red circle is surrounded by green squares - don’t take it as a guarantee. But, I’m glad we have it - better than not having it.</p>
<p>We are transitioning to Naviance but have used student reported data for years. We cannot verify everything, but anything that looks fishy is checked out and corrected. I suspect that if we did verify what we have, the errors would be more of an omission, rather than fabrication. When students fill out the survey they are reassured that no one will be able to look at a specific student and see the “Joe X” got waitlisted or denied, they will become a pinpoint on a graph, disconnected from any personal identity and only used as an indicator of past results for future students who might consider applying to that same school. I’ve never had a kid object to filling out the survey.</p>
<p>In the past, completion of data on Naviance forms was optional for my kids’ school. But starting this year, the counselor will not write recs if names of colleges to apply and student profile are not completed.</p>
<p>My S’s school will not release final transcripts til the boy supplies the names of college where they were accepted and where they decided to attend.</p>
But, my kids’ HS does collect data from the seniors. </p>