CFOS/FTE/Exercise 8.4

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Establishing Equivalency with Full-Time Students in Conventional Education

EXERCISE 8.4 – Systems Approach

This example uses the same scenario as in the previous exercises, which were based on the Dublin Open School. The table of data is reproduced below for ease of reference.

Because of concerns about the internal efficiency and cost effectiveness of the Dublin Open School, its Board decided to adopt the Systems Approach to establish equivalency with full-time students in the formal education system.

• Calculate FTE student numbers for the Open School based on the systems approach.

Use the following EQUATION to carry out the calculation:

FTE_SA = TESP_ODL ÷ (TESP_FT / (TSF_FT + TS_FT-1 + TS_FT-2. . .))

Where:

FTE_SA = FTE Measure D: Systems Approach

TESP_ODL = Total Examination Subject Passes by ODL students in current year

TESP_FT = Total Examination Subject Passes by Full-Time students in current year

TS_FT = Total number of Full-Time Students in current year

TSF_FT-1 = Total number of Full-Time Students in previous year

TS_FT-2 = Total number of Full-Time Students in the next previous year

Junior Secondary Certificate Students at Dublin Open School and Conventional Schools

		2003	2004	2005
Dublin Open School
TSODL	Total Student Numbers (JSC Course)	6,131	6,529	6,637
TSEODL	Total Subject Enrolments	15,972	16,660	17,258
TESEODL	Total Examination Subject Entries	13,112	14,023	14,962
TESPODL	Total Examination Subject Passes	9,788	10,544	11,989
Junior Secondary Schools
TSFT	Total Student Numbers (Grade 10)	32,804	33,013	32,751
TSFT-1	Total Student Numbers (Grade 9)		34,122
TSFT-2	Total Student Numbers (Grade 8)	35,418
ASEFT	Average Subject Enrolments per Year	9	9	9
YFT	Number of Years at this Level/Phase	3	3	3
TESEFT	Total Examination Subject Entries	286,226	291,147	283,951
TESPFT	Total Examination Subject Passes	254,741	262,039	258,963

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