basic questions why should we raise student achievement? global economics

BASIC QUESTIONS

Why should we raise student achievement?

GLOBALECONOMICS

How much education do today’s jobs

require ?

QUESTION #1

% of Jobs Requiring Various Degrees of Education

60

35

1520

45

65

20 20 20

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

1950 1991 2005

Unskilled Skilled Professional

0

10

20

30

40

50

Voc-Tech College-Prep Gen Educ

EDUCATIONAL COMPLETERS

Source: Digest of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 1995

12% completeHigh school

voc-tec programs

43% complete college degree programs, but only half of those will eventually

complete a four-year degree.

43% 45%

45% complete a general track

diploma program of uncertain

focus, preparing them

for nothing specific

beyond high school.

12%

MISMATCH

66% of high school graduates enter the workforce unskilled

45% who earn a general diploma

21% who drop out of college

15% jobs - unskilled

INDIANA COMPLETERS

Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education

80,000 start first grade . . .

61,000 finish high school . . .

32,000 start college . . .

19,000 earn a 2- or 4- year college degree

How do students best prepare for jobs that require occupational skill training ?

QUESTION #2

INDIANA EMPLOYERS SAY

Source: Great Expectations: A Report on Employer Expectations in Indiana, 1999 (Indiana Education Information Center, Hudson Institute)

“Even those students seeking a technical or vocational

degree will need skills formerly expected only

for a 4-year collegedegree program.

INDIANA EMPLOYERS SAY

Source: High Hopes, Long Odds; Lilly Endowment, 1994

1 in 3 Indiana employers said recent high school graduates lack the basic skills for even entry-level positions.

What skills are today’s

employers seeking?

QUESTION #3

U.S. DEPT OF LABORSkills Needed to Succeed in the Workforce

FOUNDATIONWORKPLACE

COMPETENCIES

Basic Skills Resources

Thinking Skills Information

Personal Qualities Interpersonal

Systems

Technology

Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)U.S. Department of Labor, A SCANS Report for America, 1991

TODAY’S EMPLOYERS SEEK

Source: 2005; David Shane, Senior Advisor to Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Education and Employment Issues

STEMScience

TechnologyEngineering

Math

With whomwill students compete for

low-skilljobs ?

QUESTION #3

AVAILABILITY OF LOW-SKILL WORKERS

90% of the workforce will be in countries where the average wage

is below $1.00 per hour.Population Reference at Columbia University, New York, NY

Average Manufacturing WageUSA $ 17.20 / hrMexico $ 2.10 / hrChina $ 0.64 / hrIndia $ 0.25 / hr

Sung Won Sohn, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Wells Fargo, 2003Canamex, 2005

X

IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O.,

where would you send your low-skills jobs?

With whomwill students compete for

high-skilljobs ?

QUESTION #4

Source: Willard R. Daggett, Ed.D., International Center for Leadership in Education

AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-SKILL WORKERS

UNITED STATES

WHAT IS NEEDED FOR COLLEGE

English

Algebra / Geometry

Biology / Chemistry

Social Studies

Foreign Language

OTHER COUNTRIES

WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE WORKFORCE

Technical Reading

Computers

Statistics, Probability,Logic, Measurement, &Systems

Physics

CURRICULUM CONTENT

Source: Willard R. Daggett, Ed.D., International Center for Leadership in Education

AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-SKILL WORKERS

UNITED STATES

MEMORIZE

FACTS FOR

WORKSHEETS

AND

QUIZES

OTHER COUNTRIES

RESEARCH & ANALYZE

APPLY KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN DISCIPLINES

APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEM

SOLVING

CLASSROOM TASKS

X

IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O.,

where would you send your high-skills jobs?

What does this mean

for our school ?

QUESTION #5

Inquiry Question #1

Should we prepare students to com-pete for jobs with students from . . .

Our rival school? The county? Around the state? Across the country? Around the world?

Inquiry Question #2

What percentage of our students will we prepare for . . .

Low-skill jobs

High-skill jobs

Inquiry Question #3

Will students who earn an

Indiana General Diploma

be ready to compete for high- skills jobs with students from

around the world?

High Schools What percentage of

our students earn the Indiana General Diploma?

Are they ready to compete for high-skill jobs?

Is that ok?

Inquiry Question #4

High Schools

Do students who earn credit in our Core 40 courses master the Indiana Academic Standards?

How do we know?

Can we prove it with data?

Inquiry Question #5

Middle Schools

Do we have a “Core 40 Prep curriculum”

in place?

What percentage of students master this curriculum?

Inquiry Question #6

Elementary Schools

Are we preparing students to master a

“Core 40 Prep curriculum” when the reachmiddle school?

Inquiry Question #7

BASIC QUESTIONS

Why should we raise student achievement?

GLOBALECONOMICS