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College and Career Readiness in Kentucky

1 Kentucky Department of Education

Every child proficient and prepared for success


“Never before has the sense of urgency for education reform been so important to the survival of our nation and our children’s future.”

Terry Holliday, Ph.D.

Kentucky Education Commissioner


“Prepared for Success means that every child graduates from high school in Kentucky college- and career-ready.”

Terry Holliday, Ph.D.

Kentucky Education Commissioner

Next Generation Learning Summit

September 8, 2010


Recent data presented at the Governor’s

Conference on Postsecondary Education

Trusteeship indicated:

38% of KY’s high school graduates required developmental

classes

KY ranks 46th in the percentage of bachelor’s degree

attainment among those 25 years of age and older

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EXPLORE

(Current 9th grade)

English Math Reading

% of students 41.1% 67.8% 60.7%

Benchmark Score 13 17 15

PLAN

(Current 11th grade)


% of students 40.2% 75.3% 56.8%

Benchmark Score 15 19 17

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ACT

(Class of 2012)


Total # students 22,233 28,125 26,534

% of students 50% 64% 60%

• Enrollment by Subject • Kentucky Public Institutions • Fall 2007 – Spring 2008

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• Enrollment by Subject and Institution

• Kentucky Public Institutions

• Fall 2007 – Spring 2008

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KDE’s MISSION is to prepare all Kentucky

students for next generation learning, work and citizenship by engaging schools, districts,

families and communities through excellent leadership, service and support.


Two target indicators help address this overall vision in college and career readiness:

1. Increase the percentage of students who are college/career-ready from 34 percent (16,320 students) to 67 percent (32,160 students) by 2015.

2. Increase the Averaged Freshman Graduation Rate from 76 percent (36,480 students) to 90 percent (43,200 students) by 2015.


8 Strategies to Meet Goals

1. Collection and Use of Data – Persistence to Graduation

2. Course and Assessment Alignment

3. New Accountability Model

4. Targeted Interventions/EPAS

5. Career Readiness Pathways

6. Acceleration

7. Academic and Career Advising

8. District 180


Keeping them in school

Persistence to Graduation Tool (PtGT)

An early warning indicator system for identifying students who may be “off track” for graduation

Data to be collected will be indicators that include common criteria used by national organizations for determining early warning signs


Next-generation Accountability

K-PREP (Kentucky Performance Rating for Educational Progress) (formerly Kentucky Core Content Tests)

On-demand writing prompts

Alternate assessments for students with severe to profound disabilities

ACT, EXPLORE and PLAN assessments

Nonacademic components

Norm referenced tests in reading and mathematics for grades 3-8


It’s All About the Standards

http://www.corestandards.org/

http://www.corestandards.org/

On March 13, 2010 the Obama administration released its blueprint for revising the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), which would ask states to adopt college- and career-ready standards


New standards in mathematics and English/Language Arts

More rigorous

Parent resources - http://www.pta.org/4446.htm


http://www.pta.org/4446.htm

Students in grades 3 – 8 will be tested on KCAS.

Tests will include multiple-choice, short answer, and extended response

EXPLORE, PLAN, and ACT have been aligned to common core state standards

End-of course exams – English 10, Biology, Algebra II, and US History

2 partnerships for multi-state tests - http://www.k12center.org/publications.html


http://www.k12center.org/publications.html

Kentucky Performance Rating

for Educational Progress

Tests, grades 3 – 8 (10-11 On-demand writing only)

QualityCore End of Course Assessments


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SOCIAL

STUDIES

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WRITING EDITING/

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http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Administrative+Resources/Testing+and+Reporting+/District+Support/Link+to+Released+Items/Sample+Assessment+Items+for+K-PREP.htm

The sample items are offered to show educators the format and appearance of the test content students will see in test booklets in 2012 for the norm-referenced portion of the K-PREP.

These items are not intended to reflect the difficulty of the Stanford content. They were selected to show the types of questions that students will answer and how reading passages and test items will be presented in print.







Overview: http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky

/index.html

Manuals: http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky

/manuals.html

http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky/index.html

http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky/index.html

http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky/manuals.html

http://www.act.org/stateservices/kentucky/manuals.html

16 networks – 8 math and 8 ELA

Teachers from every district

Focusing on Content

Assessment literacy

Leadership

Highly Effective Teaching and Learning


Using the data

KSI

Response to Intervention

(RTI)

Universal Screening

Progress Monitoring

Tiered Service Delivery

Data-based decision making

Parent Involvement

Fidelity of Implementation

Professional Development

Accelerated Learning

Requirements

Closing the Achievement Gap

High Quality Instruction

Readiness to Learn

Student Transitions 32 Kentucky Department of Education

Two target indicators help address this overall vision in college and career readiness:

Increase the percentage of students who are college/career ready from 34% to 67% by 2015

Increase the averaged freshman graduation rate from 76% to 90% by 2015


ACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks* are early indicators of likely college success based on student EXPLORE, PLAN, or ACT scores.

Test College Course(s)

EXPLORE PLAN The ACT (CPE)

English English Composition

13 15 18

Math Algebra 17 19 22 (19)

Reading Social Sciences 15 17 21 (20)

Science Biology 20 21 24

*Reflects the minimum score needed on an ACT subject area test to indicate a 50% chance of obtaining a “B” or better or a 75% chance of obtaining a “C” or better in the corresponding credit-bearing college course


KRS 158.6459 (Interventions)

- Any student who does not meet ACT benchmarks on the EXPLORE or PLAN …

- Any student who does not meet college readiness benchmarks on the ACT…

Shall have intervention strategies included in

their individual learning plan

* Intent is not to wait until their junior year to intervene for students.


704 KAR 3:305 (Min Graduation Requirements)

- If students do not meet college readiness benchmarks on the ACT (English, Math, Reading)

… a transitional course or intervention (which shall be monitored to address remediation needs) shall be required before exiting high school.


High School English, Reading and Mathematics Curriculum Resources available free of charge Open Source

Curriculum Resources can be used as full course, or as intervention

All resources are hot linked or provided in the document

Reading course has pre/post assessments available

Middle School (after EXPLORE) Curriculum Resources for English, Reading and Mathematics will be available by May 1, 2012.


National Academy Foundation

Career Readiness Pathways

• Agriculture • Arts & Humanities • Business Education • Marketing Education • Communications • Construction • Education • Health Science

• Human Services • Information Technology • Manufacturing • Public Services • Science & Mathematics • Social Sciences • Transportation


Academies exist as a school-within-a-school, stand-alone school or small learning community and provide opportunities to all students.

Four career themes: finance, hospitality & tourism, information technology, and engineering.

http://naf.org/


http://naf.org/

Rigorous teaching and learning for all

What is academic rigor?

Initiatives AdvanceKentucky

Project Lead The Way (PLTW)


The Elements

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about student

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provide a recipe for

school-wide success

among even the most

underachieving

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AdvanceKentucky


PLTW is a middle school and high school project and problem based contextual learning curriculum.

2 programs: engineering and biomedical sciences

www.pltwky.org


http://www.pltwky.org/

Preparing them for the future

ILP

Advising Toolkit

Transition Toolkit

Operation Preparation


Career Cruising

changing how students prepare for the future

parent resources - http://www.education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/946AC1F0-598D-404A-B40A-9F76B020EFC1/0/ILPForParentsKYILP.pdf

ILP login - https://www.careercruising.com/ilp/Default.aspx


http://www.education.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/946AC1F0-598D-404A-B40A-9F76B020EFC1/0/ILPForParentsKYILP.pdf









https://www.careercruising.com/ilp/Default.aspx

http://www.education.ky.gov/KDE/Instructional+Resources/Secondary+and+Virtual+Learning/Advising+and+Transitions/Advising+Toolkit.htm

Activities align with the American School Counselor’s Association standards, within 3 domains: Academic

Career

Personal/Social





a “one stop shopping” source that schools can use to help develop, implement or revise their plans for transitioning students from the elementary grades to the middle grades or middle grades to high school

http://www.education.ky.gov/kde/instructional+resources/secondary+and+virtual+learning/middle+school/transition+toolkit.htm





The Education and Workforce Development Cabinet and the Kentucky Department Education are committed to ensuring students enter and move through the educational pipeline with the appropriate guidance to gain the pre-requisite skills and knowledge necessary to be college and career ready.

Governor Beshear will proclaim the week of March 12 through March 16, 2012 to be “Operation Preparation”

Operation Preparation will provide every 8th and 10th grade student access to college and career advising from a member of the local community

Using each students’ Individual Learning Plan (ILP) and EXPLORE/PLAN data, advisors will guide students through the process of preparing themselves to be ready for college and career success.


Support for low-performing schools and districts

Providing assistance to persistently low-performing schools

Plans to scale up technical assistance around lessons learned


Raises standards for all students and

sets a clear goal

“Every student should graduate from high school ready for college and a career, regardless of their income, race, ethnic or language background, or disability status.”

U.S. Department of Education, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, ESEA Blueprint for Reform, Washington, D.C., 2010 (p. 3).


Amy Patterson [email protected]

April Pieper [email protected]

502-564-2106


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