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Ramp-Up to Readiness University of Minnesota Twin Cities Thursday, February 16, 2012 Information Session

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University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Our Agenda Today 1. Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready? 2. The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success 3. Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing? 4. Conclusion: Lets be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Voices of Four Real College Students Your task: Choose the student you are most concerned will not succeed in college given what we know about his or her readiness for postsecondary education.

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Jenn: I had a chemistry class my first quarter hereand I was in that class with a lot of people who knew the material. They were like, Wow! This was easy. Why dont you know this? And I felt like I was dumb. And I knew I wasnt. I worked so hard for a C in college when in high school I was in AP Chemistry and I got straight AsSo its like Im trying to catch up and its hard. I wish someone would have pushed me more. Source: College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First- Generation Urban College Students, M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium JB: Writing in college has been one of the most difficult things I have ever experienced. I would definitely change my curriculum back in high school to have the chance to do more writing and writing about topics that are more academic.I spent three years in ESL where we didnt do as much writingwriting little essays, not a big research paper. Last semester I had to write three research papers. One was 20 pages, one was 15 pages, and one was 12 pages. They were all due back to back. Source: College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First- Generation Urban College Students, M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Terra: A lot of kids in high school, when they dont understand something, they go straight to their teacher and ask for help.But if you automatically go to the teacher and they give you the answer, when you hit college, youre going to want the answer and go to your professor, and theyre just going to look at you and tell you to go find the answer. Source: College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First- Generation Urban College Students, M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Robert: Time management is probably the hardest to get used to. Youre used to someone waking you. You are used to being reminded and constantly told about different stuff that now you have to do on your own. I think thats the hardest part. Taking over from someone already having that structure for you and now you have to be functional for your own self. Source: College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First- Generation Urban College Students, M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Voices of Four Real College Students 1. Jenn: Realizing that expectations for success in chemistry are higher in college than they were in high school 2. JB: Discovering that the quality and quantity of writing expected in college are greater than in high school, especially in ESL classes 3. Terra: Learning that college professors often expect students to find answers that some high school teachers provide for them 4. Robert: Struggling with time management and self-directed learning

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The economic argument for investing in readiness

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The Connection Between Education and Earnings Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium There are barriers that cant be crossed Source: 360 Center for Manufacturing and Applied Engineering, MN State Colleges and Universities

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The Educational Premium Will Increase Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Percentage of jobs in 2018 that will require a postsecondary education Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The 21 st Century American Dream: Source: Ron Haskins, Education and Economic Mobility in Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America, edited by Julia Isaacs, Isabel Sawhill, and Ron Haskins (Washington, D.C.: Brookings-Pew Economic Mobility Project, 2008), p. 91-104

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults: October-December 2011 There will always be plenty of ways for people with only a high school education to make a decent living in Minnesota. Strongly agree: 11% Somewhat agree: 33% Somewhat disagree: 34% Strongly disagree: 22% Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults: October-December 2011 The number one goal of high schools should be preparing almost all students to enter and succeed at some type of education after high school. Strongly agree: 55% Somewhat agree: 34% Somewhat disagree: 8% Strongly disagree: 3% Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The educational argument for investing in readiness

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium What is missing here?

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Economics 101: The Law of Supply and Demand School Efforts to Increase Student DEMAND for Academic Rigor School Efforts to SUPPLY Academic Rigor Improved teacher quality and better instruction More Challenging Courses Higher Standards Often Infrequent and isolated words of encouragement

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium High aspirations arent the problem Source: Education Week

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Survey Data on 4,000 Twin Cities Students 97% say they expect to attend college 97% say their families expect them to attend BUT 75% say they dont check homework for accuracy 67% say they dont give up socializing for school work Source: Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, U of M, 2009

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Asking for Help: Whose Job Is It Anyway? 41% of students say they dont ask for help when they dont understand something BUT 87.4% of staff in those students schools said that when students struggle with schoolwork, it is their responsibility to ask for help

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Where Ramp-Up Came From:

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium How Ramp-Up Was Developed Centennial Senior High, Circle Pines Central Senior High, Saint Paul Century Junior High, Forest Lake Chaska Senior High, Chaska Ellis Middle School, Austin Forest Lake Senior High, Forest Lake Forest Lake ALC, Forest Lake Irondale High School, New Brighton Metro Tech High, Minneapolis Murray Junior High, Saint Paul Olson Middle School, Minneapolis Richfield Senior High, Richfield Shakopee Senior High, Shakopee South High School, Minneapolis Southwest Junior High, Forest Lake Twin Cities Academy, Saint Paul Washington Tech Magnet, Saint Paul Heres what we learned...

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Not all students embrace academic rigor

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Many students dont know how to access college

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Lots of students lack motivation

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium And persistence is a challenge for many

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium That led us to the design of Ramp-Up to Readiness: Rigor + Access + Motivation + Persistence = READINESS

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium And so students need a clearer road to their futures

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Where Ramp-Up Fits:

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The Structure of Ramp-Up

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University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium The Ramp-Up Process

But how can we provide personalized attention to all kids????!!! Ramp-Up and Technology

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium An Emerging eFolio Option

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium A Work in Progress:

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Lets turn now to your penetrating questions

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Source: Andrew Collins, Associate Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium One question is: Can we afford the time to invest in all students college readiness? Another question is: Can we afford not to?

Expenditure per student at tertiary level (USD) Tertiary-type A graduation rate The 21st Century Education Race: College Completion Rates Graduate supply Cost per student

Expenditure per student at tertiary level (USD) Tertiary-type A graduation rate The 21st Century Education Race: College Completion Rates United States Finland Graduate supply Cost per student

Expenditure per student at tertiary level (USD) Tertiary-type A graduation rate The 21st Century Education Race: College Completion Rates Australia Finland United Kingdom

Expenditure per student at tertiary level (USD) Tertiary-type A graduation rate The 21st Century Education Race: College Completion Rates

Expenditure per student at tertiary level (USD) Tertiary-type A graduation rate The 21st Century Education Race: College Completion Rates United States Australia Finland

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium But we cant force anyone to become college ready

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Nudge #1

University of Minnesota College Readiness Consortium Nudge #2

For more information or to apply to become a Ramp-Up school, please visit www.rampuptoreadiness.org

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