Building a Better Future for Louisiana Students through

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Building a Better Future for Louisiana
Studentsthrough

• High School Redesign
• By
• Leslie Jacobs
• High School Redesign Commission

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Why Redesign Our High Schools?
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This is not your Fathers Oldsmobile
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Why Redesign Our High Schools?

• It cant be your fathers high school
• Today
• What our High School graduates need
• and
• What our colleges and employers expect
• is more

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Jobs Require Higher Levelsof Skills and Education
Two-Thirds of New Jobs Require Post-Secondary
Education 2000 2010
Source Carnevale and Desrochers, Standards for
What? The Economic Roots of K-12 Reform,
Educational Testing Service, 2003
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Our Graduates Are Not Prepared for College

• February 22, 2007
• Lack of College Preparedness Shocks Officials
• By Barbara Leader
• School Superintendent said she was shocked when
  confronted with concern by a parent whose
  daughter had graduated as class valedictorian
  but was not prepared for college
• She was academically at the top of her class,
  when she enrolled and was accepted at Louisiana
  Tech University, the girl was placed in all
  remedial level courses.

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Our Graduates Are Not Prepared for College

• 32 of college freshmen enroll in one or more
  remedial classes
• 29 drop out before sophomore year
• 60 dont graduate from college in 6 years

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Our Graduates Are Not Prepared for Work

• Survey in 2005 by Council For A Better LA
• 70 employers cannot find qualified workers
• 42 of employers say they cannot find workers
  with basic reading skills
• Workforce deficit has increased since Katrina

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Our Graduates Are Not Prepared for Work
Our businesses are in crisis. Jobs are going
unfilled because of a lack of skilled workers. I
hear this everyday from our members. Louisiana
cannot grow and compete in a global marketplace
without a much larger and better prepared
workforce. It is the responsibility of our high
schools to offer courses which are relevant in
todays world of work. Dan Juneau LABI
President
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We Need to Rethink the HS Experience

• HS Redesign Commission formed by Governor Blanco
  in 2004
• Members spent much time researching and
  discussing each of these recommendations
• Commission members including business and civic
  leaders, educators and administrators
  overwhelmingly support these recommendations
• In our short time today, I will give you only a
  brief overview
• Our discussion is just a beginning and will
  continue throughout the state

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How Do We Redesign Our High Schools?
Six Recommendations
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Require Fourth Year of Math forHigh School
Graduation
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• Only increase in graduation requirements
  recommended
• Increases Carnegie Units required for graduation
  from 23 to 24
• Begins with the 9th grade class of 200809

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Require Fourth Year of Math forHigh School
Graduation
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• Why?
• Highest level of math is key indicator of college
  success
• More math correlates to higher ACT scores
• Students who dont take math in their senior year
  lose valuable math skills
• Jobs require more math

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More Advanced Math in HS is Strongest Predictor
of BA Attainment
Source Achieve, Inc.
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More Math in High School Increases ACT Scores
2006 ACT Math Scores Based on High School
CourseTaking Patterns
Source Achieve, Inc.
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More Math Required for Good Jobs
Source American Diploma Project 02 The
Associated General Contractors of America
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We build ships and we employ iron workers,
draftsmen, electricians and other skilled
workers. These jobs require strong reading and
math skills. I recommend that students take a
rigorous course in high school because they can
advance to well-paying jobs and take advantage of
great career opportunities. Donald Boysie
Bollinger Chairman and CEO of Bollinger Shipyards
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Implement LA Core 4 for9th Grade Class of 2008
2009
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• What is LA Core 4?
• Recommended (default) curriculum
• See binder
• Requires students to complete 4 units of math,
  science, social studies and English
• Better use of Senior year
• Steers students to more rigorous courses
• Flexibility to allow students to earn
  IndustryBased Certifications
• 6th, 7th or Block
• Example in binder

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Implement LA Core 4 for9th Grade Class of
2008-2009
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• How Will It Be Implemented?
• Begin with 9th grade class of 200809
• All freshmen automatically enrolled
• Students may opt out
• After completion of 10th grade
• Must have parent or guardian permission
• Must have a VALID reason
• Goal 8090 of students complete LA Core 4

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Implement LA Core 4 for9th Grade Class of
2008-2009
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Why Do Students Need to Take LA Core 4?
To Meet College Admission Standards
10th Graders who want to go to college
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• To Prepare for Future Jobs
• 67 of jobs will require Post-Secondary education

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10th Graders on target for college ready
Jobs requiring Post-Secondary Education
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Students enrolled in Post-Secondary Education
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We are fortunate in Louisiana to have a
multi-billion dollar chemical processing
industry. Jobs in this industry are in high
demand. However due to changes in technology and
advancements in manufacturing, a more skilled and
trained workforce is needed, particularly for
process technicians. We encourage students to
take rigorous math and science courses in high
school and then pursue an associates degree in
the PTEC program at Louisiana community and
technical colleges. These jobs have an average
salary of 72,000 with full benefits. Tia
Edwards Executive Director Career Builders
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Strengthen Career/Technical Endorsement
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• Make Career/Technical Endorsement more rigorous
• Increase ACT requirement from 17 to 20

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Modify the Graduation Index to Better Align High
School Accountability with the Goals of High
School Redesign
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• Recognize more outcomes than current Index
• Including...
• TOPS Tech
• IndustryBased Certifications
• TOPS Opportunity
• Referred to the Accountability Commission

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ImplementEnd-of-Course Tests
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• What is an EndofCourse Test?
• Given to students at end of courses
• All or part of final exam
• Tests prepared by the state
• Multiple choice and constructed response
• Taken online
• Graded quickly
• Three performance levels
• Fail, Pass, High Pass

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EOC Test Implementation Schedule
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Replace the GEE with EOC Tests, Beginning with
the 9th Grade Class of 2009-2010
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• How Will It Count?
• Part of students final grade
• Accountability Commission to recommend how to
  integrate into high school accountability
• Replace Graduate Exit Exam (GEE)
• Begin with 9th Grade Class of 20092010
• Will need to pass 3 of 8 tests
• English
• Algebra I
• Science or Social Studies
• Multiple attempts provided

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Why End-of-Course Tests?
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• Aligned with Louisiana Comprehensive Curriculum
• Provides more consistency and rigor
• Currently, LA has students failing Math GEE who
  have passed Geometry and Algebra II

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Louisiana's colleges and universities are
appreciative of the opportunity to participate in
the High School Redesign Commission
deliberations. We are also very supportive of two
particular recommendations. The first is
End-of-Course examinations. As we review
transcripts around the state, it is obvious to us
that although courses have the same title, they
do not always have the same information being
taught to students. So, End-of-Course exams will
standardize that and be helpful to us and to
students and schools as well. We are also very
supportive of the LA Core 4 Curriculum. We need
to make sure all of our students are fully
prepared to succeed at colleges and universities
and prepared for the workforce, if that is the
choice they make. Both of these are important to
us and we're in support of these
initiatives. Joseph Savoie, EdD Commissioner of
Higher Education Louisiana Board of Regents
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Summary Key Recommendations for More Academic
Rigor

• Require fourth year of math
• Implement LA Core 4 get as many students as
  possible to complete this curriculum
• Implement EndofCourse Tests

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Only one in four of freshmen entering our high
schools will graduate on time and many will not
graduate at all. This situation is no longer
tolerable. We must keep our high school students
in school, learning and in four years graduating.
Without a high school diploma they are doomed to
low skill jobs and poverty. Education is their
only path to economic independence and productive
lives. Linda Johnson, President, BESE
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Increase Rigor Cut Dropout Rate In Half
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Demanding MoreCan Keep Students in School
Source Civic Enterprises, The Silent Epidemic,
Prospective of H.S. Dropouts, 2006
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Can Have Rigor andNot Increase the Dropout Rate
HS Graduation Rates Remain Steady or Rise As
States Raise Expectations
Sources Greene, Jay P. Leaving Boys Behind
Public High School Graduation Rates, Manhattan
Institute, Civic Report No. 48, April 2006
Greene, Jay P. Public High School Graduation and
College-Readiness Rates 19912002, Manhattan
Institute, Education Working Paper No. 8,
February 2005.
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The Louisiana Experience

• LA had a unique opportunity to explore the impact
  of increased standards and high stakes testing
  and its impact on dropouts
• 8th grade class of 1999 new LEAP, no stakes old
  GEE
• 8th grade class of 2000 high stakes LEAP
  English Math portions of new GEE
• 8th grade class of 2001 high stakes, English
  Math Science or Social Studies

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Can Have Rigor andNot Increase Dropout Rate
Exit Patterns of Three 8th Grade Panels
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Dropout Scores Improved
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What Did We Learn?Louisianas Experience

• Academic performance improved for ALL students
• Graduates and dropouts
• Improved academic performance did not reduce
  dropouts
• Its not just a K8 issue

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Invest in DropoutPrevention and Recovery
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• Implementing Prevention and Recovery Program

LowHanging Fruit Get half-way to our goal if
we just keep kids who are Basic in English and
math in school

• 9th Grade Initiative targets
• 4050 high schools
• Challenge to rethink the 9th grade experience
• Donna Nola-Ganey, Assistant Superintendent,
• Department of Education will discuss in detail

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Show Me the Money

• Governors commitment
• Funds for High School Redesign and Technology
• Dual Enrollment
• Expanding LA Virtual School
• Online student tutorials
• Credit recovery and remediation
• New course development

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National Momentum forHigh School Redesign
Thirteen States Have Strengthened Diploma
Requirements since 2004 Eleven States Are Using
EOC Tests for Consistency and Rigor
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We Can

• Better prepare our students for college and
  careers
• Reduce our dropout rate to prevent
• poverty and dependence
• Help Louisiana to be a better place to
• live and work

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FOR OUR SCHOOLS...
It Takes Leadership to Create Change...
High School Redesign
FOR LOUISIANA!