TDP and RTTT: Beginning the Journey to College and Career Ready Graduates

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TDP and RTTTBeginning the Journey to College
and Career Ready Graduates
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• Toto, I dont think were in Kansas anymore!

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In the new economy

• workers must expect change in the pursuit of
  careers that require more and more learning
  beyond high school.

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Whats the outlook for the new ecomomys fastest
growing and best paying jobs?
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How are we doing in preparing our students for
the new economy?
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Are Tennessee Students Proficient?

• Spring 2007 National Chamber of Commerce
  comparison report card of key education factors
  in all states
• Tennessee made an F in the category of Truth in
  Advertisingcomparing Tennessee proficiency (our
  state assessments) to National proficiency (NAEP)

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Is there a gap between achievement on state
assessments and NAEP?
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Performance Measures

• Today

• Beginning 2009-10

Advanced
Proficient
Below Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Basic
Below Basic
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Proficient
Students who perform at this level demonstrate
Mastery in academic performance, thinking
abilities, and application of understandings that
reflect the knowledge and skill specified by the
grade/course level content standards and are
prepared for the next level of study.
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Proficient

• Students graduate, or are on track to graduate,
  ready for the next step.
• University
• Community College
• Technology Center
• Employer Training

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Workforce Readiness Benchmarks

• ACTs research has found that the skills required
  to be ready for college are about the SAME SKILLS
  required to succeed and advance in the career and
  technical workforce.http//www.act.org/path/polic
  y/pdf/ReadinessBrief.pdf

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ACT Readiness Benchmarks
ACT ACT ACT
SUBJECT ACT (Grade 11-12) PLAN (Grade 10) EXPLORE (Grade 8-9)
English 18 15 13
Algebra 22 19 17
Social Science 21 17 15
Biology 24 21 20
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EXPLORE
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ACT
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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009
Tennessee aspires to see dramatic improvement in
the preparation of its high school graduates for
college, work, and better lives. 2017-18
GOALS INDICATORS TARGETS TRAJECTORIES
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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009

• GOAL 1 Increase the high school graduation rate
• The percentage of first-time 9th grade students
  who graduate on-time with a regular diploma
  (longitudinal cohort method).

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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009

• GOAL 2 Improve rates of college and career
  readiness
• 4th and 8th grade students on track to college
  and career readiness
• The percentage of 4th and 8th grade students
  (spring) who score at or above proficient on the
  TCAP reading/language arts and mathematics
  end-of-grade assessments and the corresponding
  gaps with Tennessee NAEP results.
• The percentage of 8th grade students (fall) who
  meet all college-readiness benchmarks of the ACT
  EXPLORE assessment in English, reading,
  mathematics, and science.

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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009

• GOAL 2 Improve rates of college and career
  readiness
• High school graduates who are college- and career
  ready
• The percentage of high school graduates who score
  at or above proficient on both the English III
  and Algebra II end-of-course assessments.
• The percentage of high school graduates who meet
  all ACT college-readiness benchmarks in English,
  reading, mathematics, and science.
• The percentage of first-time college and
  university freshmen enrolled in only
  credit-bearing courses (no remedial or
  developmental courses).

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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009

• GOAL 2 Improve rates of college and career
  readiness
• High school graduates accelerated to college and
  careers
• The percentage of high school graduates who have
  attained or are eligible for postsecondary credit
  through dual enrollment, dual credit, Advanced
  Placement exams and International Baccalaureate
  exams, or have attained industry certification.

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College- and Career-Readiness Goals August 2009

• GOAL 3 Increase rates of postsecondary
  enrollment and completion
• The percentage of recent public high school
  graduates enrolled in postsecondary education.
• The percentage of first time postsecondary
  students completing degrees within 150 of normal
  degree program time (e.g., three years for
  associates degree and six years for bachelors
  degree)

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College Readinesss Dashboard
9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22)
Probability Nr of Students Percentage
Advanced Greater than or equal to 70 9 2
Accelerate II Between 50 and 70 21 5
Accelerate I-B Between 25 and 50 19 5
Accelerate I-A Less than or equal to 25 346 86
Students who lack sufficient data 7 2
9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24)
Nr of Students Percentage
5 1
4 1
24 6
362 90
7 2
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College Readinesss Dashboard
9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22)
Probability Nr of Students Percentage
Advanced Greater than or equal to 70 6 3
Accelerate II Between 50 and 70 7 3
Accelerate I-B Between 25 and 50 12 6
Accelerate I-A Less than or equal to 25 181 87
Students who lack sufficient data 3 1
9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24)
Nr of Students Percentage
3 1
4 2
7 3
192 92
3 1
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College Readinesss Dashboard
9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22)
Probability Nr of Students Percentage
Advanced Greater than or equal to 70 90 18
Accelerate II Between 50 and 70 46 9
Accelerate I-B Between 25 and 50 57 11
Accelerate I-A Less than or equal to 25 302 60
Students who lack sufficient data 7 1
9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24)
Nr of Students Percentage
44 9
39 8
74 15
338 67
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College Readinesss Dashboard
9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Math (22)
Probability Nr of Students Percentage
Advanced Greater than or equal to 70 21 6
Accelerate II Between 50 and 70 14 4
Accelerate I-B Between 25 and 50 32 9
Accelerate I-A Less than or equal to 25 270 79
Students who lack sufficient data 5 1
9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24) 9th Grade Projected to ACT Sci (24)
Nr of Students Percentage
10 3
12 4
28 8
287 84
5 1
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American Diploma ProjectRequired Actions

• Align standards and assessments with the
  knowledge and skills required beyond high school
• Require all high school students to take
  challenging courses that actually prepare them
  for life after high school
• Build college and work-ready measures into
  statewide accountability systems
• Hold schools accountable for graduating students
  who are college and/or workforce ready, and hold
  postsecondary accountable for students success
  once enrolled

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H S Graduation Requirements

• Changes that begin with the graduating class of
  2013, this years 9th graders, include
• curriculum aligned with ACHIEVEs standards
• new EOC assessments
• transition from Gateway to EOC as percentage of
  grade
• graduation requirements increased to 22
  (including a fourth credit in math, ½ credit in
  personal finance, and ½ credit in PE)
• either chemistry or physics as one of three
  science courses
• one diploma for all students
• 3 credit elective focus

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Race to the Top

• R2tT requirements
• Standards and Assessments
• Data Systems
• Teachers and Leaders
• Low-Performing Schools
• Bonus points
• STEM

College- and Career-Readiness Goals August
2009College- and Career-Readiness Goals August
2009
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Race to the Top

• Standards and Assessments
• Common Core Standards (CCS) to be adopted by SBE
  by August 1, 2010.
• Professional Development on CCS by TDOE.
• TDOE to develop item bank for formative, interim,
  benchmark, and summative assessments
• to be administered online and on paper
• electronic scoring
• results automatically imported into the new State
  Longitudinal Data System

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Race to the Top

• Data Systems
• P-20 State Longitudinal Data System
• TDOE, SAS, THEC, and CEBER partner to create the
  data system.
• Combines existing data from TDOE, THEC, TennCare,
  and the Departments of Childrens Services,
  Health, Human Services, and Corrections databases
  to provide a 360-degree view of the child.

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Race to the Top

• Data Systems
• Data Dashboard
• Created by SAS to expand the current use of TVAAS
  data and to include the 360-degree view of the
  student.
• SAS and an organization such as Battelle for Kids
  will provide training on how to use the new data
  and assessment system to improve classroom
  instruction and to inform the new teacher and
  principal evaluation systems.
• Use of TVAAS to improve instruction incorporated
  in teacher pre-service programs through an 8 hour
  module.

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Race to the Top

• Teachers and Leaders
• TDOE to fund the expansion of traditional and
  alternative teacher training programs focused on
  increasing the supply of teachers in
  hard-to-staff subjects
• Replicate the UTeach program in Chattanooga and
  Memphis.
• Expand both the Teach For America and the New
  Teacher Project.
• 8,000,000 in competitive grants to expand
  principal and teacher residency programs.

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Race to the Top

• Teachers and Leaders
• Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee Data
  Systems
• 15 members
• Develop and recommend evaluation system based on
  multiple measures
• 50 on student achievement data with at least 35
  on TVAAS for those who have it.
• Annual evaluations
• 4 or 5 performance categories

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Race to the Top

• Teachers and Leaders
• 12,000,000 competitive fund to assist districts
  in designing and/or implementing alternative
  salary schedules.
• Other
• Small district innovation fund
• Teacher working condition survey
• Redesign teacher preparation report cards
• School leader supply and demand study
• Leadership action tank

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Race to the Top

• Low-Performing Schools
• School Improvement I and II schools will be know
  as Focus Schools
• Continue with current interventions.
• 6,000 per school to fund additional supports.
• Corrective Action and Restructuring I schools
  will be known as Renewal Schools
• Required to partner with a private provider,
  higher education organization, or a collaboration
  of non-profits to design and implement a school
  turnaround strategy.
• 300,000 per year per renewal school to fund the
  supports.

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Race to the Top

• Low-Performing Schools
• Achievement School District (ASD)
• Commissioner has authority to place schools in
  restructuring II and beyond or persistently
  lowest-achieving schools in the newly created
  ASD.
• Commissioner has wide leeway to act
• From providing additional funding to implement
  turnaround strategies to turning them over to a
  charter management organization.
• Could partner with several national non-profit
  organizations to turn these school around.
• Schools will remain in the ASC for at least five
  years.

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Race to the Top

• Low-Performing Schools
• College Access Network
• THEC will establish a statewide set of resources
  to help students to apply to and receive
  financial aid for college.

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Race to the Top

• STEM
• STEM Innovation Network
• TDOE will partner with Battelle to establish and
  run this network
• The network will work with Oak Ridge Associated
  Universities, existing STEM Centers of
  Excellence, and several new regional STEM hubs to
  share best STEM practice and to deliver
  professional development for STEM teachers across
  the state.
• The network will be based on a similar STEM
  effort led by Battelle in Ohio.
• TDOE will expand the STEM training on the ELC by
  uploading the content from PBSs Digital Learning
  Library on to the ELC.

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Race to the Top

• Budget
• Total Grant request
• 501,792,892
• 50 must flow to participating LEAs
• 250,896,446

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Lifes not about waiting for the storm to pass
A Parting Thought
Its about learning to dance in the
rain! Vivian Greene