The State of Education in Kansas: Factors That Shape It

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The State of Education in KansasFactorsThat
Shape It
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Demographic Factors

• 301 school districts
• 1,431 public schools
• 550 median number of students
• 32,643 public school teachers
• 2000 administrators
• 4000 support personnel

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Demographic Factors

• 466,037 students
• 11 Hispanic
• 9 African American
• 75 White
• 2 Asian
• 3 other
• 5.5 English language learners
• 13 with disabilities

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Student Achievement Factors

• Improving graduation rate (87)
• Increasing postsecondary education enrollment
  (75)
• Decreasing dropout rate (2 or less)
• Sustaining high participation (74) and
  performance on ACT and SAT
• Increasing significantly the number of students
  taking advanced mathematics and science classes

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Student Achievement Factors

• Sustaining high attendance rate (95)
• Sustaining top performance on NAEP (10)
• Improving in all areas assessed
• Increasing dramatically the number of schools
  reaching standard of excellence
• Narrowing the achievement gap, especially in the
  last five years, yet significant gaps still exist

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5 Year Reading GapNarrows For Most
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Standard of Excellence Reading
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5 Year Math GapNarrows For Most
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Standard of Excellence Mathematics
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Assessment HighlightsWriting

• Students scoring in the exemplary, advanced, and
  proficient levels increased
• 6.1 at 5th grade
• 4.7 at 8th grade
• 3.7 at 11th grade

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Standard of Excellence Writing
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Highly Qualified Teachers
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Highly Qualified Teachers
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Qualified Educator Factors

• High numbers of our educators are fully
  qualified, yet
• There is a decline in the number of people
  entering the profession
• 2,050 new teachers licensed in 2000
• 1,562 new teachers licensed in 2003
• 1/3rd of our educators leave the field in the
  first five years of practice
• There is an increase in the total number of
  emergency substitute certificates
• 6,538 e-sub certificates in 2001
• 6,823 e-sub certificates in the first half of
  2004

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• 42 of our teachers
  leave the field after
  seven years
• 51 of reported licensed personnel are over 45
  36 are over 50
• Waivers comprise 0.6 of all licensed personnel
  in Kansas 91 of all waivers are issued for
  special education

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Spending Factors

• Expenditures per pupil below the national average
  (600 under)
• Average teacher salary is in the bottom 10 (41st)

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What Is One of the Biggest Factors Influencing
Education in Kansas Today?
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Federal Law Factors

• All children must achieve to high standards
• The state accountability system must apply to all
  schools
• All schools are accountable for all students
• All teachers must be highly qualified
• Parents and community must be informed

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

• KS has always been, and continues to be, a
  national leader in setting and meeting high
  achievement standards for its students
• Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) is measured based
  on the KS state assessments, but KS students
  learn much more than whats measured by these
  assessments

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No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

• KS has used its state QPA system to address its
  school improvement needs including those
  identified under NCLB
• KS has used the NCLB requirements to do whats
  best for students
• We cant do this alone maintaining high quality
  schools is a job for the entire community

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35th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

• The public sees itself as un-informed on NCLB
• 69 say they lack information
• 40 say they know very little
• 36 say they know nothing
• 83 believe decisions should be made at the state
  level (22) or by local boards of education (61)

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35th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

• 80 are concerned that the focus on reading and
  mathematics will mean less emphasis on fine arts,
  history and other subjects
• 74 felt that making additional efforts in a
  students present school was better than offering
  school choice

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35th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

• 67 believe students with disabilities should not
  be required to meet the same standards
• 65 describe a school that did not meet standards
  as a school in need of improvement not as failing

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35th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

• 90 believe closing the gap is important
• Only 16 attribute the gap to the quality of
  schooling
• 97 point to home life
• 97 point to parent involvement
• 95 attribute it to student interest
• 94 attribute it to community environment

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35th Annual PDK/Gallup Poll

• The public is concerned about getting and keeping
  good teachers
• 61 say schools have trouble getting good
  teachers
• 66 say they have trouble keeping good teachers
• 59 say teacher salaries are too low
• 65 believe higher salaries should be paid to
  teachers teaching in more challenging situations

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Parents Believe Students Receive Same Quality of
Education
Some students receive better quality than others
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All students receive the same quality of education
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Parents Think AYP is Fair in General
Unfair
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Fair
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Unfair When Applied to a Sub-Groupin an
Otherwise Excellent School
Dont Know
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Unfair
Fair
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Labels for Schools
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Parents Believe Students Able to Succeed
Focus on attention and resources, students can
succeed
No matter what, some students lack ability
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Success Requires More Parental Involvement
Focus on attention and resources, students can
succeed
No matter what, more parents need to be involved
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Reason for 100 Proficiency by 2014
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How are our schools meeting the NCLB requirement
for adequate yearly progress (AYP)?
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AYP State Profile Districts
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AYP State Profile Schools
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Change in Mission

• From
• What the school and teachers do
• To
• How the students learn
• From
• Time as constant and learning as variable
• To
• Learning as constant and time as variable

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What is keeping us up at nights?

• Increasing expectations at a time of limited
  resources
• Providing the required technical assistance with
  declining federal support
• An overemphasis on a narrow set of accountability
  measures
• A tremendous increase in the data collection and
  reporting requirements

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What is keeping us upat nights?

• Declining availability of highly qualified
  teachers and school leaders
• 35 percent of teachers and 50 percent of
  administrators will be eligible to retire in the
  next five years
• Steady decrease in the number of people going
  into teaching in secondary disciplines and
  special education
• 39 percent of faculty leave the field in the
  first six years of their practice

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What is giving us hope?

• An expanding research base on learning
• A genuine commitment to making adjustments in the
  system to serve a variety of learning needs
• An expanding number of high performing schools
• A knowledgeable teaching and leadership staff
  focused on student learning

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What will be required to serve the learning needs
of all students?

• All students with the building blocks for
  learning
• Additional learning time
• Highly qualified faculty
• Ongoing professional development
• An expanding research base
• Alternate delivery systems

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Their minds are in our hands.
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