Every Child A Graduate

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Every Child A Graduate
Americas Promise Dropout Prevention
Summit October 28, 2008 Dover, Delaware

• Bob Wise, President
• Alliance for Excellent Education

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The Challenge for the Nation
Three out of every ten students do not graduate
from high school.
About a third who graduate are not college- and
work-ready.
Source EPE 2007 Greene 2002
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2006-07 Delaware Graduation Rates NGA Rate
Delaware
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Majority of 8th-Graders Read Below Grade Level
Below Proficient
Proficient Above
70
30
U.S.
70
30
DE
Source NAEP, 2007.
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Who Pays When Students Fail to Graduate?
Higher crime costs

• The Students Themselves

Lost wages
Reduced voter participation
Increased health care costs
Limited job opportunities
Barriers to supporting a family
Reduced salary
The Rest of Us
Compromised health
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The Economic Impact on the Individual
2005 Average Income by Educational Attainment
Source U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population
Survey, Annual Social and Economic Supplement,
2006
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The Economic Impact on Delaware
Source Alliance for Excellent Education 2006,
2007, 2008
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Public Benefit of Halving the Number of Dropouts
Source Levin, Kilpatrick, Belfield, Muennig,,
and Rouse 2006
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The Economic Benefits of Increased
Minority Graduation Rates
Add 634 million to Delaware economy
Level of Schooling Reached (White Students)
Level of Schooling Reached (Students of Color)
Source Alliance for Excellent Education 2006
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• American Education in a Global Context

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The Economy Has ChangedHave Our Schools?
Tasks carried out by the American workforce
1960-2002
Abstract tasks
Percent change
Routine tasks
Manual tasks
Sources Author, Levy, and Murnane 2003 with
updates by Author, 2008.
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What Americans Value
U.S. Rankings on Olympics
U.S. Rankings on PISA
Reading
Science
Problem Solving
Math
U.S. Ranks 15th
U.S. Ranks 21st
U.S. Ranks 24th
U.S. Ranks 25th
Sources PISA 2004, 2007
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Percent of Population with HS Degree or Equivalent
As Others Rise to the Challenge, U.S. Advantage
Drops
13
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1990s

1980s
1970s
1960s
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Notes 1) Excluding ISCED 3C short programmes 2)
Year of reference 2004 3) Including some ISCED
3C short programmes 4) Year of reference 2003.
Source Schleicher 2007
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Even in Higher Education, the World is Catching
up
College Graduation Rates

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1995
2
2005
Note Net graduation rate is calculated by
summing the graduation rates by single year of
age in 2005. Year of reference 2004.
Source OECD 2007
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• 2009
• A Critical Year

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Building on Progress in Delaware

• Vision 2015 for world-class education for all
• College and career ready curriculum for all
  (strengthened high school graduation
  requirements, ADP, P-20 Council)
• Personalized education (student success plans)
• College level learning (dual enrollment/credit,
  AP)
• College access (Student Excellence Equals Degree,
  Delaware College Access Network)

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Building on Progress in Congress Major
Secondary School Proposals

• Ensure graduation rate accountability
• Funding to turn around low-performing high
  schools
• Secondary school innovation fund to ensure
  multiple pathways to success
• Address adolescent literacy needs

• Every Student Counts Act
• Graduation Promise Act
• GRADUATES Act
• ? Striving Readers Act

For more details, see Alliances website
http//www.all4ed.org/federal_policy/NCLB_ReAuth
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Governor Bob Wise Alliance for Excellent
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