Montgomery College Montgomery County Public Schools Partnership

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Montgomery CollegeMontgomery County Public
SchoolsPartnership

• Getting a Jump on College
• Winning Secondary-Post Secondary Partnership
  Programs
• Janet Johnson MC High School Programs
  Director
• Jeff Baker Academies Coordinator, Seneca
  Valley
• High School
• June 17, 2008

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Getting a Jump Start on College

• Part I
• MC/MCPS Partnership Program Overview
• Part II
• Partnership Program in Action

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MC Welcomes MCPS graduates

• More students than ever before are taking Honors,
  AP, and college classes while still in high
  school.
• 25 of MCPS graduates attend MC the semester
  after graduation.
• Over one third of the recent grads tested
  indicated need for remedial work in one or more
  areas before beginning college-level classes.

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How it started -SOAR Report

• Maryland Student Outcomes Achievement Report
  (SOAR)
• Studied progress of Maryland high school
  graduates through the first year of college at
  state universities colleges.
• 1994 Results for Montgomery County
• MCPS grads who enrolled at MC
• 57 needed math remediation
• 40 not reading at college level

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Addressing the Challenge

• President Superintendent priorities
• Focus on student readiness for college
• Direct, supportive counseling services at time of
  college registration
• On-going review of college placement criteria
• Follow up research

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The Challenge

• To develop programs strategies to meet student
  needs help students build skills and
  experiences for college awareness, readiness,
  goal achievement.

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Some of the Partnership Programs

• PSAT for 10th graders
• Articulated credit for career technology
  education classes
• College Institute
• Gateway to College
• High School students taking college classes on
  campus and at high school
• Testing to promote readiness for college-level
  classes

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Testing Partnership Program

• MCs Office of Academic Initiatives provides
  on-site Accuplacer testing to students to
  determine readiness for college level class.
• College class offered to students who are college
  ready.
• School provides support to help to students who
  arent ready.
• Follow-up testing in spring.

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Seneca Valley An Academy School
Building Relationships with Emerging Results
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SVHS Mission
Career Academies are the nexus point for core
courses, CTE courses, college and careers
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A Vision for Excellence

Linking the relationship and importance of the
Accuplacer with college placement, Montgomery
College and the College Institute
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Put me in coach Game Plan

• September 10 Preliminary Meeting to develop test
  strategies with M.C. to improve previous test
  scores
• 2006-2007 Academic Year
• College Ready based on Accuplacer
• Reading 12
• Sentence Structure 20
• Math N.A.

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The Challenge

• Introduce the Accuplacer
• Publicize the test
• Voluntary prep sessions
• Administer the test
• Share test results with stakeholders
• Retake test with mandatory prep sessions
• Establish a clear, consistent trajectory

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Lets get this show on the road

• October 8th Introductory meeting with students
  and MCs High School Programs Director
• Purpose, importance, content and manner of the
  test is communicated
• Untimed, adaptive skills based exam
• Produced by the College Board
• Save up to 800 per student by avoiding remedial
  courses
• (And, yes, light snacks are served)

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Spread the Word

• Canvass the classes with applications
• SVHS Website
• ConnectED
• School posters
• PTSA
• Letters home

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Voluntary prep sessions

• Federal Grant, Connect to the Future, provides
  stipends for teachers to prepare students for
  exam
• Teachers able to adapt sessions to student
  schedules and needs
• And, yes, you guessed it, snacks were served

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Accuplacer Prep!!!
Now that you have completed your application for
the Accuplacer, it is time to prep for it. You do
not go into the big game without practicing. So
suit up for the practice sessions! Prepare for
both English and Math!
Pass the Accuplacer save up to 800.00 in
remedial courses! Enjoy the
pizza party after the exam!
Light refreshments will be served at the Prep
sessions!
Reading/English Sessions Ms. Moriarty Math
Sessions Ms. Barsky Monday Lunch 211
Monday 230 -315 Room
112 Tuesday Lunch 211 Tuesday 230 -315
Room 112 Wednesday Lunch 211 Wednesday
230 -315 Room 112 Thursday No School
Thursday No School Friday Lunch 211
Friday 230-315 Room 112
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Game Day

• Test given on November 15th
• 67 seniors took the test
• Pizza Party followed

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Round 1

• Results shared in December with students, parents
  and guidance
• 2006
  Nov. 2007
• Reading 12 29
• Sentence Structure 20 40
• Math N.A. 37

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Back to the Drawing Board

• Retesters and new registrants required to go to
  prep sessions
• 60 students took the test
• 2006 Nov.
  2007 Mar. 2008
• Rdng 12 29
  51
• Sent. Struct. 20 40
  46
• Math N.A. 37
  51

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Last but not least

• Juniors took the Accuplacer to qualify for the
  College Institute
• 16 students took the test in April
• 2006 Nov. 2007 Mar.
  2008 April 2008 Rdng 12
  29 51 63 Sent. Strut
  20 40 46 56 Math
  N.A 37 51 69

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In Retrospect

• Stress the value but also the prestige of being
  College Ready
• Impress upon students and parents the economic
  value of successfully taking the test
• Make all tutoring mandatory
• Students deemed College Ready totaled 37,600
  by avoiding remedial courses if they choose to
  attend Montgomery College

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Begin With The End In Mind
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Example Two Testing at Damascus

• MC provided total of 238 Accuplacer tests to
  Damascus students during FY 2008
• College classes offered at high school site for
  college ready
• School provided support to students with scores
  below college ready
• Students re-tested in May