Developmental Education Update

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Developmental Education Update

• South Plains College
• Spring 2006
• First Week

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Agenda

• What was the best thing about Fall 2005?
• What was the worst thing about Fall 2005?
• Issues?
• Report on DE course grades calculated in local
  GPA (Jay Driver)
• Report from Karen Driskell on Title V beginning
  algebra pilot
• Update from the Title V Retention Office
  (Christina Conner)
• THECB focus on DE
• Other?
• Visit the new ASC Language Lab (CM 123D)

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NAEP Reading, 9 Year-OldsRecord Performance for
All Groups
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NAEP Math, 9 Year-Olds Record Performance for
All Groups
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NAEP Reading, 13 Year-Olds
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NAEP Math, 13 Year-OldsIncreases and Record
Performance for All Groups
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 ReadingAll Students, Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 Readingby Race/Ethnicity,
Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 Readingby Family Income, Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 MathAll Students, Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 Mathby Race/Ethnicity, Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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2005 NAEP Grade 8 Mathby Family Income, Nation
Source National Center for Education
Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer,
http//nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
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The Same is NOTTrue of High School
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High School Achievement Math and Science NAEP
Long-Term Trends
Source NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress.
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HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT READING AND
WRITINGNAEP Long-Term Trends
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Gaps between groups?

• Wider today than in 1990.

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Value Added Declining in High School Math...
Age 13-17 Growth
Source NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress
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Still
Age 13-17 Growth
Source Main NAEP 1996, 2000
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Reading Students Entering Better Prepared, But
Leaving Worse
Source NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress
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Not just a pattern on NAEP.State assessments
show similar trends.
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Hormones?
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Students in Other Countries Gain far More in
Secondary School
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Source NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS
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Source NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS
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US 15 Year-Olds Rank Near Middle Of The Pack
Among 32 Participating Countries 1999
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2003 U.S. Ranked 24th out of 29 OECD Countries
in Mathematics
Source Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results, data
available at http//www.oecd.org/
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Problems are not limited to our high-poverty and
high-minority schools . . .
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U.S. Ranks Low in the Percent of Students in the
Highest Achievement Level (Level 6) in Math
Source Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results, data
available at http//www.oecd.org/
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U.S. Ranks 23rd out of 29 OECD Countries in the
Math Achievement of the Highest-Performing
Students
Students at the 95th Percentile
Source Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results, data
available at http//www.oecd.org/
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U.S. Ranks 23rd out of 29OECD Countries in the
Math Achievement of High-SES Students
Source Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results, data
available at http//www.oecd.org/
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Problems not limited to math, either.
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2003 PISA Problem-Solving Results US 23
Source OECD, PISA. Problem Solving for Todays
World. 2004
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Countries Getting More Than TWICE as Many 15
Year-Olds to Highest Problem Solving Level

• Finland
• Korea
• Hong Kong-China
• Japan
• Macao-China
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Canada
• Lichtenstein
• Belgium
• Switzerland
• France
• Denmark
• Netherlands
• Czech Republic

Source OECD. Problem Solving for Tomorrows
World. 2004
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55 of our 15 year olds at problem-solving level
1 or below.

• Closest other country?
• LATVIA

Source OECD Problem Solving for Tomorrows
World. 2004
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One measure on which we rank high?Inequality!
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These gaps begin before children arrive at the
schoolhouse door.

• But, rather than organizing our educational
  system to ameliorate this problem, we organize it
  to exacerbate the problem.

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How?

• By giving students who arrive with less, less in
  school, too.

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NationInequities in State and Local Revenue Per
Student
Source The Funding Gap, 2004, by Kevin Carey.
Data are for 2002
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Not Just K-12 In higher education, we spend
less per student in the institutions where most
low-income students start.
Source NCES Digest of Education Statistics, 2003
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Results are devastating.

• Kids who come in a little behind, leave a lot
  behind.

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By the end of high school?
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African American and Latino 17 Year-Olds Do Math
at Same Levels As White 13 Year-Olds
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African American and Latino 17 Year-Olds Read at
Same Levels As White 13 Year-Olds
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And these are the students who remain in high
school.

• What do those numbers look like?

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Students Graduate From High School At Different
Rates 4-Year Graduation Rates
Source Jay P. Greene and Greg Forster, Public
High School Graduation and College Readiness
Rates in the United States, Manhattan Institute
for Policy Research, September 2003.
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True, Among High School Graduates, College-Going
is Increasing
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But, Gains In College Completion Are Not
Proportionate With Gains In College Attendance
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College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher,
Whites
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Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Census, October Current Population Surveys,
1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of
Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
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College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher,
Blacks
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Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Census, October Current Population Surveys,
1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of
Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
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College Going vs. Completion of BA or Higher,
Hispanics
?? !!!
Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of
Census, October Current Population Surveys,
1972-2000, in US DOE, NCES, The Condition of
Education 2002, p.166 and 174.
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ADD IT ALL UP...
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Of Every 100 White Kindergartners
(25-to 29-Year-Olds)
Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census. March Current Population Surveys,
1971-2001, in The Condition of Education 2002.
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Of Every 100 African American Kindergartners
(25-to 29-Year-Olds)
Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census. March Current Population Survey,
1971-2001, In The Condition of Education 2002.
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Of Every 100 Latino Kindergartners
(25-to 29-Year-Olds)
Source US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the
Census. March Current Population Surveys,
1971-2001, In The condition of Education 2002.
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College Graduates by Age 26
Source Tom Mortenson, Research Seminar on Public
Policy Analysis of Opportunity for Post
Secondary, 1997.
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Bottom LineAt Every Level of Education, What We
Do Matters A Lot!
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75 OF NEW JOB GROWTH REQUIRES SOME LEVEL OF
POST-SECONDARY TRAINING
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Employment Change by Education1992 2002
Source Employment Policy Foundation tabulations
of Bureau of Labor Statistics / Census Current
Population Survey data MTC Institute.
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GROWING WAGE GAP

• Income
• 1980, College Grad earned 50 more than HS Degree
• 2004, College Grad earns 100 more.
• Wage Gap Continues to Widen

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REMEMBERSingle biggest predictor post-high
school success is QUALITY AND INTENSITY OF HIGH
SCHOOL CURRICULUM

• Cliff Adelman, Answers in the Tool Box, U.S.
  Department of Education.

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We can do better.
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