USING DATA TO ENSURE COLLEGE and CAREER READINESS

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USING DATA TO ENSURE COLLEGE and CAREER
READINESS
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• BECKY CHAMBERS, Program Manager
• 404-463-5098
• rchambers_at_doe.k12.ga.us
• BONNIE MARSHALL, Program Specialist
• bmarshall_at_doe.k12.ga.us
• 404-656-6854
• GEORGIA HAYGOOD MCSWAIN , Program Specialist
• gmcswain_at_doe.k12.ga.us

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Who decides whether a high school student goes to
college or joins the work force?Educators
influence the process and the future of every
student.

• COURSE- TAKING GAP
• ?
• COLLEGE- GOING GAP
• ?
• FAMILY- WAGE OPPORTUNITY GAP

http//collegeworkready.org/downloads/finalforweb_
improvingthe_odds_report_113007.pdf
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• Todays focus question How can teachers ,
  school counselors and administrators ensure that
  all students are college and career ready?

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How can school personnel ensure that all students
are college and career ready?

• Analyze CCRPI data indicators
  (See Draft of College
  /Career Ready Performance Index)
• Implement/monitor Bridge Bill requirements.
• 3. Increase enrollment in career
  pathways/clusters
• Increase participation in Georgia Work Ready
• Increase enrollment in AP use AP Potential.
• Increase enrollment in 4th science/math courses.
• 6. Share analyze school data, esp. PSAT,ACT,
  SAT,AP
• Collaborate about data trends program updates
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What is college and career readiness?

• College and Career readiness is the level of
  achievement required for students to enroll in
  two or four year schools without remediation and
  to be prepared for college-level work or
  successful entry into the workforce.

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Utilize data- indicators on College and Career
Ready Performance Index.

• What is the College and Career Ready Performance
  Index?
• Using available data , what is your schools
  performance rating for each indicator?
• Are students in your school college and career
  ready? .

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College and Career Readiness

• Many high school graduates do not have all of
  the skills they need to succeed in college-level
  coursework or workforce training. Research
  indicates that the skills required for workforce
  training beyond high school are the same as those
  expected of a first-year college student. In
  addition, an estimated 85 percent of all jobs are
  now classified as "skilled," meaning that they
  require some education beyond high school.
• http//act.org/workkeys/educators/statewide.html

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COLLEGE and CAREER READINESS

• College and Career readiness involves three
  major skill areas
• core academic skills and the ability to apply
  those skills to concrete situations in order to
  function to function in the workplace and in
  routine daily activities
• employable skills (such as critical thinking and
  responsibility) that are essential in any career
  area
• 3. technical, job-specific skills related to a
  specific career pathway.

www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/14/definition

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Implement/monitor BRIDGE BILL requirements.

• 8th Advisement Individual Graduation Plan
  (IGP)
• 9th Career Exploration
• 10th Examination of College Credit/Dual
  enrollment info
• 11th Exploration of 3 postsecondary institutions
  related to students program of study
• 12th Identification and submission of next step
  info 4-year or 2-year institute,
  military, apprenticeships, technical college,
  special purpose school, or workforce.
• Education and Career Planning Advisement and
  student, parent and counselor approval of IPG

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BRIDGE Legislation (H.B. 400) Update
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BRIDGE Legislation (H.B. 400) Update
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INCREASE AWARENESS ENROLLMENT IN CAREER
CLUSTERS/CAREER PATHWAYS
Unskilled 15
Skilled 20
Professional 20
Unskilled 60
Professional 20
Skilled 65
1950
2007
National Summit on 21st Century Skills for 21st
Century Jobs
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Review of Definitions

• Career cluster organizer of knowledge and
  skills needed by a broad industry for the purpose
  of organizing educational programs and curricula
• Career pathway organizer of knowledge and
  skills statements shared by professions
• Program of study comprehensive, structured
  approach for delivering academic and career and
  technical education to prepare students for
  postsecondary education and career success.

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Career Pathway

• A career pathway is a coherent, articulated
  sequence of rigorous academic and
  career/technical courses, usually beginning in
  the 9th grade and leading to a high school
  diploma, associate degree, baccalaureate degree
  and beyond.

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Increase participation in Georgia Work Ready

• Work Ready certificates at Bronze, Silver, Gold,
• Platinum levels are based on ACTs WorkKeys
• Job skills assessments in
• 1. Applied Mathematics
• 2. Locating Information
• 3. Reading for Information
• Work habit assessments include work-related
  attitudes and behaviors such as carefulness,
  cooperation , discipline, and drive.
• Why should students, parents, and educators care
  about these tests?
• All students enter the workforce eventually!

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ACTs WorkKeys Scores

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Increase enrollment in 4th-year science and
math courses.The highest level of high school
math taken is the strongest predictor of BA
attainment regardless of race, family income or
background
Percentage of students attaining a bachelors
degree
Source Adelman, Clifford. The Toolbox
Revisited, U.S. Department of Education, 2006.
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Fourth Science OptionsThe following courses
count toward satisfying the fourth science
requirement and are approved by the Board of
Regents with the exception of Scientific Research
I and Scientific Research II.

• The following courses count towards astisfying
  the fo urth science requirement.

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Fourth Science Options

• The following courses count towards satisfying
  the fourth science requirement and a CTAE pathway
  completion requirement and have been approved by
  the Board of Regents as a fourth science.

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Fourth Science Options

• The following courses count towards satisfying
  the fourth science requirement and a CTAE pathway
  completion requirement but are not recognized as
  a fourth science by Board of Regents.

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Fourth Mathematics Course Options .
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Increase enrollment in AP courses
Use AP Potential! What is AP Potential?
AP Potential is a web-based tool that helps
school personnel to find potential AP students
among the schools PSAT test-takers.
http//appotential.collegeboard.com
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SAT and Academic Rigor
Course/Years of Study Percentage SAT Score
English AP/Honors 41
1622 Math AP/Honors 33
1654 Calculus
24 1670 Science
AP/Honors 32
1658 Physics 55 1514 Social
Sciences AP/Honors 40
1623 2010 Georgia student data State
SAT average 1453
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Impact of AP on 5-Year College Graduation Rates
Source Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Shuling
Jian, The Relationship Between Advanced Placement
and College Graduation (National Center for
Educational Accountability, 2005)
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More low-income students complete college when
they take a rigorous high school curriculum
Rigorous curriculum is defined as the top 40
percent of high school curriculum and the highest
high school mathematics above Algebra II. Note
These numbers reflect outcomes for high school
graduates who enter four-year institutions with
no delay.
Source Adelman, Clifford. The Toolbox Revisited,
U.S. Department of Education, 2006. Adapted from
The Education Trust.
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6-YEAR GRADUATION RATES

• 2008-09 USG 6 year grad rate is
  56.7
• Research Universities
  73.2
• Regional Universities
  54.1
• State Universities 42.6
• State Colleges 17.7
• Satisfactory score on Regents essay after 45
  hours
• UGS- 65.5 RESEARCH
  UNIVERSITIES- 94.9
• REGIONAL UNIVERSITIES 8.9 STATE
  UNIVERSITIES -82.6
• STATE COLLEGES 76.2 TWO-YEAR
  COLLEGES - 75.3
• Based on All First Time, Full-time Degree
  -Seeking Freshmen http//reportcard2009.gaosa.or
  g/usg/reports.asp?TestTypegradTestKeybaccgr_is_
  6IDALLALL
• http//reportcard2009.gaosa.org/usg/reports.asp
  ?TestTypegradTestKeybaccgr_is_6IDALLALL

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ACT or SAT?
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Enrollment in College Does NOT Equal College
Readiness
Percentage of U.S. first-year students in
two-year and four-year institutions requiring
remediation
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College Readiness Indicators in Georgia

• ACT Readiness Benchmark in College English- 18
• 61 of all students met readiness benchmark in
  College English. 39 are not ready for College
  English
• ACT Readiness Benchmark in College Mathematics-
  22
• 38 of all students met readiness benchmark in
  College Algebra 62 are not ready for College
  Math.
• ACT Readiness Benchmark - College Science- 24
• 24 of all students met readiness benchmark in
  College Biology . 76 are not ready for College
  Biology.
• ACT Readiness Benchmark -Social Science (Reading)
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• 46 of all students met readiness benchmark in
  College Social Science . 54 are not ready for
  College Social Science.
• ACT 2010 Public Schools

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What happens to data at your school?
QUADRANT C Counselor understands the data, but
does not use information to suggest strategies
for academic support, guide students parents in
academic planning, or communicate data results
and implications to staff.
QUADRANT D Counselor uses data to define
academic needs, identify support strategies,
assists students parents in career and academic
planning , communicates data results and
implications to staff, assists in devising
strategies/goals for improving academic
achievement.
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QUADRANT B Counselor uses low- level analysis by
sorting students into high and low groups of
achievement. At-risk students are identified.
QUADRANT A Counselor receives data . Places
information in students records in the vault and
in a nice binder!
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CRCT Achievement Data

• CRCT

• CRCT

• English /Language Arts Grades 6,7,8
• Grammar/Sentence Construction
• Research/Writing Process
• Reading Grades 6, 7,8
• Reading Skills and Vocabulary Acquisition
• Literary Comprehension
• Information and Media Literacy
• MATH Grades 6,7,8
• Measurement (6th only)
• Number and Operations
• Geometry,
• Algebra
• Data Analysis and Probability

• Social Studies Grades 6,7,8
• History ,Geography, Government/Civics,
• Economics
• SCIENCE Grade 6 Earth Science
• Astronomy
• Hydrology and Meteorology
• Geology
• SCIENCE Grade 7 Life Science
• Cells and Genetics
• Interdependence of Life
• Evolution
• SCIENCE Grade 8 Physical Science
• Structure of Matter
• Force and Motion
• Energy and its Transformations

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PSAT UPDATES

• Communicate information to teachers
• RTTT (R3T) funds for 10th Graders
• 2011 PSAT is Wednesday, October 12, 2011.
• College Readiness Benchmark on Summary of Answers
  and Skills (SOAS)
• Fewer categories of academic skills in critical
  reading, math and writing
• Connects to AP Potential
• See demo of AP Potential at http//www.collegeboar
  d.com/counselors/app/demo.html

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PSAT SKILLS INSIGHTAn Instructional Resource

• What is PSAT/NMSQT Skills Insight?
• The new PSAT/NMSQT Skills Insight tool
  demonstrates the link between PSAT/NMSQT scores
  and college readiness skills the same skills
  measured on the SAT. PSAT Skills Insight also
  provides actionable suggestions for improving
  skills and hundreds of sample questions that give
  students additional practice on each skill.
• Visit PSAT Skills Insight at ww.collegeboard.com/p
  satskills.

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PSAT provides free connections to My College
QuickStart which connects to

• Georgias Counseling Standards and BRIDGE
• Strand B Educational and Occupational
  Exploration
• Locate, evaluate and interpret career information
• Describe how skills developed in academic and
  vocational programs relate to career goals
• Strand C Career Planning
• Demonstrate responsibility for making tentative
  educational and occupational choices
• Identify and complete steps required toward
  transition from high school to entry into
  postsecondary education or training programs or
  work

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AP UPDATE COURSE REVISIONS

• 2011-2012 REVISIONS
• AP French Language and Culture
• AP German and Culture
• AP World History
• 2012-2013 REVISIONS
• AP Biology
• AP Latin
• AP Spanish Literature and Culture
• More information at advancesinap.collegeboard.or
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QUESTIONS?

• Without data, all you have is opinion.
• Dennis Fox