Advanced Placement

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• Advanced Placement

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Your Presenter

• Iona Leriou
• ?Teacher of 28 years Grade 6 - Graduate School
• ?NMPED - School Improvement, Title 1,
  CTE Workforce Education, Next Step Plan,
  Gifted Education, AP/Pre-AP Education, and HS
  Redesign
• ?Examiner in History for the
• International Baccalaureate Organization

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Our Goals Today

• Appreciate the Big Picture Linkages
• Understand the Rationale for HS Redesign
• Learn About the State Initiatives in AP
• Understand What AP Data Tell Us
• Understand Correlation and Alignment Between New
  Legislation AP Initiatives
• Commit to Expanding Growing the AP

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What Employers Students Say

• Employers
• 45 of HS graduates do not have the skills to
  advance beyond entry-level jobs.

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What Employers Students Say

• HS Graduates Not College Enrolled
• 46 agree with statement
• Freshmen College Students
• 49 agree with statement
• 1-2 Billion annually is spent on college
  remedial education
• Achieve Inc.

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What Students Say

• My counselor told me I couldnt/shouldnt do AP.
• I wanted to take AP English but they didnt see
  me as college material. Were tagged
  college-bound and not college-bound.
• No one talked to me about my future.
• Achieve Inc.

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What Students Say

• High school was a breeze. I wasnt expected to do
  a whole lot.
• If I knew how hard it was to get a good paying
  job, I would have worked harder.
• To support my family, I had to go back to school!
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  Achieve Inc.

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Most High School Graduates Were Moderately
Challenged
All high school graduates
College students
Students who did not go to college
Source Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public
Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge Are
High School Graduates Prepared for College and
Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
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If High School Had Demanded More, Graduates Would
Have Worked Harder
82

• Would have
• worked harder

80

• Strongly feel
• would have worked harder

• Wouldnt have worked harder

High school graduates who did not go to college
High school graduates who went to college
Source Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public
Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge Are
High School Graduates Prepared for College and
Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
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Majority of Graduates Would Have Taken Harder
Courses
Knowing what you know today about the
expectations of college/work
Would have taken more challenging courses in at
least one area Math Science English
Would have taken more challenging courses in
Source Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public
Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge Are
High School Graduates Prepared for College and
Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
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2007 High School Redesign Legislation

• Rigorous Graduation Requirements (24 credits)
• Additional Math, Foreign Language
• AP, Distance Learning, Dual Credit, Honors
• New Assessments (HS/College/Workforce Readiness)

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State Advanced PlacementInitiatives

• PSAT/NMSQT Early Participation
• 10th Graders in 13 Pilot Sites
• Test Fee Reduction
• Professional Development Workshops
• Administrators, Coordinators Counselors
• Pre-AP AP Strategies, Vertical Teams
• Subjects, Course Audits, Data Collection
• Regional Summer Institutes National Conferences
• Apex Aventa AP Online Courses

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AP Data2006-07 PSAT/NMSQT
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2006-07 PSAT/NMSQT Early Participation
Expansion
(APS, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Santa Fe, Farmington,
Taos, Los Lunas, Gadsden, Bernalillo, Deming,
Gallup, Socorro, Portales)
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The Scores

• New Mexico shows high AP Potential
• 9 of New Mexicos HS Graduates scored 3-5 .5
  increase from 2005
• 14.8 of the nations HS Graduates scored 3-5
  .7 increase from 2005
• College Board 07

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2006-07 Ethnic Minority Participation in AP Exam
College Remediation

• College Board 07 NM Office of Education
  Accountability 07

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The Facts

• 49 of all HS graduates in New Mexico take a
  remedial literacy and/or numeracy course in
  college.
• The AP Test Fee Reduction PSAT/NMSQT Early
  Participation Programs both seek to increase
  ethnic minority participation in Advanced
  Placement.

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The Good News

• NM ranked 2nd by Fordham Foundation for education
  reform in 2006
• NM ranked in the top 12 for high standards by
  USDOE in 2007
• NM Science standards earned an A
• NM Math standards earned a B
• Decline of students prepared for college has
  bottomed out and is swinging upward
• 2007 HS Redesign legislation that aligns high
  school to college rigor positions New Mexico for
  further improvement
• NM PED Press Release on 2007 Ready for College
  Report - Office of Education Accountability

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More Good News

• This report provides evidence that New Mexico is
  making progress in aligning the expectations we
  have for high school students and the
  expectations we have for college students.
• - Dr. Peter Winograd
• NM PED Press Release on 2007 Ready for College
  Report - Office of Education Accountability

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Implications For Advanced Placement

• Expand
• AP Professional Development for instructors,
  counselors, and administrators
• PSAT/NMSQT participation in the 10th Grade to
  identify AP Potential
• Advisement relative to AP courses for all
  students with targeted focus on Ethnic Minorities
• Participation in AP online courses
• Pre-AP and AP Vertical Teaming and Planning
• Pre-AP and AP Course Audits

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So. . .

• Take advantage of the statewide Advanced
  Placement initiatives and grow this program in
  your districts and schools!

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Actions Visioning Implementation

• old reality what we want new reality
• Ability Model Effort Model
• All Students Can
• All Teachers Can
• A World-Class Education
  
• 2-4 years Postsecondary for
  All
• Continuous Improvement Cycle PDSA

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Helpful Websites

• www.achieve.com
• www.collegeboard.com
• www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
• www.apexlearning.com
• www.aventalearning.com
• www.ped.state.nm.us
• (go to Humanities Bureau)
• http//education.nmdfa.state.nm.us (Office of
  Education Accountability)

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Contact Information

• Iona Leriou
• High School Redesign
• AP/Pre-AP, Gifted, Next Step Plan
• Humanities Bureau
• NM Public Education Department
• iona.leriou_at_state.nm.us
• 505-827-8489