Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent

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Governors Council for Workforce and Economic
Development
Scanning the Environment The State of Education
February 13, 2009
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent Chair, State
Board of Education
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Marketable Skills
Critical-thinking
Communications
Problem-solving
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State Policy Indicators Jan. 2009
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The State of Education Today
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Oklahoma Schools Today
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January 2009
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Student Demographics Fall 1990 and Fall 2008
NOTE Percentages may not total 100 because of
rounding.
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January 2009
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Oklahoma No. 1 in Pre-K for 5 consecutive years
of NIEER state reports!
Oklahoma Four-Year-Old Student Enrollment Trends
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Oklahoma Schools Today
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Federal Accountability System
February 2009
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State Accountability - API
Title 70 3-150
January 2009
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Achieving Classroom Excellence Act (ACE)9th
graders in 2008-09 (Class of 2012)
ACE High-stakes testing

• Must pass 4 of 7 end-of-instruction (EOI) tests
  
• Algebra I English II
• and 2 of 5 other EOIs
• Algebra II, Biology, English III, Geometry
  and U.S. History

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February 2009
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Oklahoma State Department of Educations
Technical Advisory Committee

• Lauress L. Wise (Comm. Member Chair since March
  2003) President, Human Resources Research
  Organization Ph.D. in Mathematical Psychology
  from the University of California, Berkeley
• Howard C. Mitzel (March 2003) Co-founder and
  President, Pacific Metrics Ph.D. in Research
  Methodology and Quantitative Psychology,
  University of Chicago
• Phoebe C. Winter (January 2004) Research
  director, Center for the Study of Assessment
  Validity and Evaluation, College of Education,
  University of Maryland Ph.D. in Psychology
  Measurement, Evaluation and Applied Statistics,
  Columbia University, New York
• John M. Keene (March 2003) Owner of Assessment
  and Evaluation Services, a large-scale testing
  program consulting firm. Ph.D. in Educational
  Psychology from Indiana University
• Robert A. Terry (March 2003) Professor of
  psychology at the University of Oklahoma and
  active member of the American Educational
  Research Association review panel. Ph.D. in
  Quantitative Psychology, University of North
  Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Kathy McKean (March 2003) Director of the
  Oklahoma Technical Assistance Center (OTAC)
  Ph.D. in Applied Behavioral Studies Educational
  Research and Measurement, Oklahoma State
  University

February 2009
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Oklahoma Schools Tomorrow
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The conundrum raising student achievement while
raising graduation rates
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Dropout Prevention

• A process, not a high school event
• Must better engage students by supporting their
  interests and creating positive habits early
• First State Superintendents Student Advisory
  Council met Feb. 11 to provide input as a
  precursor to Summit
• State Superintendents Dropout Summit, March 25,
  2009, Oklahoma Christian University, Gaylord
  Center

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More adult involvement needed hired or volunteer

• Need more counselors at elementary, middle and
  high schools
• Need graduation coaches for each high school
  (recommended 20 million program to support ACE)
• Need funding (federal, state or local) for
  district and site testing coordinators, to free
  up counselors time

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Time reform in Oklahoma is about increasing the
quality and the quantity of instructional time.
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National average 180 days The Race is On!
State of Education Address, July 2007
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• Oklahomas partner in making the most of every
  school day by maximizing instructional time.
• Free Time Analysis Tool now available for each
  schools required evaluation of how time is spent.

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Teach the Children Well. Give Them Time To
Learn!