Oklahoma Educational Planning and Assessment System OK EPAS

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Oklahoma Educational Planning and Assessment
System(OK EPAS)

• Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
• Student Preparation Team
• Fall Workshop Series
• October 2004

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College begins in Kindergarten
EPAS Update Benchmarks
Dr. Cindy Brown
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Social Justice Goals of the State Regents
To make possible the participation of all able
persons at the highest attainable level of
academic life regardless of their race, ethnic
background, sex, age, religion, disability,
income level, or geographic location and to
provide for social justice in the form of
equitable and fair treatment and for systematic
adjustments in the form of positive action until
equity is attained. (State Regents Policy and
Procedures Manual, II-5-5)
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What is the purpose of assessment?

• Circle all that apply
• To rate and rank students?
• To rate and rank school districts?
• To promote student learning
• To help improve instruction?
• All of the above
• None of the above

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What is the purpose of todays workshop?

• Blame the teachers
• Blame the counselors
• Blame the students
• Blame the parents
• Blame the administrators
• Blame the lower grade teachers
• All of the above
• None of the above

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Data-Driven Decision Making

• What is our reality?
• What are we doing well?
• What are our students not learning?
• What must we do differently?

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State EXPLORE Scores1999 to 2003
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• Do I really believe that all kids can learn?

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State PLAN Scores 1998 to 2003
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State ACT Scores 1999 to 2004
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State EPAS Development Class of 2004
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EPAS Development of a Cohort with National
Benchmark Scores
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• Do all students need a rigorous education?

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EPAS Development - OK African American compared
with National College Readiness Benchmarks
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EPAS Development of OK Native American compared
with National College Readiness Benchmarks
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EPAS Development of OK Mexican American compared
with National College Readiness Benchmarks
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• Are all students receiving a rigorous education
  in my school?

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Percentage of PLAN students planning to take Core
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Percentage of ACT Students Taking Core
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Percentage of PLAN Students planning to take Core
by Ethnic Group
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Percentage of ACT Students taking Core by Ethnic
Group
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State ACT Scores Core v. Noncore
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The Rubric
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The Rubric
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The Rubric
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PLAN predicts AP success
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Plan Scores Predict AP Success

• Plan test scores are a good predictor of success
  in AP courses
• Use to identify students not to deny access

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Plan Score and Chance of 3 or Higher AP Score
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Plan Score and Chance of 3 or Higher AP Score
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College Credit for AP in Oklahoma

• www.okhighered.org/student-center/jrhigh-highscl/e
  arncredit.shtml

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• Local Questions
• Good information for
• school and community

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OK EPAS Benchmarks

• College Readiness
• College Remediation

Dan Craig
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College Readiness Benchmarks

• The benchmark is the minimum score needed to have
  a 50 chance of making a B or better
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• A 75 chance of making a C or better in
  credit-bearing college courses (English Comp.,
  Algebra, or Biology)

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What Score Does it Take?
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How Many Are Ready?
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College Remediation Benchmarks

• Students need a minimum of a 19 on ACT
  subject-area test scores to stay out of college
  remediation in Oklahoma
• ACT has established minimum EXPLORE and PLAN
  scores that will lead to this 19 cut-score

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What Score Does it Take?
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How Many Are Ready?
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Oklahoma Remediation Rates
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Will Your Students be Ready?

• Dont rely on textbooks
• Align your curriculum
• What do you align to?
• You can use ACTs Standards for Transition

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What they do . . .

• Standards for Transition show what students are
  likely to know to be able to do in each score
  range
• Worksheets show Standards by score range ask
  important questions about your curriculum
• Workshop materials offer sample questions for
  each score range

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Math Standards for Transition
Algebraic Expressions
Exhibit knowledge of basic expressions (e.g.,
identify an expression for a total as b g)
Score Range 13 15
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• If f is the number of 1st graders who play
  soccer s is the number of 2nd graders who play
  soccer, which of the following expressions
  represents the total number of 1st 2nd graders
  who play soccer?
• f s
• f - s
• s - f
• f x s
• f / s

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Score Range 13 - 15
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Algebraic Expressions
Math Standards for Transition
Substitute whole numbers for unknown quantities
to evaluate expressions
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• What is the value of ab c
• c
• when a 4, b 0, c 2?
• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

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Score Range 16 - 19
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Algebraic Expressions
Math Standards for Transition
Manipulate basic algebraic expressions (e.g.,
substitute integers for unknown quantities, add
subtract simple algebraic expressions, multiply
two binomials, perform straightforward
word-to-symbol translations)
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• Which of the following is a simplified form of
  8x - 4z 5x 2y z - 3y?
• 13x y 3z
• 3x y 3z
• -3x 5y 5z
• -3x y 3z
• -3x y 3z

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Score Range 20 - 23
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Algebraic Expressions
Math Standards for Transition
Add, subtract, multiply polynomials
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• Which of the following polynomials is
  equivalent to 3x(2x2 1) 4(3x2 2) 5 ?
• 6x3 12x2 3x 13
• 6x3 12x2 3x 3
• 35x3 21x 5
• -6x2 3x 3
• -3x6 - 8

B
Score Range 24 - 27
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Algebraic Expressions
Math Standards for Transition
Write expressions for common algebra settings
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• The length of a rectangle is 10 feet more than
  triple its width. If x represents the width, in
  feet, of the rectangle, which of the following
  represents the area, in square feet, of the
  rectangle?
• 3x 10
• 3x2 10
• 3x2 10x
• 3x2 30x
• 9x2 30x

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Score Range 28 - 32
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Algebraic Expressions
Math Standards for Transition
Write expressions that require planning and/or
manipulating to accurately model a situation
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• If during 1 hour of a certain television
  program there are x y commercials, where x of
  them are 30-second commercials the rest are
  1-minute commercials, which of the following
  expressions represents the number of minutes left
  for noncommercial programming during the hour?
• 60 2x y
• 60 30x y
• 60 30x 60y
• 60 ½ x y
• 60 1/30 x 1/60 y

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Score Range 33 - 36
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Use for Curriculum Alignment

• Read through Standards for Transition in content
  groups
• Determine in what grades and/or classes Standards
  will be taught
• May be in more than one grade or class
• Samples found in ACT materials
• Put this in writing follow it

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Help for Undocumented Students in Oklahoma -
Enrolling and Paying for College
Armando Peña Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education
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Hispanics in Oklahoma

• A 2003 census survey estimates 191,993 Hispanic
  or Latino persons in Oklahoma.
• According to immigration statistics more than
  53,000 persons were legally admitted into the
  U.S. and Oklahoma since 1988. Some estimates
  indicate there are now nearly as many illegal
  immigrants.

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The Hispanic Population by County
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Hispanic Students Enrolled in Oklahoma Public
Schools
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Hispanic Students Enrolled in Oklahoma Higher
Education
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What Does the Law Provide?

• Oklahoma statutes allow students without lawful
  immigration status to
• Enroll in college,
• Pay resident tuition, and
• Be eligible for state financial aid.

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In order to benefit from the law, students must
have

• Resided in the state with a parent or legal
  guardian for at least the two years prior to
  graduation from an Oklahoma high school or
  successful completion of the General Educational
  Development (GED) test.

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• Satisfied admission standards for the institution
  where they intend to enroll.

• Filed an affidavit with the institution stating
  that they have filed an application, have a
  petition pending, or will file an application as
  soon as they are eligible to do so with the
  United States Citizenship and Immigration
  Services (USCIS) toward legalizing their
  immigration status.

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Elements of the Law

• The Law does not establish Oklahoma residency.
• Eligible students should contact the admissions
  office of the Oklahoma college or university
  where they intend to enroll to get more details
  for enrolling. The enrolling college or
  university may create its own affidavit.

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• Students are not eligible for federal financial
  aid.
• Students are eligible for state-funded financial
  aid.
• OHLAP and OTAG are included among the programs
  for state financial aid. Procedures are in place
  to apply for OHLAP and OTAG without a social
  security number.

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A Requirement for K-12 Schools
High school counselors shall inform immigrant
students that they should apply for legal status
as soon as possible to enhance their opportunity
for higher education in Oklahoma.
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Questions?
Student Information Hotline [phone] Lourdes
M. Torres Oklahoma State Regents for Higher
Education [phone] Armando Peña Oklahoma
State Regents for Higher Education [phone]
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Four Year PlanCollege AdmissionOHLAP
John Morrow
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EPAS

• EXPLORE 8th grade
• PLAN 10th grade
• ACT 11th or 12th grade
• English, Mathematics, Reading, Science Reasoning
• UNIACT Interest Inventory
• Needs Assessment

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Career Planning Component
Hollands Career Interest Inventory
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• Student Version
• Primary work tasks
• No Holland types

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Organization

• 6 Career Clusters
• Based on Holland types
• 12 Map Regions
• 26 Career Areas
• Make up career clusters and arranged within map
  regions

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World of Work Map Career Planning Plan of Study
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Your Item Responses
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College Admission Requirements

• OU and OSU
• Regional Universities
• Community Colleges

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Core Curriculum 15 UnitsBased on College
Admission Core

• 4 English
• 2 Lab Science
• 3 Math
• 3 History and Citizenship
• 3 Additional Units from Above or Computer
  Science or Foreign
  Language

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• OHLAP

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OHLAP Enrollment Requirements

• Students must enroll during the 8th, 9th, or 10th
  grade
• Family income may not exceed 50,000 at the time
  of enrollment (income is not reconsidered at a
  later date)

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Requirements for Scholarship Eligibility

• Complete 17-unit core curriculum based on college
  admission requirements
• Graduate from high school (home schooled students
  are not currently eligible)
• 2.5 cumulative GPA in the required core
• 2.5 cumulative GPA overall

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Requirements(continued)

• Attend school regularly
• Refrain from substance abuse
• Refrain from criminal/delinquent acts

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Core Curriculum 17 UnitsBased on College
Admission Core

• 4 English
• 2 Lab Science
• 3 Math
• 3 History and Citizenship Skills
• 2 Same Foreign language or 2 computer
  technology (not 1 and 1)
• 2 additional units from any subjects above
• 1 Fine Arts or speech

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OHLAP Scholarship

• Pays the equivalent of public college tuition
  can be used at private colleges and for some
  career-tech programs.
• Pays only for the actual hours enrolled no
  minimum enrollment required.
• Good for up to five years or the completion of a
  baccalaureate degree

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1999 Oklahoma Median Family Income
Source 2000 Census Data
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Critical Elements

• Certainty
• No reconsideration of income
• 5-year limit on benefit
• Simplicity Flexibility
• No minimum college enrollment
• The college the student attends will establish
  the minimum gpa for continued enrollment.

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Official Transcripts

• These do not use abbreviations that are unclear,
  such as
• Geo.
• AppComm
• ICE
• F/CS
• BCA

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Avoiding Delays and Summer Contacts

• Transcripts that use uncommon abbreviations go in
  a stack to be completed later in the summer and
  usually require a call to the Counselor,
  Principal or Superintendent to clarify
  coursework.
• Use the Checklist!

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Avoiding Delays Continued

• Please complete both g.p.a. calculations.
• Make sure transcripts are readable and make sense
  to someone not in your school system.
• Be sure the graduation date is noted.
• All signatures must be obtained.

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Financial Resources

• Remember OHLAP pays for Tuition and will often
  cover around 25 of a students college cost at
  an Oklahoma Public College.
• Students should seek other avenues of financial
  support for cost not covered by OHLAP.

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Financial Resources Continued

• Encourage students to seek other sources of
  funding for the approximately 75 OHLAP will not
  pay.

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Contact Information

• ohlapinfo_at_osrhe.edu
• www.okhighered.org
• 1-800-858-1840 Select Option 2
• 225-9239 Select Option 2