Goals for Education

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Challenge to Lead

• Goals for Education
• Challenge to Lead Oklahoma
• 2006

SouthernRegionalEducationBoard
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Themes Challenge to Lead Goals

• Transitions
• Pre-K to elementary school
• Middle grades to high school
• High school to college and careers
• Closing the achievement gaps
• Race/ethnicity and gender
• Geography
• Income
• Education systems
• Aligned curricula/assessments
• Data from schools and colleges linked
• Accountability to the public

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State Profile
Actual and Projected Changes Public Elementary
and Secondary Enrollment
U.S.
SREB
OK
Source SREB Fact Book on Higher Education, 2003
and 2005
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State Profile
Children Ages 18 and Younger in Poverty 2003
Sources U.S. Census Bureau and the Annie E.
Casey Foundation
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State Profile
Percent of Students Approved for a Free or
Reduced-Price Lunch 1990 and 2004
55
51
44
Increase in percent, 1990-2004 Percent, 1990
Sources U.S. Census Bureau and the National
School Lunch Program
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State Profile
Racial/Ethnic Proportions Public High School
Graduates
United States
Oklahoma
Source Western Interstate Commission for Higher
Education
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First-Grade Readiness
Children in Poverty Compared With Children in
Prekindergarten Programs 2005
DE
MD
200 or more
100 to 199
Less than 100
Sources U.S. Head Start Bureau and the National
Institute for Early Education Research
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Achievement in the Early Grades
Increases in NAEP Scale Scores Fourth-Grade
Reading 1998 to 2005
1998 data not available
Significant increases
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Early Grades
NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results 2005
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Early Grades
NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results Percent Scoring
At or Above Basic by Race/Ethnicity
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Early Grades
NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results Percent Scoring
At or Above Basic Level by School Location,
2005
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Middle Grades
NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results 2005
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Middle Grades
NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results Basic and
Above by Race/Ethnicity
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Middle Grades
NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results Percent
Scoring At or Above Basic Level Free and
Reduced-Price Lunch, 2005
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Achievement in the Middle Grades
Eighth-Grade Students on Track for College-Prep
Math in High School, 2005
Pre-algebra
Algebra I or higher
89
81
70
69
59
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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High School Graduation
Four-Year Graduation Rate From High School 2004
U.S. Graduation Rate 75
Source National Center for Education Statistics
Updated 9/2006
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High School Graduation
Graduation Rates by Race and Gender 2003
U.S.
OK
Source Urban Institute
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College and Career Readiness
Math Courses Required for College-Prep Diploma
DE

MD




Not specified
Algebra I, II and geometry
Algebra I and geometry
State has one standard diploma and does not
specify a distinct college-prep diploma courses
indicated are for the standard diploma.

Sources State departments of education
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College and Career Readiness
Number of Career Courses Required in States
Career Pathway
DE
DE
MD
No pathway defined
Three or more courses
One course
Sources State departments of education
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College and Career Readiness
Percent of Graduating Seniors Taking At Least
One AP Exam 2005
DE
MD
10 or fewer
11 to 22
23 or more
U.S. 23 SREB 24
Source Advanced Placement Report to the Nation,
2006
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College and Career Readiness
Seniors Taking the ACT Assessment and Completing
ACTs Recommended Core Curriculum
U.S.
OK
Source ACT Inc.
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College and Career Readiness
Average Composite ACT Scores
Source ACT Inc.
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College and Career Readiness
Average Composite ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity
Source ACT Inc.
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Adult Literacy and Job Training
25- to 44-Year-Olds Without High School
Credentials Enrolled in Adult Education 2000
Sources U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department
of Education
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Adult Literacy and Job Training
GED Awards by Age, 2004
1
Adults 50 and older
Youth 16 and 17
18
Adults 25 to 49
31
Adults 18 to 24
50
Number of Awards in OK 7,056 Pass Rates
U.S. 61 SREB 63 OK 70
Source American Council on Education
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Postsecondary Certificates Degrees
Estimated College Enrollment Rates of Recent
High School Graduates

Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Postsecondary Certificates Degrees
Adults With Bachelors Degrees or Higher 2000
Source SREB Fact Book on Higher Education, 2003,
2005
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Postsecondary Certificates Degrees
Affordability Gap, 2004
Gap fillers State grants Merit aid Extra job Cost
cuts
7,240 Needed for annual tuition/fees,
room/board at Oklahoma public
four-year institutions
Gap 2,440
Gap 1,710
Pell Grant - 700
SEOG - 750
Tax Credit 1,500
Expected Family Contribution 3,330
Pell Grant 4,050
Sources SREB-State Data Exchange and National
Center for Education Statistics
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School Performance Standards
Percent At or Above Standards Fourth-Grade
Reading 2005
NAEP
State standards

Basic Proficient Oklahoma
OK U.S. OK U.S.
NA 60 62 26 30
83 60 62 25
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2003
2005
NA Not available. Oklahoma did not report
results for fourth-graders in 2003.
Sources Oklahoma Department of Education and
National Center for Education Statistics
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School Performance Standards
Percent At or Above Standards Eighth-Grade
Mathematics 2005
NAEP
State standards
Basic
Proficient Oklahoma
OK U.S. OK U.S. 65
65 67 20 27
69 63 68 21 28
2003
2005
Sources Oklahoma Department of Education and
National Center for Education Statistics
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School Performance Standards
Schools in Need of Improvement No Child Left
Behind Oklahoma, 2005
Year 1 School choice 87 Schools Year 2
Extra services 25 Schools Year 3 Corrective
action 3 Schools Year 4 Plan to restructure
3 Schools Years 5-6 Restructure 4 Schools
Oklahoma had 1,797 public elementary and
secondary schools in 2005.
Source Oklahoma Department of Education
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School Leadership
Rating 2002 2006
Indicators Recruit and select future school
leaders Redesign leadership programs to
emphasize curriculum, instruction and student
learning Develop programs with school-based
experiences that prepare participants to lead
school improvement Base professional-level
licensure on improved school and classroom
practices Create alternative pathways to initial
licensure Provide training and support for
leadership teams in low-performing schools
No Progress
Some Progress
Substantial Progress
Little Progress
Promising Progress
Source SREB Learning-centered Leadership Program
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Qualified Teachers
Secondary Mathematics Teachers Certified in
Mathematics, 2004
99
Source Council of Chief State School Officers
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Qualified Teachers
Average Salaries of Beginning Teachers 2004
CO 31,296
KS 28,530
MO 28,938
OK 29,473
NM 31,920
AR 26,129
TX 32,741
U.S. 31,704 SREB 30,052
Source American Federation of Teachers
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College and University Accountability
Average Salaries of Full-Time Instructional
Faculty at Public Colleges and Universities 2005
Source SREB Data Library
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College and University Accountability
Six-Year Graduation Rates in 2004 for First-Time
Freshmen Who Entered Public Four-Year Colleges
and Universities in Fall 1998
Source SREB-State Data Exchange
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College and University Accountability
Graduate Degrees Awarded in Sciences and
Technologies Public and Private Colleges and
Universities
943
881
Sources SREB Fact Book on Higher Education,
2005, and SREB Data Library
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Education System That is Aligned
Ninth-Grade Bulge, 2004
For every 100 eighth-graders in Oklahoma in 2003,
there were 6 MORE ninth-graders in 2004.
Source National Center for Education Statistics
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Education System That is Accountable
K-12 Funding Changes 1999 to 2003
Sources National Center for Education Statistics
and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Education System That is Accountable
Enrollment and Funding Changes Public Four-Year
Colleges and Universities 2001 to 2005

Source SREB-State Data Exchange
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Education System That is Accountable
Enrollment and Funding Changes Public Two-Year
Colleges, 2001 to 2005
Maryland
Source SREB-State Data Exchange
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Education System That is Accountable
Progress in Building the 10 Essential Elements
for a Student Data System 2005
8 to 10 Elements
4 to 5
6 to 7
1 to 3
Source National Center for Educational
Accountability, August 2005 Survey