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SHORING UP THE ACADEMIC PIPELINE Five Policies States Need to Improve Secondary and Postsecondary Success Rates

SHORING UP THE ACADEMIC PIPELINE Five Policies States Need to Improve Secondary and Postsecondary Success Rates. Archived Information. Preparing America’s Future Regional High School Summit St. Louis, Missouri April 23-24, 2004. The Governors’ Perspective. State economic competitiveness

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SHORING UP THE ACADEMIC PIPELINE Five Policies States Need to Improve Secondary and Postsecondary Success Rates

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  1. SHORING UP THE ACADEMIC PIPELINEFive Policies States Need to Improve Secondary and Postsecondary Success Rates Archived Information Preparing America’s Future Regional High School Summit St. Louis, Missouri April 23-24, 2004

  2. The Governors’ Perspective • State economic competitiveness • More Governors see the need for broad college readiness • Education is a pipeline • Focus on places that are “leaking” • States lose youth in high school, the college transition, and in college

  3. The Ready for TomorrowCheck-List • Set a stretch goal • Develop and use one K-16 data system • Align K-12 and higher education • Promote a range of learning options • Tackle low-performing high schools first

  4. Does Your State Have a Goal? • States need a numerical target for expanding high school and college completion rates. • “Double the Numbers” • The importance of raising expectations and sharing accountability for postsecondary success

  5. Does Your State Track Students Through the Pipeline? • States need one data system with a unique identifier tracking youth through K-12 and postsecondary education • Track dropouts • Make student performance data more user-friendly and valuable • Allocate resources to “gaps”

  6. Does Your State Send Consistent, Clear Signals? • Standards, assessments, and curricula need to reflect the requirements of employers and colleges • Financial aid requirements need to reinforce academic expectations • States need the capacity for K-16 policy coordination

  7. Does Your State Promote Learning Options? • States need to create new high school models to complement comprehensive schools • Good charter legislation • Finance • Expand existing programs that improve the secondary-postsecondary transition • Flexible funding • Outreach and targeting • Credit transferability

  8. Does Your State Have an Aggressive Strategy to Improve Low-Performing High Schools? • Specific statewide plans for high schools should identify and differentiate schools and specify actions • Recruitment and retention policies and resources need to focus on hard-to-staff high schools • Corrective actions for high schools

  9. Does Your State Recognize the Urgency? • Changes in the economy and retirement of baby boomers will cause a deficit of 14 million workers with postsecondary education. • Changes in demographics mean all states will look like Texas in 50 years. • Without increases in education attainment, every state will be poorer.

  10. “By marrying the goals of excellence, equity and efficiency for our nation’s secondary and postsecondary systems, governors and other state policymakers will help determine whether states will be vibrant, prosperous places to live.”NGA and JFF’s opinion editorial inEducation Week, March 24, 2004 Preparing America’s Future Regional High School Summit St. Louis, Missouri April 23-24, 2004

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