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College and Career Readiness

College and Career Readiness. ?. DEFINITION. College Readiness Standards Detailed, research-based descriptions of skills and knowledge associated with what students are likely to know and to be able to do as they progress through high school. College Readiness Benchmarks

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College and Career Readiness

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  1. College and Career Readiness ?

  2. DEFINITION • College Readiness Standards Detailed, research-based descriptions of skills and knowledge associated with what students are likely to know and to be able to do as they progress through high school. • College Readiness Benchmarks Establish college readiness as measured by performance on the Explore, PLAN, and ACT college readiness assessments. Benchmarks are the minimum English, reading, mathematics, and science assessment scores required for students to have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher, and a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher, in the corresponding credit-bearing college course. • Students should be ready for college and/or the workforce by the time they graduate. All high school students, whether they are planning to enter the college or the workforce, should be educated to comparable levels of readiness in reading and math. (Ready for College and Ready for Work: Same or Different?, 2006)

  3. What College and Career Readiness IS NOT • It is NOT Reading Level

  4. ACT Research – “The Forgotten Middle” • ACT data show that fewer than 2 in 10 eighth graders are on target to be ready for college-level work by the time they graduate from high school. This means that more than 8 out of 10 eighth grade students do not have the knowledge and skills they need to enter high school and succeed there. • Under current conditions, the level of academic achievement that students attain by 8th grade has a larger impact on their college and career readiness by the time they graduate from high school than anything that happens academically in high school. • The key is to intervene in upper elementary grades and in middle school • The process of preparing students to make successful transitions from middle school to high school is JUST as important as the process of preparing them to make successful transitions from high school to post-secondary education.

  5. CURRENT Testing Progression at BHS • ACT Testing Series • 9th Grade – Explore Test • 10th Grade – PLAN Test • 11th Grade – ACT Test • College Board Series (SAT) • 8th Grade – Readistep • 10th Grade – PSAT • 11th Grade – PSAT / SAT Test

  6. Proposed Testing Progression For BPS • Grades 3-10 ASPIRE • Grade 8 – Readistep (Pre-SAT) • Grade 9 – ASPIRE (Pre –ACT) • Grade 10 – PSAT (Pre-SAT) • Grade 11 – PSAT (Pre-SAT) for college-bound juniors • Grades 11 and 12 – SAT and ACT

  7. Why Is This Important? Look at the #s! • Only 39 percent of ACT-tested 2013 graduates met three or more of the four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks.Conversely, 31 percent of graduates did not meet any of the benchmarks. ACT research suggests that students who don’t meet the benchmarks are likely to struggle in relevant first-year courses at two- and four-year colleges, which increases their risk of not succeeding in college (The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2013) • “Once again, our data show that high school success and college readiness are not necessarily the same thing,” said Jon Whitmore, ACT chief executive officer. “Too many students are likely to struggle after they graduate from high school. As a nation, we must set ambitious goals and take strong action to address this consistent problem. The competitiveness of our young people and of our nation as a whole in the global economy is at stake.”

  8. “It is critical that we identify and address problems in academic achievement early in a student’s academic career, so that they can get on track for readiness as soon as possible,” said Jon Erickson, ACT president of education. “This is not about college readiness alone but about readiness for taking the next step, whether it’s entering the workforce, attending a trade school, or enrolling in a two- or four-year college or university.” • Science remains the subject area in which students are least likely to be ready for college-level work; just 36 percent of test takers achieved the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in science. • SO….. What does our data look like?

  9. CURRENT ACT BENCHMARKS

  10. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met College Readiness Benchmarks

  11. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met ENGLISH College Readiness Benchmarks

  12. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met MATHCollege Readiness Benchmarks

  13. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met READINGCollege Readiness Benchmarks

  14. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met SCIENCECollege Readiness Benchmarks

  15. 5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met ALL 4College Readiness Benchmarks

  16. 5 Year Trends – Average ACT Scores

  17. 5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for ENGLISH (Benchmark 18)

  18. 5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for MATH (Benchmark 22)

  19. 5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for READING (Benchmark 22)

  20. 5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for SCIENCE (Benchmark – 23)

  21. 5 Year Trends Average COMPOSITE ACT Scores

  22. Graduating CLASS of 2012PLAN Data from 10th grade (2009-10)

  23. CLASS OF 2012 • SAT / ACT

  24. Graduating Class of 2013 ACT Data

  25. Class of 2013 ACT Data

  26. CLASS of 2014 (Current Seniors)PLAN Data from 10th Grade (2011-12)

  27. Class of 2013 – ACT Data from 2011-12 School Year – District Testing Site

  28. Cohort Group – Seniors (Class of 2014) • ACT (11th Grade) • ON CD

  29. Class of 2013 ACT in 11th grade vs benchmark

  30. Class of 2013 ACT Data taken as Juniors – 100 Students

  31. Class of 2014 – PLAN vs Nation

  32. Class of 2015 – Current Juniors

  33. Class of 2105 PLAN (2012-13) EXPLORE

  34. CLASS OF 2015 EXPLORE Data – 9th grade PLAN Data – 10th Grade (2012-13)

  35. Class of 2016 – EXPLORE Data

  36. Class of 2016 – Explore Data

  37. Class of 2016 – Current Sophomores

  38. Next Steps • Disaggregate Data • Core Curriculum alignment • K-12 College and Career Curriculum • At-risk Students

  39. Bremen Self-Reported Data from PLAN:Students Need Help in These Areas

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