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DOE High School Initiatives Designed to Increase Graduation and College/Career Readiness Rates

DOE High School Initiatives Designed to Increase Graduation and College/Career Readiness Rates. MASCD Waltham, MA February 12, 2007. 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 For every 10 ninth graders in MA public schools, 8 graduate, about 6 enroll in a 2- or 4-year college program, and about 3-4 earn a degree.

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DOE High School Initiatives Designed to Increase Graduation and College/Career Readiness Rates

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  1. DOE High School Initiatives Designed to Increase Graduation and College/Career Readiness Rates MASCD Waltham, MA February 12, 2007

  2. 10 – 8 – 6 – 4 For every 10 ninth graders in MA public schools, 8 graduate, about 6 enroll in a 2- or 4-year college program, and about 3-4 earn a degree. 10 – 6 – 4 – 2 For every 10 9th graders in MA urban schools, 6 graduate, about 4 enroll 2- or 4-year college program and about 2 earn a degree. About 2/3 of all new jobs created in MA this decade will require a post-secondary degree. US 15 year olds rank in the middle of the pack in national comparisons of achievement (PISA). What’s the Problem?

  3. The Department of Education’s Response • Focus • Increase the rate at which students graduate from high school • Increase the proportion of high school graduates ready for college and careers. • Key Initiatives: • Motive students to take challenging courses in high school, to work hard,and achieve • Create a data system that will track students from high school through college and generate useful information for local educators and policymakers • Conduct conferences to promote exchange of ideas and best practices • Promote the importance of going to college, and provide students, parents, and educators access to robust, web-based tools for career and educational planning.

  4. Implement the 3 certificate programs provided by the MA Education Reform Act, and create incentives for attaining the certificates Competency Determination Certificate of Mastery Certificate of Occupational Proficiency Motive students to take challenging courses, work hard,and achieve

  5. Incentive: High School Graduation Criteria Beginning with the Class of 2010, raise the passing standard to 240 OR 220 + successful completion of an Educational Proficiency Plan (EPP) Beginning with the Class of 2010 add Science & Technology/Engineering Beginning with the Class of 2012 add History (U.S.) To complete their EPP a student must Take courses in grades 11 and 12 in the subject in which they did not achieve proficiency Participate in an annual assessment approved by the Board of Education designed to determine whether the student has attained or is making progress towards proficiency Competency Determination

  6. Incentive: TBD (possibilities – scholarship, early admission to state college/university, automatic placement into college-credit bearing courses) Criteria Earn a Competency Determination with scores of Proficient or Advanced Complete a Board of Education recommended college preparatory curriculum Maintain a 3.0 GPA in grades 11 and 12 Pass a state Algebra II test (under development in concert with Achieve and 9 other states) Pass state Writing Assessment (to be designed and developed) Certificate of Mastery

  7. Incentive: Employment beyond entry level, union and non-union apprenticeships, trade licenses, and dual credit Will include over 40 occupations The certificate will be awarded to students who demonstrate occupational proficiency in each of the following areas: Teacher evaluation through a state developed competency tracking system Written test Performance event Implementation scheduled for Class of 2010. Certificate of Occupational Proficiency

  8. Recently linked individual student records of MA students in the Classes of 2003, 2004, and 2005 (SIMS), to the individual student record system maintained by the Board of Higher Education (HEIRS) Data is maintained in the Board of Education’s data warehouse Plan is to develop a series of standard reports useful to local educators (e.g., number of students enrolling in various state colleges, and universities, number requiring remediation, number persisting after 2 years, graduating, etc.). Will facilitate research for policymakers (e.g., MCAS scores and coursework associated with success in college) High School to College Data System

  9. Conduct Conferences to Share Ideas • and Best Practices • DOE has hosted several conferences to highlight “best practices” and underscore need for additional high school reform efforts statewide. • Winter 2006 – High Schools of the Future -Lessons for Reforming High Schools • Fall 2006 - High Schools of the Future II -Lessons for Reforming High Schools • March 5 – Grad Rate Summit • Spring 2007- Public information meetings

  10. Promote Importance of Staying in School and Going to College “Think Again” Campaign • Launched on Jan. 1 to build public support. • Ads urge at-risk students to reconsidergoing to college. • $250,000 Ad buys booked through April. • Concept designed by Buyer Advertising of Newton. • Campaign consists of TV, cinema, radio and transit ads, all driving viewers to informational website: ReadySetGotoCollege.com • TERI to help launch grassroots component to build on-the-ground support from community groups • Coordinating statewide campaign with national launch of KnowHow2Go, produced by the Ad Council, Lumina and ACE.

  11. Poster 5,000 copies of this poster have been printed and will be distributed to every high school, community center and youth organization in the state.

  12. Transit Ad Running on 65 buses in Boston and 60 buses in Springfield throughout January and February.

  13. Radio Ad Paid advertisements airing on JAM’N 94.5 (Boston), WRZE 96.3 (Cape Cod), WBEC 95.9 (Berkshires), and WHYN 93.1 (Springfield) throughout January and April.

  14. TV advertisement Paid advertisements are running during popular programming on FOX25 (Boston), and on cable in the Springfield area on MTV, ESPN, Nickelodeon and the Family Channel.

  15. ReadySetGotoCollege.com homepage By the second week of the campaign, this site had received more than 4,000 unique visitors. Updating site with student videos and a survey tool to make it more interactive. We plan to expand the site into a college and career web portal for Massachusetts.

  16. Still ahead: College-readiness web portal to offer “one-stop shopping” Research colleges Learn more about different careers Education and career planning tool SAT and AP prep Massachusetts College and Career Planning Website Admissions requirements Compile personal portfolio Tuition calculator Employment info Financial aid & scholarship info Guidelines to help plan ahead early Apply to college online Personal stories from other kids

  17. Initiatives outlined are focused on the goals of increasing graduation and college readiness rates. Are there other important goals? What are the strengths and weaknesses in the our current system of secondary education? To what extent should we be considering dramatic changes like those proposed in Tough Times, Tough Choices (NCEE)? Mark Tucker at a forum sponsored by the Rennie Institute, February 28, Omni Parker House, Boston-UMASS We have a lot going on, but what’s missing?

  18. Advertising Schedule █All ads in all markets █ Some ads in some markets

  19. Too few freshmen college-ready in 4 years Source: Manhattan Institute, Public High School Graduation and College-Readiness Rates: 1991–2002, February 2005, http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/ewp_08.htm

  20. College-bound does not mean college-ready Percentage of U.S. college freshmen requiring remedial help Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Remedial Education at Degree-Granting Postsecondary Institutions in Fall 2000, 2003.

  21. By 2010, new jobs will require more education Degree level required for new jobs Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

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