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Preparing Students for the 21 st Century. Bill Daggett, Founder and Chairman August 21, 2013. Growing Gap. Changing World. School Improvement. Growing Gap. Changing World. School Improvement. Growing Gap. School Improvement. Changing World. What is your desired outcome?.
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Preparing Students for the 21st Century Bill Daggett, Founder and Chairman August 21, 2013
Growing Gap • Changing World • School Improvement
Growing Gap • Changing World • School Improvement
Growing Gap • School Improvement • Changing World
What is your desired outcome? Begin with the end in mind
What is your goal? • State Standards
What is your goal? • State Standards • State Assessments
What is your goal? • State Standards • State Assessments • Graduation
What is your goal? • State Standards • State Assessments • Graduation • College Admission
What is your goal? • State Standards • State Assessments • Graduation • College Admission • College and Career Ready
Growing Gap • School Improvement • Changing World
Eligible for the Military • Lack High School Diploma • Can Not Pass Basic Literacy Test • Obesity • Drugs • Prison
70% -Is Increasing at 1% Per Year-
70% Are they employable?
70% Are they headed to public assistance?
Population 1950 Male Female
Life Expectancy Vs. the Social Security Retirement Age 90 Female 85 Male 80 75 70 Retirement Age 65 60 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 2040 2060 Source: 2004 Annual Reports of the Board of Trustees of Social Security and Medicare
Birth Rates, 1920- 2010 Births Per 1,000 women ages 15-44 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 Source: National Center For Health Statistics Pew Research Center
Population Male Female
Average Graduation Rate 1983-2012 Two-Year Colleges in 3 years – 29.1% Four-Year Colleges in 5 years – 36.6% Source: ACT
13 Million Americans are Unemployed BUT 3.8 million jobs in the U.S. remain unfilled
Job Shares by Skill Group, 1980-2010 Low-skill Lower-middle Percent High-skill 100 18.9 25.4 Upper-middle 21.3 80 20.7 47.1 60 37.7 40 20 16.2 12.7 0 1980 2010 2040 Sources: NY Fed Calculations, U.S. Census Bureau
College is a means to an end NOT the end
53.6% of Bachelor’s degree holders under 25 are jobless or underemployed Source: USDOL – March, 2013
The Changing Landscape • Technology
What is different here? Pope Francis Pope Benedict XVI
Semantic Web • Analyze Documents • Keywords and Headers (Google) • Meaning / Concepts • Wolfram Alpha • Complete Task
The Changing Landscape • Technology • Financial • Globalization • Demographics
Expectations • Fewer
State Tests State Standards
Expectations • Fewer • Higher
Reading Study Summary • Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) • 1600 • 1400 • 1200 • Text Lexile Measure (L) • 1000 • 800 • 600 • High • School • Literature • College • Textbooks • Military • High • School • Textbooks • Personal • Use • Entry-Level • Occupations • SAT 1, • ACT, • AP* • College • Literature • * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency MA 234 TN 170 TX 188
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency MO 267 TX 201
Grade 4 Math Proficiency MA 255 TX 214 TN 195
Grade 8 Math Proficiency MA 300 TN 229 TX 254
A NESS & Lexile State Tests State Standards