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Academic Preparation Initiatives DSP Redesign - One of Several Initiatives Emerging from Several Key Events. TBR Defining Our Future (2002)TBR Vision of Excellence Activities(2004)TBR Strategic Plan Development (2005)Governor's Challenge Related to Access and Persistence (2005)State and Nationa
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1. Tennessee Board of Regents Developmental Studies Redesign Project ECS Annual Forum
July 2007
2. Academic Preparation InitiativesDSP Redesign - One of Several Initiatives Emerging from Several Key Events TBR Defining Our Future (2002)
TBR Vision of Excellence Activities(2004)
TBR Strategic Plan Development (2005)
Governor’s Challenge Related to Access and Persistence (2005)
State and National Focus on Educational Continuum Between Secondary and Postsecondary Education (2005+)
3. Research of Tennessee Critical number of HS students that do not complete the HS degree and become disengaged from education and workforce training programs.
Critical number of HS students that matriculate to college lack academic and/or fiscal resources for success and withdraw.
6. Regional Disparities in Educational Attainment
7. Student Pipeline Results Of 100 9th Graders . . . How Many?
9. Academic Preparation Gaps
10. Another Measure of Academic Preparation
11. Strengthening Academic Preparation Effectiveness and efficiencies of current programs and services must be examined
Rethinking critical linkages such as DSP cannot diminish quality of teaching, learning, and services
Commitment to research-based reform and outcomes and quality assessment of 2001-2010
Curriculum, delivery methods, assessment tools, and academic support services
12. FIPSE Grant Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and Education Commission of the States (ECS)
October 2006 to December 2009
DSP Redesign Task Force
Curriculum Subcommittees; Policy Subcommittees
National Center for Academic Transformation (NCAT) – Program Course Redesign Project and Guidance in Pilot Projects
NCHEMS-Karen Paulson – Project Evaluation
Other organizations and initiatives found to be closely related to the work of the DSP Redesign Task Force
13. Primary Objectives and Outcomes Scalable for delivery in multiple settings
Increase the quality of learning and assessment
Maintain commitment to access
Replicable model (process and product)
Sustainable program with solid fiscal outlook and enhanced public support
Significant cost savings
Institutional, Departmental, Individual Student, Cost per Student Served, etc.)
Streamline amount of time to completion
14. Need to Reduce Costs to Student and Time to Completion
15. WHAT DOES THE DESIGN TEMPLATE FOR THE NEW DSP PROGRAM LOOK LIKE?
16. Project Status Course Redesign Phase
All 19 universities and community college completed NCAT Readiness Criteria (Initial Assessment of Programs) in March 2007
Formal proposals in final stage of development for submission on July 15, 2007
Pilot projects put in place in fall of 2007 with first implementation in spring 2008
Assessment through spring 2009
17. Project Status TBR and ECS leadership of Systemwide task force and subcommittees are:
Collecting and monitoring data on current TN programs and similar national trends
Aligning curricular expectations from early HS to freshman core math and English
Examining Placement and outcome assessment
Developing content expectations for flexible, modularized curriculum.
18. Project Status Broader Public Policy Context
Communication of activities and results to national education and policy circles
Periodic surveying of member states’ policies regarding this project and comparable efforts
One stop web resource for project participants and other interested parties
Identification of possible opportunities for replication or partial transfer of knowledge
19. For more information visit the following Web site for the DSP Redesign Initiative: http://www.thencat.org/States/TBR.htm