The Educational Imperative: What Do We Know about Student Achievement?

1. The Educational Imperative:What Do We Know about Student Achievement? OVAE: American's Career Resource Network (ACRN) National Training Conference Alexandria, Virginia, March 17, 2004 Craig Jerald, Education Trust

2. 12th Grade Achievement In Math and Science is Up Somewhat

3. High School Achievement: Math and Science: NAEP Long-Term Trends Source: NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress.

4. In Reading, 12th Grade Achievement is Headed Downward

5. HIGH SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT: READING AND WRITINGNAEP Long-Term Trends

6. What about different groups of students?During seventies and eighties, much progress.

7. Gaps Narrow 1970-88NAEP Reading 17 Year-Olds Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 107) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000

8. Gaps Narrow 1973-86NAEP Math Scores, 13 Year-Olds Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 108) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000

9. Between 1988-90, that progress came to a halt…and gaps began to widen once again.

10. Gaps Narrow, Then Hold Steady or Widen: NAEP Math Scores, 17 Year-Olds 32 20 Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 108) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000

11. After 1988, Gaps Mostly Widen NAEP Reading, 17 Year-Olds 21 31 Source: US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress (p. 107) Washington, DC: US Department of Education, August 2000

12. How much learning takes place at each level?

13. Students Make More Growth Grades 5 to 8 than Grades 9 to 12

14. Academic GrowthGrades 4-8, 8-12

15. Value Added in High School Declined During the Nineties

16. Value Added Declining in High School Math... Age 13-17 Growth Source: NAEP 1999 Trends in Academic Progress

17. …Still Age 13-17 Growth Source: Main NAEP 1996, 2000

18. Reading: Students Entering Better Prepared, But Leaving Worse Source: NAEP 1996 Trends in Academic Progress

19. Reading Growth From Grade 9 and 12 Still Declining:Main NAEP

20. Hormones?

21. Students in Other Countries Gain far More in Middle and High School

22. TIMSS

23. Source: NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS

24. Source: NCES 1999-081R, Highlights From TIMSS

25. PISA

26. US 15 Year-Olds Rank Near Middle Of The Pack Among 32 Participating Countries

27. One measure on which we rank high?Inequality!

28. Performance Of U.S.15 Year-Olds Highly Variable *Of 27 OECD countries Source: OECD, Knowledge and Skills for Life: First Results From PISA 2000, 2001.

29. Where are we now?

30. NAEP Mathematics Performance 2000

31. By Race, Ethnicity: NAEP 12th Grade Math 2000 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

32. By Income: 12th Grade Math (2000) Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables

33. By Race, Ethnicity NAEP 12th Grade Reading 2002 Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)

34. By Income 12th Grade Reading (2002) Source: USDOE, NCES, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Summary Data Tables

35. African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Do Math at Same Levels As White 13 Year Olds Source: NAEP 1999 Long Term Trends Summary Tables (online)

36. African American and Latino 17 Year Olds Read at Same Levels as White 13 Year Olds Source: Source: NAEP 1999 Long Term Trends Summary Tables (online)

37. Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Reading Skills Source: USDOE, NCES, 1999 NAEP Summary Data Tables

38. Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Math Skills Source: USDOE, NCES, 1999 NAEP Summary Data Tables

39. These patterns are reflected, too, in high school completion, college entry and college graduation rates.

40. Students Complete High School At Different Rates, 2000 Age 18-24 Source: US Bureau of Census, Current Population Reports, Educational Attainment in the United States: March 2000, Detailed Tables No. 2

41. On Time Completion of Regular H.S. Diploma, 2001 Source: Manhattan Institute, Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States.

42. More and more students going on to college Source:The Condition of Education 2003.

43. Most high school grads go on to postsecondary within 2 years Source: NELS: 88, Second (1992) and Third (1994) Follow up; in, USDOE, NCES, “Access to Postsecondary Education for the 1992 High School Graduates,” 1998, Table 2.

44. Half of Low Achieving Grads Go On To Postsecondary Source: NELS: 88, Second (1992) and Third Follow up (1994); in, USDOE, NCES, Condition of Education 1997, p. 64

45. What happens when they get there?

46. Unfortunately, when these new freshmen arrive in college, many must take remedial (high-school) level courses Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education,

47. Do they get caught up?

48. Students Requiring Extensive Remediation Graduate at Lower Rates Source: Adelman, Cliff in Crosstalk, Vol 6, No 3, Summer 1998.

49. College Freshmen Not Returning for Sophomore Year Source: Tom Mortensen, Postsecondary Opportunity, No. 89, November 1999

50. African American and Latino Freshmen Complete College at Lower Rates Source: Adapted from Adelman, Clifford, U.S. Department of Education, “Answers in the Toolbox,” 1999.