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2. Education Funding Team Results Map Oregonians are prepared for lifelong learning, rewarding work and engaged citizenship LEARNER LEVEL Outcomes Indicators No achievement gaps COMMUNITY LEVEL Creating Conditions for Learning & Teaching Learner Centered Effective Educators Supported Families & Learners Variety & Innovation Culture of Ongoing Learning STATE LEVEL Steering the System Investing in Outcomes Support & Accountability Support & Elevate Education Professionals Standards & Assessments Policies & Research Longitudinal Data System Engaged Communities

3. Ready for School Key requests (Birth-age 3) • An integrated plan to provide home visiting for new families with cost information for scaling up. • Proposal for expansion of relief nurseries. • Proposal for systematic early identification of health and education challenges. • Proposals to form partnerships for parenting education.

4. Ready for School Key requests (ages 4-6) • Funding proposal for reliable school readiness measure. • Funding model for preschool services, tied to family income. • Demonstration grant proposals to integrate preschool with elementary school. • Capacity grant for preschool that includes outcomes measures.

5. Ready to Apply Math & Reading Skills Key Requests • Commitments in achievement compacts for greater performance – and any suggestions on policy or rule changes to achieve results. • Possible strategic grants to support improvement on math and reading, especially for disadvantaged learners.

6. On Track to Earn a Diploma Key Requests • Improvement goals as part of capacity grants. • Model for incentive payment for English Language Learning, tied to acquisition of English proficiency. • Model for allocating special education dollars to strengthen incentives for mainstreaming students.

7. Ready for College orCareer Training Key Requests • Increased graduation rates as part of achievement compact. • Proposal for an Incentive payment for college credits earned in high school. • Proposals for strategic grants for improving pathways from high school to college.

8. Learner Centered What does this mean? • A system organized around learners, rather than institutions or educators • Learning self-paced across subjects and time • Every learner with a cumulative record of achievement What does this look like? • New opportunities to create individual learning paths • A seamless experience; no abrupt ‘hand-offs’ • Data-tracking system – each learner, in real time Why is this important? • Intrinsic motivation the driver of learning • Individualized learning strategies key for those not succeeding in present system • A more financially efficient system

9. Effective Educators What does this mean? • Teachers prepared for digital generation learners • Higher standards for new teachers • Preparation for early-learners educators • Relevant professional development What does this look like? • Teachers in different roles than traditional instruction • Teachers trusted with more professional autonomy • More selective admissions to schools of education • Rewards for college / university teaching Why is this important? • Teacher quality the number-one driver of learner success • Lower teacher turnover in early career years • Higher professional standing for educators

10. Supported Families & Learners What does this mean? • Supported parents choosing learning approaches • Systematic integration of health / human services with school • Early start for all learners What does this look like? • Focus on results / expectations for all learners • One-stop experience for parents / learners • Well timed interventions Why is this important? • Reduction in drop-outs • More completions – diplomas / certificates / degrees • More efficient use of public dollars • More equitable opportunities for all learners

11. Variety & Innovation What does this mean? • Learning opportunities as differentiated as students • Culture of openness to trying new strategies • Organizations learning from what works • A variety of schools and colleges geared to today’s learners • Learners succeeding in cultural appropriate contexts • Strategic approaches to aligning with future jobs • Schools and colleges improving through innovations, as other industries do What does this look like? Why is this important? • Critical necessity of improvement • Design not performance as fundamental challenge • Key to Oregon’s future

12. Culture of Ongoing Learning What does this mean? • All learners reaching their potential • Learning to learn, rather than reciting information • Moving at individualized paces What does this look like? • More completions of diplomas / certificates / degrees • Learners needing more time getting more time • Learners moving fast, moving on • Robust information – jobs and education Why is this important? • Closing Oregon’s multiple achievement gaps • Response to changing demographics • A 21st century work force

13. Investing in Outcomes Where we stand • Oregon is shifting to outcomes budgeting • We do not currently report the return on the state’s education investments What we need • A lean infrastructure to support long-term outcome investing in education that includes • A permanent analysis staff • Research and analysis of demographic trends, cost drivers and other data to guide investment decisions • Progress reports for every program receiving state education funding What to do • Create a small office focused on outcome-based investing • Develop powerful, outcome-based accountability arrangements for the Governor, the OEIB and the legislature

14. Support & Accountability Where we stand • Multiple regulatory systems govern learners, educators and learning organizations • Regulations are often perceived as overly bureaucratic and punitive • Accountability is focused on following policies and procedures rather than on achieving educational outcomes • ODE offers support for K-12 educators and learning organizations, as do ESDs and other organizations, but less support exists for early learning and postsecondary • Support is not coordinated with regulation or intervention What we need • Systems for support and intervention should be separate but managed as a unified improvement strategy • The state should encourage a broad range of support strategies from many organizations • The state’s accountability system should encourage continuous organizational learning and dissemination of best practices and lessons learned • Prescribed best practices should be consistent with loose-tight framework What to do • Build a small P-20 office that supports learning organizations across the continuum of learning • Adopt an approach that features proactive outreach to learning organizations, specialized support as needed, and tools for sharing

15. Support & Elevate Education Professionals Where we stand • Oregon has a large force of great educators • Educators are facing increasing challenges and demands from changing demographics, new learning technologies and fiscal limitations • Research confirms that the quality of teaching has an enormous impact on the quality of learning and on learner’s future prospects What we need • A system that nurtures a highly effective cadre of educators throughout the educational continuum • Clearly-defined and meaningful teacher standards for the 21st century • Appropriate funding and steering that enables schools of education to meet these standards • Accountability for state investments in great educators What to do • Create a single, unified state steering function that produces and supports great educators • Provide recommendations for the content, form and funding of professional development, mentoring and career development • Provide recommendations on admission and achievement standards and curriculum for state-supported colleges of education

16. Standards & Assessments Where we stand • No statewide Kindergarten readiness standards or assessment • Oregon has adopted Common Core Standards for English and math in high school, and for teacher preparation • Implementing New Oregon Diploma, which also aligns with college entrance skill level requirements What we need • Universally adopted, vertically aligned (P-20) standards and assessments that measure content knowledge and essential skills • Both educator-based and standardized assessments that inform individualized instruction and enable self-paced progress toward proficiency • Seamless transitions and clear pathways to degree attainment What to do • Ask the Chief Education Office to create a single, integrated P-20 team to develop and continuously improve a set of standards, diplomas and certificates that achieve the state’s objectives.

17. Policies & Research Where we stand • Multiple systems of laws, policies and rules governed by uncoordinated agencies • No alignment with the principles of Oregon Learns, including the OEIB’s loose-tight strategy • Integrated set of high-level policies to govern Oregon’s P-20 system • Single state office to communicate and maintain policy framework • Greater accountability and flexibility for learning organizations to achieve expected outcomes • State-level policy office with research capacity • Emphasis on voluntary compliance and reduction of compliance burden What we need What to do • Ask the Chief Education Office to create a single, integrated P-20 policy support structure consistent with loose-tight framework.

18. Longitudinal Data System Where we stand • Data about Oregon learners exists in multiple uncoordinated systems, including education, health care, judicial, human services and corrections agencies • Each learner may have multiple identifiers across systems • Some important data is not currently collected • Information is not easily accessible to learner and their families What we need • High-quality, learner-level longitudinal data • A new data system designed specifically for P-20 integration • Appropriate access to data by learners, educators and investors • A reliable and consistent method for counting certificates earned by Oregon learners What to do • Define the fundamental data needs of learners, educators and investors • Develop a business case and request for proposals for a new integrated P-20 data system

19. Engaged Communities Where we stand • Many Oregonians lack a clear understanding of • The relationship between the state’s educational outcomes and economic vitality • The costs and issues associated with an outdated educational system • The benefits of Oregon Learns • Oregon’s educational system needs an informed and engaged public • Oregon’s learners need the active support of their communities • Oregon Learns requires communities and citizens prepared to make informed choices about educational investments What we need What to do • Oregon’s educational system needs an informed and engaged public • Oregon’s learners need the active support of their communities • Oregon Learns demands communities and citizens that are prepared to make informed choices about educational investments

20. K-12 Achievement Compact Outcomes • Progression: Are students making sufficient progress toward college and career readiness? • Ready for school, a kindergarten readiness assessment still under development and not required for the 2012-13 compact • Third Grade proficiency in reading and math • Sixth Grade on track, an attendance measure • Ninth Grade on track, a compound measure of attendance and credits completed • College and Career Ready: Are students completing high school ready for college or career? (Completion) • Four-year and five-year cohort graduation rates • Five-year completion rate • Post-secondary enrollment • Earning nine or more college credits • Equity: Are students succeeding across all buildings and populations? This is a count of schools on the federal Title 1 school improvement list or, in future years, what ODE defines as priority and focus schools, pursuant to the final terms of our NCLB waiver. • Local Priorities These are outcome measures proposed by a district board to be added to its achievement compact and approved for this purpose by the OEIB.

21. Higher Education Achievement Compact Outcomes • Are students completing their courses of study and earning certificates and degrees? (Completion) • Adult high school diplomas and GEDs • Certificates and Oregon Transfer Modules • Associate degrees • Transfers to four-year institutions • An outcome measure for completion of programs of study is under development for inclusion in future compacts. • Are students making progress at the college? • Are enrolled and complete developmental education Writing • Are enrolled and complete developmental education Math • Earn 15/30 college credits • Pass a national licensure exam • Are students making connections to and from the college? • Are dual enrolled in Oregon high schools • Are dual enrolled in OUS • Transfer to OUS • An outcome measure for employment after completion of degrees, certificates or programs of study is under development for inclusion in future compacts. • Local Priorities These are outcome measures proposed by a board to be added to its achievement compact and approved for this purpose by the OEIB.