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Improving Achievement of Diverse Students Presented by Carol Rempp, Program Coordinator Multicultural and Native American Education Kim Malenoski, State Liaison North Central Comprehensive Center at McREL. Nebraska Framework. Rule 10 Multicultural Education Requirements
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Improving Achievement of Diverse Students Presented by Carol Rempp, Program Coordinator Multicultural and Native American Education Kim Malenoski, State Liaison North Central Comprehensive Center at McREL
Nebraska Framework • Rule 10 Multicultural Education Requirements • Implementation plan • Update report to local school board • Assurance statement to NDE • Equity and Diversity Handbook and School Improvement • Helps your district meet Rule 10 • Helps with your school improvement process
The Demographics • Student population in Nebraska is changing • 71% white/29% other races • Student achievement disparity • See charts on following slides • Free/Reduced Lunch increasing • 43% below the poverty line
The Demographics Public School K-12 Population-Nebraska
The Demographics Public School K-12 Population-Nebraska
Nebraska State of the Schools Report: Math NeSAState of the Schools Report 2011-2012 Grade 3 Grade 11 Grade 6 State State Minority
Nebraska State of the Schools Report: Math NeSAState of the Schools Report 2011-2012% Meeting and % Exceeding Criteria Scores of Meeting/Exceeding not reaching state score Red text: lowest in grade level for state
Nebraska State of the Schools Report Reading NeSAState of the Schools Report 2011-2012 Grade 3 Grade 11 Grade 6 State State Minority
Nebraska State of the Schools Report: Reading NeSAState of the Schools Report 2011-2012% Meeting and % Exceeding Criteria Scores of Meeting/Exceeding not reaching state score Red text: lowest in grade level for state
Where are these students located? http://www.education.ne.gov/mce/Map.html
Making the Handbook NDE and NCCC partnership, 2004 Research based Drafting the guide Collaboration to edit, 2011
Equity and Diversity Handbook Follows the CIP/Nebraska Framework format What does the guide contain? Why the forms? Where is everything? Taking a closer look
The Profile Student and community demographics, including all subgroups Student performance and behavior by subgroups Stakeholder perceptions about student differences Local practices and programs that address equity and diversity
Guiding Questions Have you disaggregated data to examine achievement among subgroups? Have you disaggregated data to examine possible disproportional placement of students identified in subgroups in special education? Have you disaggregated data to examine possible disproportional application of discipline procedures to students in subgroups?
Guiding Questions Have we identified predominant personal beliefs among school personnel about equity and diversity? Have we identified characteristics of our school culture related to equity and diversity?
Forms: DATA SET #1DEMOGRAPHIC DATA forEQUITY and DIVERSITY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING School: __________________________ Demographic Data Year: _____________________
Forms: DATA SET #2Student Performance Data for Equity and Diversity School Improvement Planning
Forms: DATA SET #3Perceptual Dat a forEquity and Diversity School Improvement Planning
Forms: DATA SET #4PROGRAM DATA forEQUITY and DIVERSITY SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING
What do we do now? The key question to ask yourself now is: What do the data tell us about our strengths and challenges as they relate to student equity and diversity in our school or district?
What’s next for the handbook? Roll out of the updated Nebraska Frameworks Toolkit—July 2012 District feedback—on-going Continued revision and updating as needed
If you always do what you’ve always done, you will always get what you’ve always got. Leadership: “To get men to do what they don’t want to do in order to achieve what they want to achieve” Tom Landry
Nebraska Department of Education PO Box 94987 Lincoln, NE 68509 (402) 471-2960 Carol Rempp Program Coordinator Multicultural and Native American Education carol.rempp@nebraska.gov www.education.ne.gov/mce Contact Information: