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Improving High Schools Performance Goals and Characteristics of High-performing High Schools

Improving High Schools Performance Goals and Characteristics of High-performing High Schools. High-performing High Schools Are About:. Rigor/Focus Relevance/Engaging Assignments Relationships/Support Improved Transitions Leadership.

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Improving High Schools Performance Goals and Characteristics of High-performing High Schools

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  1. Improving High Schools Performance Goals and Characteristics of High-performing High Schools

  2. High-performing High Schools Are About: Rigor/Focus Relevance/Engaging Assignments Relationships/Support Improved Transitions Leadership Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  3. 1. High-performing Schools:Have Functional High School Performance Goals • High school graduates are ready for postsecondary studies and a career – college and career readiness • 90% of students entering grade nine graduate four years later with a real diploma – high school graduation • Entering ninth-graders are performing at the basic level and above in reading, mathematics and science on NAEP-like exams – middle to high school transition Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  4. College and Career Readiness:ACT Gains in SREB States 1994-2004 SouthernRegionalEducationBoard Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  5. College and Career Readiness Percent of Public High Schools With Students Taking Advanced Placement Exams 2003 Fewer than 60% 60% to 74% 75% or more United States: 66% SREB: 78% Louisiana: 22% Source: The College Board Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  6. College and Career Readiness AP Exams per 1,000 Juniors and Seniors* 2003 *Includes students at public and private schools Source: The College Board Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  7. College and Career Readiness: Louisiana Percent of Career/Technical Students Scoring At or Above the Basic Level on the High Schools That Work Reading Assessment by Completion of English Curriculum, 2004 Source: Special Analyses of 2004 High Schools That Work Assessment Data Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  8. College and Career Readiness: Louisiana Percent of Career/Technical Students Scoring At or Above the Basic Level on the High Schools That Work Mathematics Assessment by Completion of Mathematics Curriculum, 2004 Source: Special Analyses of 2004 High Schools That Work Assessment Data Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  9. College and Career Readiness: Louisiana Percent of Career/Technical Students Scoring At or Above the Basic Level on the High Schools That Work Science Assessment by Completion of Science Curriculum, 2004 Source: Special Analyses of 2004 High Schools That Work Assessment Data Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  10. High School Graduation:Percentage of Ninth Graders Who Do Not Graduate - 1990 and 2001 for SREB States SouthernRegionalEducationBoard Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  11. High School Graduation: Comparison of Two Different Methods SREB States SouthernRegionalEducationBoard Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  12. High School Graduation: Ninth Grade Bulge in SREB States 1990-2000 SouthernRegionalEducationBoard Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  13. High School Graduation:Percentage of 12th-Grade Enrollment and Diplomas Awarded in Spring/Summer Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  14. High School Graduation:9th-Grade and 8th- Grade Bulge in Louisiana Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  15. High School Graduation: Number of Low-promotion Schools SouthernRegionalEducationBoard Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  16. 75 High- and Low-performing Schools with Comparative Students Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  17. 2. High Performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Completing Recommended Academic Core – Rigor • Four credits in college-prep/honors English • Four mathematics credits – Algebra I, geometry, Algebra II and above • Three science credits at the college-prep level; four credits with a block schedule • Three years of social studies • Mathematics in the senior year Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  18. High-performing Schools:Comparison of High- and Low-performing Schools by Recommended Curriculum Areas – Rigor Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  19. 3. High-performing Schools:Students Complete a Concentration – Focus • Mathematics and science concentration – four credits in each field, with at least one at the Advanced Placement level • Humanities concentration – four credits each in college-prep-level language arts and social studies, with at least one at the Advanced Placement level and four additional credits from foreign language, fine arts, journalism, debate, etc. • Career/technical concentration – four credits in a planned sequence of courses within a broad career field – pre-engineering, health/medical science, etc. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  20. High-performing Schools:Completion of Concentrations at High- and Low-performing Schools – Focus Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  21. 4. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Experience High Expectations Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  22. 5. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Literacy Experiences – Engaging Instruction Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  23. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Literacy Experiences – Engaging Instruction Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  24. 6. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Numeracy Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  25. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Numeracy Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  26. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Numeracy Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  27. 7. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Science Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  28. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Science Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  29. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Science Experiences – Relevance/Engaging Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  30. 8. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage Have Intensive Extra Help – Relevance/Relationship Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  31. High-performing Schools:Extra-help Strategies – Support/Relationship • Offer before/after school teacher-led extra-help sessions • Tutorial classes during the school day • Peer tutoring • Computer-based instruction • Immediate retake opportunities for failed courses – after school, summer Web-based instruction. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  32. 9. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Guidance Experiences – Focus/Support/Relationship Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  33. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Students Have Intensive Guidance Experiences – Focus/Support/Relationship Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  34. 10. High-performing Schools: Higher Percentage of Students See Importance of High School – Relevance/Focus/Relationship/Rigor Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  35. High-performing Schools: Higher Percentage of Students See Importance of High School – Relevance/Focus/Relationship/Rigor Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  36. 11. High-performing Schools:Provide More Students Access to High-quality Career/Technical Studies – Relevance • Industry-certified teachers and programs • Students working for college credit and/or employer certification exam • Active advisory committees • Access to off-campus career/technical courses – Web-based, etc. • Offer youth apprenticeship opportunities • Integrate academic studies Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  37. 12. High-performing Schools:Have Developed Middle Grades to Ninth Grade Transition Program – Transition • Getting students ready for CP English: a ninth grade catch up course • Getting students ready for real Algebra: a ninth grade catch-up course • Summer Program • Curriculum alignment with middle grades schools • Orientation of students and parents to the demands of high school Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  38. 13. High-performing Schools:Have Developed a High School to College and Career Transition Program – Transition Use the senior year to: • Allow students who are ready to earn college credit • Get unprepared students ready for college • Prepare those not planning for college to earn a certificate or pass an employer certification exam • “Save the seniors” Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  39. 14. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Teachers Report Intensive School Improvement Efforts – LeadershipDestrehan High School, LA Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  40. High-performing Schools:Higher Percentage of Teachers Report Intensive School Improvement Efforts -- LeadershipDestrehan High School, LA Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  41. What can states do to increase graduation rates and achievement? High-performing Schools: Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  42. Hold schools accountable to increase annually the percentage of graduates completing the recommended academic core and who complete a mathematics and science, humanities or career concentration. Require schools to have an effective transition program from middle grades to high school. High-performing Schools: Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  43. High-performing Schools: 3. Require schools to develop an extra-help system aimed to assist students to recover when they fail a grade or a course and to pass high-stakes exams. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  44. High-performing Schools: 4. Require that every student develop a five-year program of study that covers four years of high school and one year beyond. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  45. High-performing Schools: 5. Provide students access to quality career/technical studies in high-demand, high-paying career fields. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  46. High-performing Schools: 6. Require every high school teacher – academic, technical, fine arts and other – to be trained in how to use content-literacy skills and study skills to help students become independent learners in the teacher’s subject matter. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  47. High-performing Schools: 7. Require every high school to develop a formalized initiative for the transition from high school to college and careers. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  48. High-performing Schools: • Expand the use of technology in high school to improve achievement in core academic courses to help students recover when they fail a course and to meet standards on exit exams. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  49. High School Graduation: 9. Examine state policies and their impact on improving graduation rates. Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

  50. High School Graduation: Does allowing 16 and 17 year-old students to take the GED encourage dropping out? Louisiana - Baton Rouge 12-01-04

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