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Common Core in Alabama. An Economic Argument for National Standards. Economic Impact of Dropout Reduction. Long-Term Economic Payoffs – Huge Gains in Alabama’s Economy. Per Capita GDP. If Alabama reduced dropout rates by 2 percent for each of 20 years.
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Common Core in Alabama An Economic Argument for National Standards
Economic Impact of Dropout Reduction Long-Term Economic Payoffs – Huge Gains in Alabama’s Economy Per Capita GDP If Alabama reduced dropout rates by 2 percent for each of 20 years Source: Southern Education Foundation, 2007.
Student Proficiency on State Exam Source: http://www.alsde.edu/general/AlabamaEducationReportCard_2010-11.pdf
Student Proficiency on National Exam Source: http://www.alsde.edu/general/AlabamaEducationReportCard_2010-11.pdf and http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Common Core Illustrated • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0
Benefits of Common Core State Standards • Alignment with expectations for college and career success (ACT) • Clarity for educators, parents and students • Consistency across all states • Inclusion of content and the application of knowledge through high-order skills • Benchmarked to highest state standards and standards of top-performing nations • Reality-based, for effective use in the classroom • Evidence and research-based Source: www.corestandards.org
Evolution of Workforce Requirements Trends in Types of Workforce Tasks, 1960-2000 Source: The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2003, by Autor, Levy and Murnane.
Education = Economic Growth *PISA = Program for International Student Assessment measures reading, math and science literacy in 15-year-olds Source: Andreas Schleichen Education Policy Advisor of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, January 2010