Preparing Pennsylvania’s 21 st Century Workforce: An Education & Workforce Development Symposium

1. Preparing Pennsylvania’s 21st Century Workforce:An Education & Workforce Development Symposium Willard R. Daggett, CEO February 21, 2012

2. Point of Departure • Common Core State Standards

3. Point of Departure • Common Core State Standards • Next Generation Assessments

4. Created the Rigor / Relevance Framework® Point of Reference

5. Created the Rigor / Relevance Framework® Became framework for CCSS and NGA Point of Reference

6. Created the Rigor / Relevance Framework® Became framework for CCSS and NGA Lexile, Quantile and NESSresearch is helping define proficiency in NGA Point of Reference

7. Created the Rigor / Relevance Framework® Became framework for CCSS and NGA Lexile, Quantile and NESS research is helping define proficiency in NGA 5-year study with CCSSO and Gates Foundation Point of Reference

8. Created the Rigor / Relevance Framework® Became framework for CCSS and NGA Lexile, Quantile and NESSresearch is helping define proficiency in NGA 5-year study with CCSSO and Gates Foundation Work with the early implementers (RttT) Point of Reference

9. Major Changes • Fewer Standards

10. Major Changes • Fewer Standards • Higher Standards

11. Major Changes • Fewer Standards • Higher Standards • Application Based Assessments

12. Application Model • Knowledge in one discipline • Application within discipline • Application across disciplines • Application to real-world predictable situations • Application to real-world unpredictable situations

13. Implications for Career and Technical Education

14. Schools are Improving School Improvement

15. Schools are Improving Changing World School Improvement

16. Skills Gap

17. Schools are Improving Changing World School Improvement

18. Schools are Improving Changing World School Improvement

19. Schools are Improving School Improvement Changing World

20. CTE Implications • Interdisciplinary departments • Career Pathways

22. WHY – WHAT - HOW

23. WHY

24. The Changing Landscape • Technology

25. Semantic Web • Analyze Documents • Key words and headers (Google) • Meaning / Concepts • Wolfram Alpha • Complete Task

26. Implications • Homework • Term Paper

27. -Wolfram Alpha- • Will search all language and give you response in your language • Will respond in writing or verbally (in your language)

30. SPOT • Integrated Projection • Projection Keyboard

31. Projection Keyboard

32. Projection Keyboard and Projector

33. Consumer Electronics Conference • Contacts • Chips in devices to external to devices • Medical examples

34. The Changing Landscape • Technology • Financial

35. The Changing Landscape • Technology • Financial • Globalization

36. The Changing Landscape • Technology • Financial • Globalization • Demographics

37. why – WHAT - how

38. Common Core State Standards • Fewer • Clearer • Higher

39. Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) 1600 1400 Reading Study Summary 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) 1000 800 600 High School Literature College Textbooks Military High School Textbooks Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* College Literature * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

40. 2005 ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics

41. 2009 ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics

42. 2009 ProficiencyGrade 8 Mathematics

43. 2009 ProficiencyGrade 8 Reading

44. Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%) 1600 1400 Reading Study Summary 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) 1000 800 600 High School Literature College Textbooks Military High School Textbooks Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* College Literature * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics

45. Application Model • Knowledge in one discipline • Application within discipline • Application across disciplines • Application to real-world predictable situations • Application to real-world unpredictable situations

46. Rigor & Relevance and Student Engagement Willard R. Daggett, CEO February 20, 2012

47. Common Core State Standards • Fewer • Clearer • Higher • Different

48. C D A B 6 5 4 3 2 1 Application Levels Bloom’s 1 2 3 4 5

49. Rigor/Relevance Framework D C 3 B A • Calculate with numbers, including decimals, ratios, percents, and fractions. • Understand two-dimensional motion and trajectories by separating the motion of an object into x and y components. 2 1 1 2 3 4 5

50. Rigor/Relevance Framework D C 3 B A • Know the characteristics and phenomena of sound waves and light waves. • Understand the effect of sounds, words, and imagery on a listening audience. 2 1 1 2 3 4 5