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Are Illinois Students Ready for College/Career?

Are Illinois Students Ready for College/Career?. Mark Williams, Division Administrator Shangte Shen, Principal Consultant. March 16-17, 2011. A Blueprint for Reform. The Obama administration released its blueprint,… that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace,….

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Are Illinois Students Ready for College/Career?

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  1. AreIllinois StudentsReady for College/Career? Mark Williams, Division Administrator Shangte Shen, Principal Consultant March 16-17, 2011

  2. A Blueprint for Reform The Obama administration released its blueprint,… that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace,…

  3. Obama Administration’s Goal: We must achieve a new goal, that by 2020, the United States will once again lead the world in college completion.

  4. Every student should graduate from high school ready for college and a career.

  5. Awarded Funds from Federal School Improvement Grant (SIG), Perkins, 21st Century, Title I, Title II, Title III, etc.

  6. Do you know… Four of every 10 new college students, including half of those at 2-year institutions, take remedial courses, and many employers comment on the inadequate preparation of high school graduates

  7. Strategies: • For all challenged schools, districts: • expanded learning time, • supplemental educational services, • public school choice, • other strategies to help students succeed

  8. Illinois Teachers (All Schools) Average Teaching Experience (Years)

  9. Illinois Teachers (Career & Technical Education) % of CTE Teachers with Provisional Credentials

  10. CTE Teachers…

  11. Programs in Illinois SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM) Programs of Study (POS)

  12. Career Cluster Framework Career Cluster Framework Business, Marketing and Computer Education Technology and Engineering Education Family and Consumer Sciences Agricultural Education Health Science Technology

  13. Enrollments Roughly 55% of Grade 9-12 students (632,433 students in 2010) participate in CTE programs. 352076* *Predicted CTE enrollment counts using MA model

  14. What Happens to 100 Ninth Grade Students in Illinois? Posted on ACTE By James R. Stone III

  15. CTE Programs Work?! CTE programs retain high school students in schools!

  16. The success of a program can be gauged by the number of students that graduate from high school. Of the students that completed career and technical education training level programs, 95.3% CTE participants graduated from high school.

  17. Student Performances (College Bound Students Only)

  18. CTE Student Performances

  19. The Rates for College/Workplace 61.7% of the CTE students enrolled in college and 77.6% of the CTE students were employed.

  20. School Choice & SES Supplemental Educational Services

  21. Gap Closing?

  22. Acknowledgement • Illinois State Board of Education • Division of Student Assessment • Shuwan Chiu, Principal Consultant • schiu@isbe.net • Division of Innovation and Improvement • Evelyn Deimel, Principal Consultant • edeimel@isbe.net • Marti Woelfle, Principal Consultant • mwoelfle@isbe.net • Carol Diedrichsen • diedrichsen@comcast.net • Illinois CTE Curriculum Revitalization Project • Mary Waters, Director • mary@watersedgeconsulting.net

  23. Thank you! See you in 2012

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