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Louisiana’s Participation in the College and Career Policy Institute September 21, 2009

Louisiana’s Participation in the College and Career Policy Institute September 21, 2009. “For too many graduates, the American high school diploma signifies only a broken promise.”.

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Louisiana’s Participation in the College and Career Policy Institute September 21, 2009

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  1. Louisiana’s Participation in the College and Career Policy Institute • September 21, 2009

  2. “For too many graduates, the American high school diploma signifies only a broken promise.” • The American Diploma Project (ADP) report Ready or Not: Creating a High School Diploma That Counts (2004) called attention to the critical gap between the expectations for high school graduation and those of postsecondary institutions and employers. Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 3

  3. American Diploma Project Network Agenda • Align high school standards with the demands of college and careers. • Require students to take a college- and career-ready curriculum to earn a high school diploma. • Build college-and career-ready measures into statewide high school assessment systems. • Develop reporting and accountability systems that promote college and career readiness. Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 4

  4. Four years later, the ADP Network includes 34 states educating nearly 85 percent of the nation’s students. ME VT WA ND NH MT MN MA NY OR WI RI ID SD MI CT WY PA NJ IA OH DE NE IN NV IL MD WV VA UT DC KY CO KS MO CA NC TN SC OK AR AZ NM GA AL MS TX LA FL AK HI Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 5

  5. Align High School Standards with theExpectations of College and the Workplace Since 2004, nearly half the states have revised their high school academic standards in English and/or mathematics to align them with the demands of postsecondary education and careers. This year, four new states report having adopted college- and career-ready standards in English and/or mathematics, bringing the total number of states with aligned standards to 23. Achieve |2009 CLOSING THE EXPECTATIONS GAP

  6. 23 states have aligned standards ME VT WA* ND NH MT MN* MA NY OR WI RI ID SD MI CT WY PA NJ IA OH DE NE IN NV IL MD WV VA UT DC KY CO KS MO CA NC TN SC OK AR AZ* NM GA AL MS TX LA FL AK Aligned standards formally verified by Achieve Aligned standards not verified by Achieve HI *Only math standards aligned Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 7

  7. 8 states plan to raise their requirements to the college- and career-ready level ME VT WA ND NH MT MN MA NY OR WI RI ID SD MI CT WY PA NJ IA OH DE NE IN NV IL MD WV VA UT DC KY CO KS MO CA NC TN SC OK AR AZ NM GA AL MS TX LA FL AK HI Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 8

  8. 12 States have PreK-20 longitudinal data systems and match student data at least once annually ME VT WA ND NH MT MN MA NY OR WI RI ID SD MI CT WY PA NJ IA OH DE NE IN NV IL MD WV VA UT DC KY CO KS MO CA NC TN SC OK AR AZ NM GA AL MS TX LA FL AK HI Achieve |2009 Closing the Expectations Gap 9

  9. Goals for Today • Invite feedback on section I (Goals) of the draft CCRPI plan Goals for Upcoming Meetings • Review remaining CCRPI sections: • Data Systems • Accountability and Assessments • Supports and Interventions • Early Warning Systems, Pathways, and Options

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