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© 2009 THE EDUCATION TRUST
It’s Up to Us: Going the Distance to Improve Results and Close Gaps
Governor’s Education SummitLansing, MI April, 2009
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First, some good news.After more than a decade of fairly flat
achievement and stagnant or growing gaps, we appear to be
turning the corner.
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Source:
Record Performance for All Groups
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Record Performance for All Groups
1973 1978 1982 1986 1990 1992 1994 1996 1999 2004150
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Not Much Progress
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NAEP Long-Term Trends, NCES (2004)
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Increases and Record Performance for All Groups
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NAEP Long-Term Trends, NCES (2004)
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Those trends have continued on “Main” NAEP Exams, too
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NAEP Grade 4 Math, Average Scale Scores Over Time
All Students, Nation
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/* Accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners not permitted.Proficient Scale Score: 249
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NAEP Grade 4 Math, Average Scale Scores Over Time
by Race/Ethnicity, Nation
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/* Accommodations for students with disabilities and English language learners not permitted.Proficient Scale Score: 249
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NAEP Grade 4 Math, Average Scale Scores Over Time
by Family Income, Nation
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 249
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Bottom Line:
When we really focus on something, we make progress!
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Clearly, much more remains to be done in elementary and middle school
Too many youngsters still enter high school way behind.
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But at least we have some traction on elementary and middle school
problems.
The same is NOT true of our high schools.
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Source:
Achievement Flat in Reading
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Achievement Also Flat in Math
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NAEP Long-Term Trends, NCES (2004)
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And gaps between groups are wider today than in 1990
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Source:
17 Year Olds – NAEP Reading
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17 Year Olds – NAEP Math
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Why so much less progress in our high schools?
Hormones?
If so, we’d see the same pattern in other countries.
And we don’t.
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In TIMSS Grade 4 and 8, US middle of pack. On the high school exam—
PISA—our rankings slip.
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Source:
Of 29 OECD Countries, U.S.A. Ranked 24thFin
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Problems are not limited to our high-poverty and high-
minority schools . . .
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Source:
U.S.A. Ranks Low in the Percentage of Students in the Highest Achievement Level (Level 6) in Math
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U.S.A. Ranks 23rd out of 29 OECD Countries in the Math Achievement of the Highest-Performing Students*
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U.S.A. Ranks 23rd out of 29 OECD Countries in the Math Achievement of High-SES Students
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Problems not limited to math, either.
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Science?
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Source:
Of 30 OECD Countries, U.S.A. Ranked 21stFin
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Higher than U.S. average Not measurably different from U.S. average Lower than U.S. average
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Even in problem-solving, something we consider an American strength…
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Source:
U.S.A. Ranks 24th Out of 29 OECD Countries in Problem-Solving
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Only place we rank high?
Inequality.
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*Of 29 OECD countries, based on scores of students at the 5th and 95th percentiles.
PISA 2003: Gaps in Performance Of U.S.15 Year-Olds Are Among the Largest of OECD
Countries
Rank in Performance Gaps Between Highest and Lowest Achieving
Students *
Mathematical Literacy 8th
Problem Solving 6th
Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), PISA 2003 Results, data available at http://www.oecd.org/
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Among OECD Countries, U.S.A. has the 4th Largest Gap Between High-SES and Low-SES Students
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These gaps begin before children arrive at the schoolhouse door.
But, rather than organizing our educational system to ameliorate this problem, we organize it to exacerbate the problem.
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How?
By giving students who arrive with less, less in school, too.
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Some of these “lesses” are a result of choices that policymakers make.
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Source:
National Inequities in State and Local Revenue Per Student
GapHigh Poverty vs. Low Poverty Districts
–$773 per student
High Minority vs. Low Minority Districts
–$1,122 per student
Education Trust analyses based on U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Census Bureau data for the 2005-06 school year.
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MICHIGAN? Less Spent Educating Children in High Poverty Districts, Too
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In truth, though, some of the most devastating “lesses” are a function of choices that we educators make.
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Choices we make about what to expect of whom…
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Source: Prospects (ABT Associates, 1993), in “Prospects: Final Report on Student Outcomes”, PES, DOE, 1997.
Students in Poor Schools Receive ‘A’s for Work That Would Earn ‘Cs’ in
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Choices we make about what to teach whom…
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Fewer Latino students are enrolledin Algebra 2
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African American, Latino & Native American high school graduates are less likely to have been
enrolled in a full college prep track
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Source: Jay P. Greene, Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates in the United States, Manhattan Institute, September 2003. Table 8. 2001 high school graduates with college-prep curriculum.
Full College Prep track is defined as at least: 4 years of English, 3 years of math, 2 years of natural science, 2 years of social science and 2 years of foreign language
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And choices we make about who teaches whom…
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More Classes in High-Poverty, High-Minority Schools Taught By Out-of-Field Teachers
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*Teachers lacking a college major or minor in the field. Data for secondary-level core academic classes.Source: Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania. Original analysis for the Ed Trust of 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey.
High poverty Low poverty High minority Low minorityNote: High Poverty school-50% or more of the students are eligible for free/reduced price lunch. Low-poverty school -15% or fewer of the students are eligible for free/reduced price lunch.
High-minority school - 50% or more of the students are nonwhite. Low-minority school- 15% or fewer of the students are nonwhite.
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Poor and Minority Students Get More Inexperienced* Teachers
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Source: National Center for Education Statistics, “Monitoring Quality: An Indicators Report,” December 2000.
*Teachers with 3 or fewer years of experience.
High poverty Low poverty High minority Low minority
Note: High poverty refers to the top quartile of schools with students eligible for free/reduced price lunch. Low poverty-bottom quartile of schools with students eligible for free/reduced price lunch. High minority-top quartile; those schools with the highest concentrations of minority students. Low minority-bottom quartile of schools with the lowest concentrations of minority students
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MICHIGAN: More Classes in High-Poverty, High-Minority Schools Taught By Out-of-
Field Teachers
*Teachers lacking a college major or minor in the field. Data for secondary-level core academic classes.Source: Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania. Original analysis for the Ed Trust of 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey.
High poverty Low poverty High minority Low minorityNote: High Poverty school-50% or more of the students are eligible for free/reduced price lunch. Low-poverty school -15% or fewer of the students are eligible for free/reduced price lunch.
High-minority school - 50% or more of the students are nonwhite. Low-minority school- 15% or fewer of the students are nonwhite.
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Results are devastating.
Kids who come in a little behind, leave a lot behind.
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African American and Latino 17 Year-Olds Do Math at Same Levels As White 13 Year-Olds
200 250 300 3500%
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Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP 2004 Trends in Academic Progress
Note: Long-Term Trends NAEP
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African American and Latino 17 Year-Olds Read at Same Levels As White 13 Year-Olds
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Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP 2004 Trends in Academic Progress
Note: Long-Term Trends NAEP
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And those are the students who remain in school…
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Source:
How Many Students Graduate With Their Class? (2006)
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Among High School Graduates, College-going is up for all groups.
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Immediate* College-Going Increasing for All Groups: 1980 to 2006
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College-Going Generally Increasing for All Income Groups
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Source: U.S Dept. of Education, NCES, The Condition of Education, 2008, Table 24-1
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But though college-going up for minorities, gains among whites have
been greater
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All Groups Up In College-Going from 1980-2006, But Gaps Also Increase
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And though college going up for low-income students, they still haven’t
reached rate of high income students in mid-seventies.
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College-Going Rates by Family Income
Year Low Income
Middle Income
High Income
1976 39% 41% 63%1986 34% 49% 71%1996 49% 63% 78%2006 51% 61% 81%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, The Condition of Education 2008. Indicator 24.
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What about graduation?
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Black and Latino Freshmen Complete College at Lower Rates
(6 Year Rates; All 4-Year Institutions)
Series10%
10%
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70%59%
41% 41%
64%
White Black Latino Asian
Source: U.S. DOE, NCES, 1995-96 Beginning Postsecondary Students Longitudinal Study, Second Follow-Up (BPS: 96/01) in U.S. DOE, NCES, Descriptive Summary of 1995-96 Beginning Postsecondary Students: Six Years Later. Table 7-6 on page 163.
Overall rate: 55%
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Add it all up…
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Different groups of young Americans obtain degrees at very
different rates.
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Some Americans Are Much Less Likely to Graduate From College
25-29 Year Olds with B.A. or Higher
White 35.5%
Black 19.5%
Latino 11.6%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES, The Condition of Education 2008. Indicator 25.
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Some Americans Are Much Less Likely to Graduate From College
Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, Number 156, June 2005, “Family Income and Higher Education Opportunity 1970 to 2003”
Note: SES is a weighted variable developed by NCES, which includes parental education levels and occupations and family income. “High” and “low” refer to the highest and lowest quartiles of SES.
B.A. Rate by Age 24
Young People from High SES Families 75%
Young People from Low SES Families 9%
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These rates threaten health of our democracy.
But even for those who don’t care much about that, they are particularly worrisome, given which groups are growing…and which
aren’t.
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Growth Differs Substantially by Group
African American
Asian
Latino
Native American
White
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Projected Increase in the Population of 25-64 Year-Olds, 2000 to 2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Projections
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Not surprisingly, our international lead is slipping away
We’re still relatively strong (although no longer in the lead) with all adults.
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U.S: 3rd Out of 30 OECD Countriesin Overall Postsecondary Attainment
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Source: 2007 OECD Education at a Glance, www.oecd.org/edu/eag2007. Note: data is for 2005.
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What Can We Do?An awful lot of Americans have decided that we can’t do much.
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Source:
What We Hear Many Adults Say:
• They’re poor• Their parents don’t care• They come to schools without
breakfast• Not enough books• Not enough parents
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But if they are right, why are low-income students and students of
color performing so much higher in some schools…
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Capitol View ElementaryAtlanta, Georgia
• 228 students in grades K-5– 96% African American
• 88% Low-Income
Georgia Department of Education
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High Achievement for All at Capitol View Elementary
Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 3 Grade 4 Grade 50%
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100% 98% 96% 95% 98% 100% 97%Students Overall (2007)
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Exceeding Standards at Capitol ViewAfrican American Students
Grade 3 Reading (2007)
Source: Georgia Department of Education, http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/findaschool.aspx?RPT=RC&RID=102&StateID=ALL
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Frankford Elementary School
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Frankford ElementaryFrankford, Delaware
• 449 Students in Grades PreK-5• 29% African American• 34% Latino• 34% White• 76% Low-Income
Source: Delaware Department of Education Online School Profiles, http://issm.doe.state.de.us/profiles/EntitySearch.ASPX
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Frankford ElementaryClosing Gaps, Grade 5 Reading
Source: Delaware Department of Education, DSTP Online Reports, http://dstp.doe.k12.de.us/DSTPmart/default.asp
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Frankford ElementaryClosing Gaps, Grade 5 Math
Source: Delaware Department of Education, DSTP Online Reports, http://dstp.doe.k12.de.us/DSTPmart/default.asp
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Frankford ElementaryHigher Proficiency Rates than the State,
2005 Grade 3 Reading
Source: Delaware Department of Education, DSTP Online Reports, http://dstp.doe.k12.de.us/DSTPmart/default.asp
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Frankford ElementaryHigher Proficiency Rates than the State,
2005 Grade 3 Math
Source: Delaware Department of Education, DSTP Online Reports, http://dstp.doe.k12.de.us/DSTPmart/default.asp
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Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior HighElmont, New York
• 1,945 students in grades 7-12– 77% African American
• 27% Low-Income
New York Department of Education
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Elmont: Out-Performing the StateSecondary-Level English (2006)
Source: New York Department of Education, https://www.nystart.gov/publicweb/
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Improvement and High Performance at Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High
2005 2006 20070%
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More Students Graduate at Elmont Memorial Junior-Senior High
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Very big differences at college level, too.
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Research InstitutionsSimilar Students, Different Results
MedianSAT Size % Pell % URM
Overall Grad Rate
URM Grad Rate
Penn StateUniversity
1,190 33,684 18.5% 7.4% 84.2% 68.8%
University of Wisconsin
1,260 27,869 13.7% 5.9% 76.7% 57%
University of Washington
1,200 24,540 23.2% 8.7% 74.3% 63.7%
Purdue University
1,145 30,579 18.4% 6.6% 66.4% 52.4%
University of Minnesota
1,165 28,910 18.4% 7.2% 60.7% 41.4%
Source: College Results Online 2005 data
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Masters Institutions – LargeSimilar Students, Different Results
Source: College Results Online 2005 data
MedianSAT Size % Pell
Overall Graduation
RateUniversity of Northern Iowa
1,045 10,167 26.5% 65%
Montclair State
1,045 10,664 27.1% 58.3%
Western Illinois
990 10,639 28.9% 55.4%
University of Wisconsin Whitewater
1,030 8,844 21% 50%
Southern Illinois Edwardsville
1,045 9,803 29.1% 44.8%
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Historically Black CollegesSimilar Students, Different Results
Source: College Results Online 2005 data
MedianSAT Size % Pell
Overall Graduation
Rate
Elizabeth City 835 2,390 65.6% 48.8%
Delaware State
810 3,111 52.1% 35.1%
University of ArkansasPine Bluff
775 2,931 75.3% 30.3%
Norfolk State 880 4,726 55.5% 29.2%
Coppin State 2,968 67.1% 20.2%
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Bottom Line:
At every level of education, what we do matters a lot!
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What about Michigan?
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Compared with other states?
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2007 NAEP Grade 4 Reading Average Overall Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/
National Average
Proficient Scale Score: 238
Michigan
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2007 NAEP Grade 4 Reading Average White Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 238
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 4 Reading Average Latino Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 238
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 4 Reading Average African American Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 238
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 8 Math Average Overall Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 299
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 8 Math Average White Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 299
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 8 Math Average Latino Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 299
National Average
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2007 NAEP Grade 8 Math Average African American Scale Scores by State
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, NAEP Data Explorer, http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/nde/Proficient Scale Score: 299
National Average
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At the college level?
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College Graduation Rates: Michigan Below Top States
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Michigan Lags in College Degrees
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College Costs for Low-Income Families: Michigan Higher than Most
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Needs-Based Aid to Help With College: Michigan Lower Than Most
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What Do We Know About How To Accelerate Success?
What do the high performers do?(Today, focusing mainly on lessons
from K-12)
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#1. They focus on what they can do, rather than
what they can’t.
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Some schools and districts get all caught up in “correlations”.
Spend endless time tracking:• Percent of babies born at low birth-weight• Percent of children born to single moms• Percent of children in families receiving
government assistance• Education levels of mothers
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“ Some of our children live in pretty dire circumstances. But we can’t dwell on that, because we can’t change it. So
when we come here, we have to dwell on that which is going to move our kids.”
Barbara Adderly, Principal,M. Hall Stanton Elementary, Philadelphia
The leaders in high-performing high poverty schools and districts don’t do that.
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#2. They don’t leave anything about teaching and learning to chance.
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Result? A System That:
• Doesn’t expect very much from MOST students
• Expects much less from some types of students than others.
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An awful lot of our teachers—even brand new ones—are left to figure out on their own what to teach and what
constitutes “good enough” work.
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Source: Prospects (ABT Associates, 1993), in “Prospects: Final Report on Student Outcomes”, PES, DOE, 1997.
‘A’ Work in Poor Schools Would Earn ‘Cs’ in Affluent Schools
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Students can do no better than
the assignments they are given...
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Grade 10 Writing AssignmentA frequent theme in literature is the conflict between the individual and society. From literature you have read, select a character who struggled with society. In a well-developed essay, identify the character and explain why this character’s conflict with society is important.
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Grade 10 Writing Assignment
Write a composition of at least 4 paragraphs on Martin Luther King’s most important contribution to this society. Illustrate your work with a neat cover page. Neatness counts.
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High Performing Schools and Districts• Have clear and specific goals for what students
should learn in every grade, including the order in which they should learn it
• Provide teachers with common curriculum, assignments
• Have regular vehicle to assure common marking standards
• Assess students every 4-8 weeks to measure progress
• Act immediately on the results of those assessments
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#3. They set their goals high.
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Elementary Version…
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M. Hall Stanton Elementary:Percent of 5th Graders ADVANCED
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High School Version…
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Even when they start with high drop out rates, high impact high schools focus on preparing all
kids for college and careers
Education Trust 2005 study, “Gaining Traction, Gaining Ground.”
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#4. Higher performing secondary schools put all kids
—not just some—in a demanding high school core
curriculum.
And those demanding courses are not just demanding in name only.
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The single biggest predictor post-high school success is the QUALITY AND INTENSITY OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUMCliff Adelman, The Toolbox Revisited, U.S. Department of Education
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College prep curriculum ALSO has benefits far beyond college.
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Students of all sorts will learn more...
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Source: USDOE, NCES, Vocational Education in the United States: Toward the Year 2000, in Issue Brief: Students Who Prepare for College and Vocation
*Grade 8-grade 12 test score gains based on 8th grade achievement.
Low Quartile Students Gain More From College Prep Courses*
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They will also fail less often...
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Challenging Curriculum Results in Lower Failure Rates, Even for Lowest Achievers
Source: SREB, “Middle Grades to High School: Mending a Weak Link”. Unpublished Draft, 2002.
Ninth-grade English performance, by high/low level course, and eighth-grade reading achievement quartiles
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And they’ll be better prepared for the workplace.
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Leading states are making college prep the default
curriculum.Texas, Indiana, Arkansas,
Michigan, Oklahoma, South Dakota, New York
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#5. Good schools know how much teachers
matter, and they act on that knowledge.
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Students in Dallas Gain More in Math with Effective Teachers
Students with Teachers in Lowest Quintile of Effectiveness
Students with Teachers in Highest Quintile of Effectiveness
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Beginning Grade 3Percentile Rank= 55
Beginning Grade 3Percentile Rank= 57
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Good teachers matter a lot.
But some groups of kids don’t get their fair share of quality teachers.
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High performing schools and districts…
• Work hard to attract and hold good teachers
• Make sure that their best are assigned to the students who most need them
• Chase out teachers who are not “good enough” for their kids.
N/A
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#6. In good systems, leaders are focused, relentless, and they
have the…
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The single biggest predictor post-high school success is the QUALITY AND INTENSITY OF
THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUMCliff Adelman, The Toolbox Revisited, U.S. Department of Education
But are most of our kids getting anything that even remotely resembles
INTENSE?
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…Courage to take on the tough parts.
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Preserving our freedoms as Americans has required courage, tenacity and a high level
of skill from generations of soldiers.
Today, it requires those same things of us.
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The children in these pictures are some of the lucky ones. Though they are poor…they live on the high
end of the gap because they attend schools that enable their students to soar.
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But most of the children who look like them aren’t so lucky. They live on the bottom side of the gap.
Not because they couldn’t learn…but because we didn’t bother to teach them.
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The most important agenda for all of us?
Turning that around.
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