College and Career Readiness ?

DEFINITION  College Readiness Standards Detailed, research-based descriptions of skills and knowledge associated with what students are likely to know and to be able to do as they progress through high school.  College Readiness Benchmarks Establish college readiness as measured by performance on the Explore, PLAN, and ACT college readiness assessments. Benchmarks are the minimum English, reading, mathematics, and science assessment scores required for students to have a 50% chance of obtaining a B or higher, and a 75% chance of obtaining a C or higher, in the corresponding credit-bearing college course.  Students should be ready for college and/or the workforce by the time they graduate. All high school students, whether they are planning to enter the college or the workforce, should be educated to comparable levels of readiness in reading and math. (Ready for College and Ready for Work: Same or Different?, 2006)

What College and Career Readiness IS NOT  It is NOT Reading Level

ACT Research – “The Forgotten Middle”  ACT data show that fewer than 2 in 10 eighth graders are on target to be ready for college-level work by the time they graduate from high school. This means that more than 8 out of 10 eighth grade students do not have the knowledge and skills they need to enter high school and succeed there.  Under current conditions, the level of academic achievement that students attain by 8 th grade has a larger impact on their college and career readiness by the time they graduate from high school than anything that happens academically in high school.  The key is to intervene in upper elementary grades and in middle school  The process of preparing students to make successful transitions from middle school to high school is JUST as important as the process of preparing them to make successful transitions from high school to post-secondary education.

CURRENT Testing Progression at BHS  ACT Testing Series  9 th Grade – Explore Test  10 th Grade – PLAN Test  11 th Grade – ACT Test  College Board Series (SAT)  8 th Grade – Readistep  10 th Grade – PSAT  11 th Grade – PSAT / SAT Test

Proposed Testing Progression For BPS  Grades 3-10 ASPIRE  Grade 8 – Readistep (Pre-SAT)  Grade 9 – ASPIRE (Pre –ACT)  Grade 10 – PSAT (Pre-SAT)  Grade 11 – PSAT (Pre-SAT) for college-bound juniors  Grades 11 and 12 – SAT and ACT

Why Is This Important? Look at the #s!  Only 39 percent of ACT-tested 2013 graduates met three or more of the four ACT College Readiness Benchmarks. Conversely, 31 percent of graduates did not meet any of the benchmarks. ACT research suggests that students who don’t meet the benchmarks are likely to struggle in relevant first-year courses at two- and four-year colleges, which increases their risk of not succeeding in college (The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2013)  “Once again, our data show that high school success and college readiness are not necessarily the same thing,” said Jon Whitmore, ACT chief executive officer. “Too many students are likely to struggle after they graduate from high school. As a nation, we must set ambitious goals and take strong action to address this consistent problem. The competitiveness of our young people and of our nation as a whole in the global economy is at stake.”

 “It is critical that we identify and address problems in academic achievement early in a student’s academic career, so that they can get on track for readiness as soon as possible,” said Jon Erickson, ACT president of education. “This is not about college readiness alone but about readiness for taking the next step, whether it’s entering the workforce, attending a trade school, or enrolling in a two- or four-year college or university.”  Science remains the subject area in which students are least likely to be ready for college-level work; just 36 percent of test takers achieved the ACT College Readiness Benchmark in science.  SO….. What does our data look like?

CURRENT ACT BENCHMARKS College Course TestEXPLORE (25) PLAN (32) ACT (36) English CompositionEnglish Social SciencesReading College AlgebraMath BiologyScience192023

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met College Readiness Benchmarks YEAR # Students EnglishMathReadingScienceMet all %54%69%38% %75%83%33% %63%50%38% %54%62%31%19% %29%32%22%16%

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met ENGLISH College Readiness Benchmarks

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met MATH College Readiness Benchmarks

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met READING College Readiness Benchmarks

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met SCIENCE College Readiness Benchmarks

5 Year Trends – Percent of Students Who Met ALL 4 College Readiness Benchmarks

5 Year Trends – Average ACT Scores YEAR# StudentsEnglish (18) Math (22) Reading (22) Science (23) Composite

5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for ENGLISH (Benchmark 18)

5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for MATH (Benchmark 22)

5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for READING (Benchmark 22)

5 Year Trends - Average ACT Scores for SCIENCE (Benchmark – 23)

5 Year Trends Average COMPOSITE ACT Scores

Graduating CLASS of 2012 PLAN Data from 10 th grade ( ) BREMENNATIONAL English Math Reading Science

CLASS OF 2012  SAT / ACT

Graduating Class of 2013 ACT Data Bremen AverageBenchmark English Math Reading Science18.723

Class of 2013 ACT Data

CLASS of 2014 (Current Seniors) PLAN Data from 10 th Grade ( ) Bremen AverageBenchmark English Math Reading Science1821

Class of 2013 – ACT Data from School Year – District Testing Site

Cohort Group – Seniors (Class of 2014)  ACT (11 th Grade)  ON CD

Class of 2013 ACT in 11 th grade vs benchmark BREMENBenchmark English Math Reading Science18.724

Class of 2013 ACT Data taken as Juniors – 100 Students

Class of 2014 – PLAN vs Nation BremenNation English Math17.6 Reading Science Composite1717.2

Class of 2015 – Current Juniors

Class of 2105 BremenNation English Math Reading Science Composite BremenNation English Math Reading Science Composite EXPLORE PLAN ( )

CLASS OF 2015 EXPLORE Data – 9 th grade Bremen Average Benchmark English Math Reading Science PLAN Data – 10 th Grade ( ) Bremen AverageBenchmark English Math Reading Science19.621

Class of 2016 – EXPLORE Data Bremen AverageBenchmark English Math Reading1716 Science Composite16.2N/A

Class of 2016 – Explore Data BremenNational English Math Reading Science Composite

Class of 2016 – Current Sophomores

Next Steps  Disaggregate Data  Core Curriculum alignment  K-12 College and Career Curriculum  At-risk Students

Bremen Self-Reported Data from PLAN: Students Need Help in These Areas