Kansas Leads the World in the Success of Each Student. Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education

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ACT and ACT WorkKeys  The Kansas Legislature appropriated funds for a statewide contract to provide one free ACT assessment and one free WorkKeys suite of assessments to all high school juniors and any seniors who haven’t had the opportunity to take them. A student may complete one or both of the assessments. ACT and WorkKeys are not required assessments.  

ACT and ACT WorkKeys Test Dates The ACT: Taken on Paper Initial test date: Feb. 20, 2019 Makeup (absences only): April 2, 2019 Accommodations testing window: Feb. 20-March 6, 2019 Makeup accommodations testing window (absences only): April 2-April 8, 2019   The ACT: Taken Online Online testing window: February 20 – February 28, 2019 (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) The WorkKeys: Taken on paper Initial test date: Feb. 21, 2019 Makeup test date (absences only): April 3, 2019 Accommodations testing window: Feb. 21-March 7, 2019  

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Business Entrepreneurship and Management 115 Marketing 106 Pathway Name Count Family, Community & Consumer Services 236 Construction & Design 230 Business Finance 194 AV Communications 187 Web & Digital Communications 180 Comprehensive Agriculture Science Pathway 170 Power, Structural, & Technical Systems Visual Arts Pathway 133 Restaurant and Event Management 131 Manufacturing 116 Business Entrepreneurship and Management 115 Marketing 106 Health Science 103 Teaching/Training Engineering & Applied Mathematics 82 Early Childhood Development & Services 77 Mobile Equipment Maintenance Pathway 63 Programming & Software Development 54 BioChemistry 47 Plant Systems Pathway BioMedical 46

Microsoft research on next several slides…

Research from Microsoft… “The ways people interact, socialize, and work are shifting rapidly. By the time the kindergartners of today become the graduates of 2030, the world will be vastly different from anything previous generations have experienced.”

Research from Microsoft… A dominant theme of our findings is a need for greater student-centricity and a heightened focus on learners. The students we surveyed were clear: they want to develop the skills to navigate their own learning—to explore and make choices that unlock their curiosity and potential. And they want teachers who know and understand them as individuals to help guide them on their educational journey.

Research from Microsoft… "Personalized learning, optimized and scaled by technology, will play a critical role in shifting from an education model driven by standardized courses and curricula to a student-centered model customized to individual needs with a greater emphasis on social-emotional skills. Tools that support personalized learning approaches will elevate, rather than diminish, the critical role of the teacher. Indeed, teaching, as a profession is projected to grow by 3 to 9 percent in the next decade. But teaching will shift to more of a coaching model, as technology advances allow teachers to spend less time on routine tasks and give them new ways to understand and interact with their students."

Research from Microsoft… “Our research also indicates new thinking and practices are needed to ensure students develop both the cognitive and social-emotional skills necessary to succeed in their personal and professional lives. While the class of 2030 will need deeper cognitive skills in priority areas such as creativity and problem solving, social-emotional skills such as relationship building, self-awareness, and self-recognition will be increasingly important, since they not only support academic learning but also promote well-being.”

Is Social-Emotional Growth just an add-on? “The strongest signal from our study was the need for teachers, schools, and school leaders to help students develop stronger social-emotional skills. While not new in education, these skills are newly important and are taking center stage alongside cognitive skills and content knowledge in the classroom and in the workforce.”

Change structures to do both! “Studies show social and emotional competencies can increase cognitive skills, measured by academic achievement tests, by up to 11 percent. In fact, student mindsets are twice as predictive of a student’s academic achievement than their home environment or demographic, according to a McKinsey analysis.”

What Leaders must do NOW! “Will need to prioritize social-emotional skills and personalized learning approaches high on their agendas, clarify standards and expectations, and determine how to measure their benefits. The promise of these approaches to build social capital and meet the needs of a dynamic workforce are critical to the function of schooling. In order to scale success, system leaders must provide opportunities for school leaders and their teachers to explore current and emerging technologies and the role they play in developing social-emotional skills and personalized learning. In essence they must ‘redesign’ the current system.”

89% #1 Time to Redesign Schools! BUSINESSES NEED STUDENTS NEED SKILLED TALENT Employability skills executives: of all first-time hires who lose their job do so because of a lack of employability skills 89% SKILLED TRADE WORKERS: hardest jobs to fill #1  

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES LACKING… Professionalism/Work Ethic . . . . . . . . . 80.3% Teamwork/Collaboration . . . . . . . . . . . 75.7% Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 70.8% Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . 63.4% Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . . . 57.5% Information Technology Applications. 53.0% Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . 52.7% Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52.1% Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . … 42.5% Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36.3%   Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

TWO YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING… Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . . . . 83.4% Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . 82.7% Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.0% Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . . . . 72.2% Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71.5% Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . . 70.6% Information Technology Applications. . 68.6% Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . . . 58.3% Diversity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56.9% Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45.5%   Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

FOUR YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING… Verbal Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.4% Teamwork/Collaboration. . . . . . . . . . . . 94.4% Professionalism/Work Ethic. . . . . . . . . . . 93.8% Written Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . 93.1% Critical Thinking/Problem Solving. . . . . 92.1% Ethics/Social Responsibility. . . . . . . . . . 85.6% Leadership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.8% Information Technology Applications. 81.0% Creativity/Innovation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.0% Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction. . . . . . 78.3%   Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

Kansans Can Competencies Gaumer Erickson, A.S., Soukup, J.H., & Noonan, P. (2013). College & Career Competency Wheel. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning. Derived in part from Pellegrino, J.W., & Hilton, M.L. (Eds.). (2012). Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

Recognition

Risk Factors Cumulative Poverty Chronic Absenteeism Mobility Risk Factors that influence success Cumulative Poverty Chronic Absenteeism Mobility Disabled Student Population

Districts that outperform their predictive rate above .40 effect size. Commissioner Award Districts that outperform their predictive rate above .40 effect size.

KANSAN CAN RECOGNITION Diamond Gold Silver Bronze Copper

GOLD SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL Gold KINDERGARTEN READINESS INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION State Assessments 75% at Levels 3/4 ACT Employability - WorkKeys Technical Skills CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GRADUATION RATE 95%+ POSTSECONDARY Effective Rate 70%+

GOLD Sample District SILVER COPPER BRONZE Not recognized SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL GOLD KINDERGARTEN READINESS INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY Not recognized PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION COPPER BRONZE SILVER CIVIC ENGAGEMENT GRADUATION RATE POSTSECONDARY EFFECTIVENESS

Prepared for High School Graduation GOLD 75%+ Levels 3/4 SILVER 60 – 74% Levels 3/4 BRONZE 50 – 59% Levels 3/4 COPPER 35.5 – 49% Levels 3/4

High School Graduation GOLD 95%+ SILVER 93 – 94.9% BRONZE 90 – 92.9% COPPER 87.5 – 89%

Post Secondary Effectiveness GOLD 70%+ SILVER 60 – 60.9% BRONZE 50 – 59.9% COPPER 46.2 – 49%

Kansas School Redesign Principles Student Success Skills Family, Business, and Community Partnerships There is an integrated approach to develop student social-emotional learning. Partnerships are based on mutually beneficial relationships and collaboration. Personalized Learning Real World Application Teachers support students to have choice over their time, place, pace and path. Project-based learning, internships, and civic engagement makes learning relevant.

Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas. Kansans Can achieve anything and, together, Kansans Can lead the world in the success of each student.