The Kentucky Department of Education and the Human Development Institute University of Kentucky College and Career Readiness for Students Using Alternate Assessments Abstract The College and Career Ready Initiative of the Kentucky State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) will develop a College and Career Readiness accountability model for students with low incidence (LI) disabilities through collaboration the State Education Agency, Local Education Agencies, and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and, subsequently, develop, pilot, and implement a CCR curriculum for students with LI, based upon the accountability model. Abstract The College and Career Ready Initiative of the Kentucky State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG) will develop a College and Career Readiness accountability model for students with low incidence (LI) disabilities through collaboration the State Education Agency, Local Education Agencies, and the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR) and, subsequently, develop, pilot, and implement a CCR curriculum for students with LI, based upon the accountability model. How College and Career Ready are Kentucky Students using Alternate Assessment ? Our Approach ~ Build a College and Career Ready (CCR) model for Students Participating in Kentucky’s Alternate Assessment by Utilizing evidence based practices as the framework for the developing model And Incorporating tools/practices currently in use as components of the model Our Approach ~ Build a College and Career Ready (CCR) model for Students Participating in Kentucky’s Alternate Assessment by Utilizing evidence based practices as the framework for the developing model And Incorporating tools/practices currently in use as components of the model Steps Taken So Far: 1.Reviewed Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards (KOSSA) and pulled those skill standards salient for population of youth participating in Alternate Assessment (inter-rater reliability) 2.Cross-walked identified, salient KOSSA with US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Skills to Pay the Bills research and curriculum (2012) 3.Developed Employability and Foundational Academic Standards Alternate Assessment/Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) based upon the above cross-walk 4.Developed Kentucky Work Based Learning Certificate (KWBLC) Model Steps Taken So Far: 1.Reviewed Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards (KOSSA) and pulled those skill standards salient for population of youth participating in Alternate Assessment (inter-rater reliability) 2.Cross-walked identified, salient KOSSA with US Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy’s Skills to Pay the Bills research and curriculum (2012) 3.Developed Employability and Foundational Academic Standards Alternate Assessment/Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR) based upon the above cross-walk 4.Developed Kentucky Work Based Learning Certificate (KWBLC) Model Tools/practices currently in use: 1.Transition Attainment Record (TAR) a). Alignment to College Readiness- Grade 8 b). Alignment to College/Career Readiness- Grade Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards (KOSSA) Tools/practices currently in use: 1.Transition Attainment Record (TAR) a). Alignment to College Readiness- Grade 8 b). Alignment to College/Career Readiness- Grade Kentucky Occupational Skill Standards (KOSSA) Evidence based practices framework: Person Centered Transition Planning Paid Work Experience While in High School Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities Evidence based practices framework: Person Centered Transition Planning Paid Work Experience While in High School Participation in Extra-Curricular Activities The KWBLC will correspond with the requirements of Career Ready-Technical component of Accountability Model and will: Guide technical career readiness by providing a framework for experiential career education Facilitate student employment prior to high school exit and/or facilitate student identifying post-secondary coursework needed based upon career interests The KWBLC will correspond with the requirements of Career Ready-Technical component of Accountability Model and will: Guide technical career readiness by providing a framework for experiential career education Facilitate student employment prior to high school exit and/or facilitate student identifying post-secondary coursework needed based upon career interests College and Career Ready for the “1%” College Ready (1 point) Must meet Benchmarks on one of following: Career Ready (1 point) Must meet benchmarks for one requirement in Career Academic area and must meet one requirement in Career Technical area: Bonus- College AND Career Ready (1.5 points) Must meet at benchmarks on at least one from each area: College ReadyCareer Ready Academic Career Ready Technical College Ready Career Ready Transition Attainment Record revised (TAR-2) Employability Skills Attainment Record (ESAR)(based upon KY Occupational Skills and DOL Standards) Work-Based Learning Certificate (based upon KY Occupational Skills Standards & US Department of Labor Employment Polices ) TAR-2 Participate in at least two school extra- curricular activities Work-Based Learning Certificate Paid work experience while still in high school Kentucky’s College and Career Readiness Accountability Model for ALL Students Contact: Sammie Lambert, Kentucky Department of Education Jill Griffiths, Human Development Institute, University of Kentucky, National focus on CCR Common Core State Standards (CCSS ) Model Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students States defining what CCR means for general population of high school students through adoption of CCSS Alternative High School Diploma Elementary and Secondary Educational Blueprint for Reform Kentucky Senate Bill 1 The KWBLC will correspond with the requirements of Career Ready-Technical component of Accountability Model and will: Guide technical career readiness by providing a framework for experiential career education Facilitate student employment prior to high school exit and/or facilitate student identifying post-secondary coursework needed based upon career interests The KWBLC will correspond with the requirements of Career Ready-Technical component of Accountability Model and will: Guide technical career readiness by providing a framework for experiential career education Facilitate student employment prior to high school exit and/or facilitate student identifying post-secondary coursework needed based upon career interests