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Common Core State Standards Indiana’s College and Career Ready Standards Every Child Every School Every Community College and Career Ready

Why? We care about our kids New beginning for our kids They move on with their lives They can obtain successful livelihoods in jobs, apprenticeships, military So they can go on to college They begin their lives as adults

But in reality..... What does that pretty little piece of paper mean? Not Much….  Varies from state to state

What should it mean? College and Career Readiness

The statistics are staggering.

30% of high school graduates who take the Armed Forces Qualification Test do not pass it.

For students going to Indiana community colleges: $35 Million is spent on remediation. Of those students receiving remediation, fewer than 25% will earn any degree. Approximately $27 million and

In Indiana, the lack of College and Career Readiness has led to a skills gap. 2.4 unfilled STEM jobs for every unemployed Hoosier.

In 2012, 54% of jobs in Indiana were classified as “middle-skill.” LPN Electrician Welders Truck Drivers Only 47% of Hoosiers have the skills and credentials for these positions. 13% of these jobs will remain unfilled.

5% of all jobs in Indiana are unfilled because of a lack of qualified workers to fill them. Nationally, it is 9%. Bureau of labor statistics

Another inherent problem with current standards Mobility 15-20% of American school children move in any given year. Students living below the poverty line are twice as likely to move as those living above it. In % of high school students in Indiana, roughly 1 in 6, switched high schools during the course of the school year.

These children receive very little protection under No Child Left Behind. Military students typically attend 6-9 schools between Kindergarten and 12 th grade. Mobility (continued) 1 in 6 third graders has attended 3 or more schools. 0and%20Student%20Achievement%20in%20an%20Urban%20Setting.pdf

4 year state colleges Community colleges Dept. of Defense Chambers of Commerce Industry Skilled labor Certification programs Formal apprenticeship programs Businesses who hire workers out of high school

What do you expect a high school graduate to know and be able to do on the day they graduate?

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The Standards Previous Taught how to do things Taught students to memorize Where When Indiana CCR Critical Thinking skills Why it works How to Problem Solve Analyze Synthesize

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WHY?

a/5 a/8 achievement-how-bad-is-it Understand.pdf We are graduating students from high school that can add fractions, but have no understanding about what a fraction is.

Math Cross walk IAS 2000 IAS 2014

IAS College and Career Ready Standard 2014

English Language Arts

80% of all adult reading is devoted to expository or nonfiction text.

Why?

IAS CCR 2014IAS RN.3.3: Analyze multiple accounts of the same event or topic, noting important similarities and differences in the perspectives the accounts represent. 5.RN.4.1: Explain how an author uses reasons evidence to support claims in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which claims Recognize main ideas presented in texts, identifying and assessing evidence that supports those ideas Distinguish among facts, supported inferences, evidence, and opinions in text. Example: Identify facts and opinions in a newspaper editorial or editorial page writer’s column. 5.RN.4.2: Combine information from several texts or digital sources on the same topic in order to demonstrate knowledge about the subject.

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College and Career Readiness

For more information contact: Lee Ann J. Kendrick, M.Ed. Regional Advocacy Specialist PTA.org

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