DAVID W. TEST NATIONAL SECONDARY TRANSITION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE CENTER JOANNE CASHMAN IDEA PARTNERSHIP MINDEE O’CUMMINGS THE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL CENTER College and Career Ready Resources for Teacher Educators

The Issue All students access high school curriculum Legislative mandates and initiatives in high schools include and impact students with disabilities Postsecondary education outcomes are not good

College Preparedness Variable African AmericanHispanicWhite 1.On-time grad. with regular diploma 55%58%78% 2. Left prepared for college 23%20%40% Summary of Graduation and College Preparedness by Ethnicity

: CCR: Reauthorizing NCLB/ESEA “ Every student should graduate from high school ready for college and a career, every student should have meaningful opportunities to choose from upon graduation from high school.” President Obama in Blueprint for Success, The administration has a goal that by 2020, the U.S. will return to having the highest proportion of college graduates in the world

So What’s Happening? Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and National Governors Association (NGA) developed and then released the Common Core State Standards June 2010 “fewer, clearer, higher” Federal grant funds: Race to the Top and Investing in Innovation required use of CCSS for applicants Currently 45 states & Washington, D.C. have adopted the standards

Assessment Consortia: General Assessments Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC)  Fiscal state: Florida (26 States)  Management partner: Achieve  Amount: $186 million SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC)  Fiscal state: Washington (31 States)  Management partner: WestEd  Amount: $176 million Rooney, 2011

PARCC States

SBAC States

Assessment Consortia: Alternate Assessment Dynamic Learning Maps Alternate Assessment System Consortium (DLMAASC)  University of Kansas (13 states) National Center and State Collaborative Partnership (NCSC)  University of Minnesota (3 centers and 19 States)

Dynamic Map States

NCSC States

Assessment Implementation School Year Technology audit of states and districts Writing and piloting test items Create item bank and digital resources Develop participation and accommodations policies Begin teacher institutes in “governing” states & School Years Enlarge field testing Continue state and educator professional development Design and implement test platform Setting performance level descriptors : first live administration

Are College and Career Ready the same? Academic skills only? Some suggest that being Career Ready involves more than core academic skills. What about employability skills and technical, job- specific skills? “Soft-skills” – problem solving, communication, teamwork, technology, adaptability…

College Readiness Key cognitive strategies Academic knowledge and skills Academic behaviors Contextual skills and awareness Conley (2007)

Career Readiness Work Based Learning Experiences (Luecking,2009)  Career Exploration  Job Shadowing  Work Sampling  Service Learning  Internships  Apprenticeships  Paid employment Self-Determination (Kearns et al., 2011)  Conley (2007) components of college readiness expanded to include self-determination

Can we Find the Right Balance? Need for standards Individualized to preferences, interests, and needs Shift as students get closer to graduation

Anxiety “…While I like the idea of everyone in the nation finally (with skepticism) being taught and held to the same academic standards, I wonder how that will have an impact on students with exceptionalities…” (Richard, on CEC blog)

Emerging Guidance College and Career Ready 101 at CCSS Collection at College and Career Development Organizer at

NSTTAC’s College & Career Readiness 101 College and Career Ready Standards Career Ready Standards  SCANS Skills  Career Clusters/Essential Standards Related Initiatives  21 st Century Skills  Next Generation Learners  P-16: Cradle to College and Career Ready  Race to the Top Examples of infusing transition skills into CCSS

Infusing Secondary Transition Skills into CCSS Table

Making Curricular Content More Meaningful and Relevant Standard: Congruence: Experiment with transformations in the plane Academic Context: Geometry class Real life Skill: Setting the table Instruction: Teach students about transformations in the plane using a place setting.

Real Life Skill: Transformations in the Plane

Slide

Rotation

NSTTAC Homepage

CCR Document for Download/Print

IDEA Partnership Resources Partnership Collection on Common Core State Standards Partnership Collection on Common Core State Standards  Guiding Principles  Fact Sheet  Grounding Assumptions  Needs of the Field  Glossary  Resource Guide  PowerPoint  Dialogue Guide

Partnership Collections An Introduction

Bridging tools to…  Translate research to practice  Build understanding  Use common language  Use by any stakeholder  Engage all stakeholders

To provide information…  Fact Sheet  Glossary  Resource Guide  PowerPoint with Presenter Guide

Fact Sheet Tools and materials available in the collection

Glossary User-friendly, plain English, definitions

Resource Guide Relevant resources, annotated for ease of use

Power Point with Presenter Guide Critical information and supports for the presenter

To initiate discussion…  Needs of the Field  Grounding Assumptions  Guiding Principles

Needs of the Field Gaps between current practice and vision of effective implementation in the future

Grounding Assumptions Fundamental concepts that ground implementation of the work

Guiding Principles Role definition and guidance in content development

To engage deeply…  Essential Elements  Dialogue Guides

Essential Elements Parameters of working together

Dialogue Guides Focused interactive conversations

To grow the work nationally…  Your voice

Looking at each component…  Fact Sheet  Glossary  Resource List  PowerPoint with Presenter Guide  Needs of the Field  Grounding Assumptions  Guiding Principles  Essential Elements  Dialogue Guides  Your Voice

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® National High School Center College and Career Ready Resources for Teacher Educators Mindee O’Cummings, Ph.D. 46

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® CCR Technical Assistance Network At-a-Glance Content Comprehensive Centers including the National High School Center State Education Agencies Local Education Agencies 16 Regional Comprehensive Centers (RCCs) Local High Schools OSEP TA&D Centers including NSTTAC and IDEA Partnership OSEP TA&D Centers including NSTTAC and IDEA Partnership IES Regional Labs IES Regional Labs CCR High School Students CCR TA and Service Providers, Resource Developers, and Stakeholder Groups CCR TA and Service Providers, Resource Developers, and Stakeholder Groups 47

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® CCR Challenges What it means to be college and/or career ready is neither explicit, shared, nor easily measurable 2.The mission, organization, structures, and cultures of many high schools aren’t currently designed to support CCR for ALL students 3.A wide variety of service providers and implementers are targeting specific components of the broader CCR landscape with only minimal alignment of their efforts

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® CCR Definitions Word Cloud 49

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® College and Career Development Organizer Goals and Expectations - College and Career Readiness –Core Content –Pathways Content –Lifelong Learning Skills Pathways and Supports - College and Career Preparation –Personalized Learning Supports –Rigorous Programs of Study –Aligned Resources, Structures, and Supports Outcomes and Measures - College and Career Success –On-track Indicators –Attainment and Authentication –Accountability and Improvement Feedback 50

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® Organizer and Additional College and Career Readiness Resources The Organizer and accompanying resources are located on the National High School Center’s Web site at: –College and Career Development Organizer [Brief] –Goals and Expectations for College and Career Readiness: What Should Students Know and Be Able to Do? –Pathways and Supports for College and Career Preparation: What Policies, Programs, and Structures Will Help High School Graduates Meet Expectations? –Outcomes and Measures for College and Career Success: How Do We Know When High School Graduates Meet Expectations? –College and Career Readiness Action Planning Template –Defining College and Career Readiness: A Resource Guide 51

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® College and Career Readiness Community of Practice Open online community for technical assistance (TA) providers and education stakeholders interested in college and career readiness implementation. Members of this interactive group can: –Interact with college and career readiness resources and tools as “social objects” –Participate in discussions around college and career readiness resources, strategies, and initiatives –Learn about upcoming events 52

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® College and Career Readiness Community of Practice

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® College and Career Readiness Community of Practice Use the navigation buttons on the group’s main page to: –Interact with college and career readiness resources –Interact with other members in discussion forums –Get information on college and career readiness events –Get tips for participating with the community –Ask for support 54

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® College and Career Readiness Archived Webinar Series 1.The Complexity of College and Career Readiness 2.College and Career Readiness and Linked Learning (co- hosted with the Alliance for Excellent Education) 3.College and Career Readiness and Students with Disabilities 4.Aligning Resources, Structures and Supports for Actualizing College and Career Readiness 55

© 2012 American Institutes for Research ® For more information on the National High School Center, please visit us online at Follow us on Twitter Become our Fan on Facebook Find us on YouTube: on Facebook Visit our Blog, For more information

Discussion Questions 1. How you might use the resources presented in your role as teacher educator/personnel development provider? 2. How can we best prepare professionals to provide secondary students with skills necessary to become college and career ready? 3. What are the barriers to preparing professionals to provide secondary students with skills necessary to become college and career ready? 4. How can we help develop knowledge of the complexities related to CCR that have been discussed in the session?

Additional Resources – resources and current information on the adoption and implementation of the Common Core State Standards – a curriculum mapping project for resources regarding instruction and curriculum design, associated with the Core Standards Collection on Core Standards Documents on Secondary Special Education issues, including College and Career Readiness assessment/index.html assessment/index.html

Contact Us David W. Test Joanne Cashman Mindee O’Cummings