Carmel Martin Assistant Secretary for Planning, Evaluation, and Policy Development - Tuesday, July 28, U.S. Department of Education Vision and Initiatives

Post-Secondary All graduates have opportunities for success in the 21 st century economy Birth to Age 5 Secondary (Grades 6-12) All students graduate high school on time prepared for at least one year of post-secondary Elementary (Grades K-5) All students enter middle school with the foundational skills to tackle advanced subjects All kindergarten students arrive ready to learn “By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” President Barack Obama, February 24, 2009

Key K-12 reforms 3 Raise standards and improve assessments. Build robust data systems that track student progress and improve practice. Recruit, retain and support effective educators, and ensure that they are equitably distributed. Turn around low- performing schools, focusing on dropout factories and their feeder schools.

State Longitudinal Data Systems $250 million in Recovery Act; $65 million request for FY2010. Grants to support states in working with state agencies and LEAs to establish seamless data systems. New focus on coordination: early education, K-12, post- secondary education, workforce. Getting information into the hands of users (teachers, parents, school leaders) so that they can best support students and make instructional and program decisions. 4

ARRA Formula Funds 5 Historic influx of funding to all states creates strong foundation for reforms. ProgramFY09ARRA FY10 Request State Fiscal Stabilization Fund$48.6b Title I Grants to LEAs$14.5b$10b$13b IDEA Part B Grants to States$11.5b$11.3b$11.5b Education Technology$269.9m$650m$100m

ARRA Competitive Grants 6 Targeted competitive grants raise the bar on standards, talent, data, and turnaround. ProgramFY09ARRA FY10 Request Race to the Top$4.35b Title I School Improvement Fund$545m$3b$1.5b Innovation Fund$650m$100m State Longitudinal Data Systems$65m$250m$65m Teacher Incentive Fund$97m$200m$517m Total$0.7b$8.45b$2.2b

SFSF Metrics: Human Capital 7 EXAMPLES:  Number and percent of teachers in the highest-poverty and lowest-poverty schools in the state who are highly qualified.  Number and percent of teachers and principals rated at each performance level in each local educational agency’s (LEA’s) evaluation system.  Number and percent of LEA teacher and principal evaluation systems that require evidence of student achievement outcomes. Distribution of teachers by performance level by school. Description of the teacher evaluation system.

SFSF Metrics: Data Systems 8 EXAMPLES:  Which of the 12 elements described in section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. 9871) are included in the State’s statewide longitudinal data system.  Whether the State provides teachers of reading/language arts and mathematics in grades in which the State administers assessments in those subjects with data on the performance of their students on those assessments that include estimates of individual teacher impact on student achievement, in a manner that is timely and informs instruction.

SFSF Metrics: Standards & Assessments 9 EXAMPLES:  Whether the state has developed and implemented valid and reliable assessments for students with disabilities and the percent of students with disabilities tested on state mathematics and English Language Arts (ELA) assessments.  Whether the state has developed and implemented valid and reliable assessment for English language learners and the percent of English language learners tested on state mathematics and ELA assessments.  Whether the most recent state reading and mathematics NAEP scores is on State Report Cards;.  The number and percentage of students by school who graduate high school and go on to complete at least one year’s worth of college credit (as applicable to a degree) within two years. #/% of students who graduate from high school using the 4 year adjusted cohort rate. #/% who enroll in IHE. #/% who complete one year’s worth of credit in two years.

SFSF Metrics: Struggling Schools 10 EXAMPLES:  The number of schools in school improvement status that have demonstrated substantial gains in student achievement, closed, or consolidated within last three years.  Of the schools in school improvement status, the number of schools in the bottom five percent that have demonstrated substantial gains in student achievement, closed or consolidated within the last three years.  Whether the state allows charter schools and whether there is a cap restricting the number of such schools, the number of charter schools currently operating in the state, and the number of charter schools closed for academic, financial or purposes.

College Access and Completion: Goals We will work with states to: Strengthen state and community colleges. Ensure college readiness among high school graduates. Expand access to and awareness of federal financial aid, so that financial barriers do not prevent students from going to college. Dramatically increase need-based aid, access to loans and expand tax credits. 11

Postsecondary Initiatives ProgramFY10 Request Pell Grants$28.7 billion / $5,500 maximum Perkins Loans$6 billion Federal TRIO Programs$905.1 million College Access & Completion Fund$500.0m Title III Aid for Institutional Dev.$465.5m GEAR UP$313.2m 12 Shorter, simpler, and more user friendly Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Major initiatives and funding streams include:

Community College Initiatives Innovation - $6.3b over 10 years Series of competitive grants to institutions, states and consortia. Includes both Community College Challenge Grants and the College Access and Completion Fund Institutional Reform and Strategies for college completion Modernization - $2.5b one time – leveraged for $10b impact Many community college facilities are over 50 years old. Funds would expand colleges’ ability to meet employer and student needs. Online learning - $50m per year for 10 years Create state-of-the-art high quality courses that would be freely and widely available to help students gain knowledge, skills, and credentials they need for both college and career. 13

Looking Ahead: Workforce Investment Act Reauthorization Modernizing adult education. Ensuring better coordination of programs for those eligible for vocational rehabilitation. Addressing the needs of disconnected youth. Revitalizing community colleges as engines for economic development. Improve postsecondary data systems. 14