Full Council Meeting May 14, 2009 Governor’s Workforce Development Council

MN Education Updates College and Career Readiness Policy Institute/Education Commission of the States May 14 th 2009

MN Education Updates College and Career Ready Policy Institute – Partners Achieve (American Diploma Project) Jobs for the Future Data Quality Council Education Council National Governor’s Association (Best Practices)

MN Education Updates Time Line – MN one of eight states in accepted in project – Initial Assessment July 2008 – First joint state meeting November 2008 – Meeting with partners for assessment review January 2009 – Second joint state meeting March 2009 – First Draft due mid-June 2009 – Final Draft due mid November 2009

MN Education Updates Identified Work Groups – Policy Goals and Benchmarks Karen Klinzing MDE, Leslie Mercer MnSCU – Assessment and Accountability Systems Dirk Mattson MDE, Kent Pekel Uof M – MN Early Indicator and Response System (MEIRS) Cammy Lehr MDE, Keith Ryskoski Superintendent Stillwater

MN Education Updates Work groups continued – Dual Credit Sally Wherry MDE, Mo Amundson ETC – Data Elements and Data-Based Decision Making Cathy Wagner MDE, Barb Schlaefer MOHE

MN Education Updates First joint group and individual group meeting – May 1 st, 2009 What is College and Career Ready? – Ready for postsecondary education leading to a certificate, diploma, industry skill certification, AA, AS, BA, BS – How will we get there? Big question for work group discussion and policy drafts

MN Education Updates Dual Enrollment Committee – Target Group Underrepresented and low income students – Middle College – Re-entry opportunities – Identify Current PolicyDifferent practices across the state – Identify Current Practices – Different Language used across the state

MN Education Updates Where are we now? – Identifying current practices Credit transfer between institutions Bridge programming – How does Career Planning fit? – Identifying current language and terminology Make language consistent Consider national terminology?

MN Education Updates Education Commission of the States – April 21-22, 2009 Minneapolis Challenges Major Findings Recommendations Next Steps

MN Education Updates Questions? Comments? Mo Amundson