1 WHY WE NEED INCREASED STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT

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Decrease (-) / Increase (+) in Jobs by Education Level, Source: Employment Policy Foundation Tabulation of Bureau of Labor Statistics More Education = More Jobs

High School Dropouts have 3½ times the Unemployment Rate of College Graduates Unemployment Rate, July Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey More Education = Less Unemployment

5 Source: Inherited Opportunity for Higher Education, Association for Institutional Research, May 16, 2006 More Education = Higher Wages $ Wages Wage Trends by Education Level

6 Source: New York Times, October 9, 2009 Incarceration Rate is 47 times higher for high school dropouts than for college graduates More Education = Less Crime

7 Source: Social Policy as Health Policy, S. Woolf, Journal of American Medical Association, March 17, 2009 The Mortality Rate is 3 times higher for high school dropouts More Education = Better Health

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9 Source: Digest of Education Statistics 2008, Page 59. …has doubled over the past 30 years K-12 Education Spending

10 …has coincided with the tripling in the number of teachers which has reduced the student-teacher ratio Source: Digest of Education Statistics, 2008, pg. 98; data through million 2 million 1 million million teachers 26.9 to million teachers 15.5 to 1 Number of Teachers Student-Teacher Ratio The Doubling of Spending…

11 Source: Wikipedia …SAT scores are flat or down Yet Student Performance Hasn’t Budged…

12 Source: U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Educational Statistics, National Assessment of Educational Progress (NEAP), various years, Long-Term Trend Reading Assessments. NAEP Scores are also Flat

The global market is fueled by innovation and intellect. United States students need high achievement to compete. 13

14 …twice as much TV as any other country Source: OECD Communications Outlook 2009, page 202 We Watch…

15 Source: Educational Testing Service, International Assessment of Education Progress, Learning Mathematics, 13-year-olds We Do Half as Much Homework

16 Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, PISA 2006 Results United States students score behind every major Asian and Western European nation and several Eastern European nations Math scores of 15-year-olds by Country United States Students are Behind in Math

17 Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, PISA 2006 Results United States students score behind every major Asian and Western European nation and several Eastern European nations Science Scores of 15-year-olds by Country United States Students are Behind in Science

18 Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, PISA 2003 Results United States students score behind China, Japan, Korea, Finland, Canada, Sweden, Iceland, France, Norway, Hungary, Poland… Highest Performing (Top 5%) Students Even Our Best Students are Behind

19 Source: NCES R, Highlights From TIMSS …the longer students are in school United States Students’ Performance Actually Declines…

20 Percentage agreeing or strongly agreeing Source: OECD Affirmative Response to Statement: “I get good marks in mathematics.” …relative to their international peers: self-esteem But United States Students Do Score Highly in One Area…

The Achievement Gap is Significant 21

22  Math  Reading Source: Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey, Kindergarten Cohort (1998), U.S. Department of Education from “Falling Behind,” Education Next, Fall 2004 Size of Gap-Standard Deviation Kindergarten …begins in Kindergarten and immediately worsens The Achievement Gap…

 Math 23 % Proficient by Economic Status  Reading Source: Minnesota Department of Education, 2010 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA-II) Results, 26 points 27 points Minnesota’s Achievement Gap: Points for Low-Income Students

 Math 24 % Proficient by Race  Reading Source: Minnesota Department of Education, 2010 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA-II) Results, Minnesota’s Achievement Gap: Points for Minority Students

 Math  Reading 25 Source: Minnesota Department of Education, 2010 Minnesota Comprehensive Assessment (MCA-II) Results, Difference in % Proficient Between White Students and Students of Color and Between Non-Free/Reduced and Free/Reduced Students Minnesota’s Achievement Gap: Continuing

 Only 21% of students applying to four-year colleges are ready for college-level work in reading, writing, math, and biology 26 Source: 2006 ACT Results, New York Times, September 1, 2006 …the ones who go to college, are unprepared Even the Better Students…

27 Minnesota High School Graduates Requiring Remedial Instruction in Reading or Math in College Source: Getting Prepared, University of Minnesota & Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, August 2008 Minnesota Students are also Unprepared for College

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 Higher rates of unemployment for high school dropouts  Higher incarceration rates for high school dropouts  Higher mortality rates for high school dropouts  Higher taxes to improve schools  Billions spent annually on remediation for unprepared students and workers 29 The High Cost of Low Achievement

 Let’s give every child the opportunity they deserve  Let’s focus on achievement for every child 30 Student Achievement Minnesota LLC gratefully acknowledges Democrats for Education Reform for its advocacy and publications which were instrumental in creating this presentation. Let’s Get Back on Track