1. Baker University Dr. Randy Watson, Incoming Commissioner
Kansas Children…Kansas’ Future
Baker University Dr. Randy Watson, Incoming Commissioner

2. How do you feel?

3. How do you feel?

4. How do you feel?

5. How do you feel?

6. How do you feel?

7. How do you feel?

8. There is light

9. We are!

10. Student Success

11. Student Success

15. Student Success By 2020, 71% of jobs in Kansas will require
postsecondary education.
This is 6 percentage points above the
national average of 65%.
Kansas ranks 6th nationally in postsecondary
education intensity for 2020.
Georgetown Public Policy Institute

16. Student Success
Kansas needs 71% of workers to have a post secondary certificate or degree.
Approximately 36% need to be bachelor
degrees or higher
Approximately 35% need to have a
certificate or associate degree

17. Postsecondary Evidence

18. COLLEGE AND CAREER READY means an individual has the academic preparation, cognitive preparation, technical skills, and employability skills to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.

19. Indicators vs. Evidence
Indicators of Student Success: Things that are measured before a student graduates High School.
Assessment Performance; state, ACT/SAT, other
College credit hours earned, AP/IB
Industry recognized Certifications
Workforce skills; Workkeys, ASVAB,
Evidence of Student Success: Information that is taken after the student has graduated High School.
High school graduation rate
Postsecondary enrollment; % entering postsecondary
Remediation; % needing remedial courses/programs
Persistence; % completing their first year

20. What If? We could increase the high school graduation rate?
We could increase the % of graduates entering postsecondary institutions?
We could decrease the % of our graduates needing remediation postsecondary?
We could increase the % of students successfully completing their first year and returning for a second year?
We could get more kids into “hard to fill” programs?
THEN, we could close the gap between the % of jobs requiring postsecondary completion, and the % of
Kansans acquiring postsecondary completion!

23. Student Success

24. Student Success
"The difference between where we are and where we want to be is created by the changes we are willing to make in our lives. – John C. Maxwell