1. 1 Indiana Core 40Curriculum July 2006 Indiana Commission for Higher Education

2. 2 Indiana’s Core 40 Curriculum  1994 - Established as the single high school curriculum designed to give students the best foundation for success in college and the workforce.  Adopted by the State Board of Education, Commission for Higher Education, the higher education and business communities, and the state legislature.  Voluntary for students, but required to be offered by schools, students receive a Core 40 diploma that is recorded in the HS transcript and provided to colleges.  A Core 40 need-based financial aid bonus is provided to students similar to Academic Competitiveness Grant.

3. 3 Indiana’s Core 40 Curriculum  2005 - Indiana General Assembly adopted Core 40 as the required curriculum for all students with an opt- out provision.  Core 40 will be the minimum course requirement for admission to Indiana four-year public universities (for the graduating class of 2011).  Core 40 is the foundation for Academic Honors and Technical Honors.

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6. 6 1993–941997–98 2004–05 57 % 19% 24% 33 % 31 % 36 % 87% 12% 1% Source: Indiana Department of Education. High School Preparation Academic Honors and Core 40 together represent 67% all Indiana high school diplomas after a decade.

7. 7 Source: Indiana Department of Education. High School Preparation Indiana Core 40 diplomas awarded show all races benefit by a more rigorous curriculum.

8. 8 High School Preparation A strong high school curriculum* improves college completion for all students *Completing at least Algebra II plus other courses. Source: Adapted from Adelman, Clifford, U.S. Department of Education, Answers in the Toolbox, 1999. % of students who complete college by race

9. 9 High School Preparation 1999 Indiana high school graduates persisting to the second year in college Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education, Student Information System.

10. 10 High School Dropouts High school graduation rates Source: Greene, J.P. & Winters, M.A. Public High School Graduation and College-Readiness Rates: 1991-2002. Education Working Paper, (8), February 2005, Manhattan Institute. Core 40 has not resulted in more student dropouts.

11. 11 Percent of high school graduates enrolled the next fall in higher education shows positive effect of Core 40 on college aspirations. Ranked 34th Ranked 10th Source: Postsecondary Education Opportunity, Oskaloosa, Iowa.

12. 12 Next Steps for States to Consider  Setting a Core 40-type curriculum as the minimum college admission standard  Integrating a Core 40-type curriculum into the state’s need-based financial aid program  Implementing End-of-Course assessments in key high school courses  Utilizing college-readiness indicators such as Accuplacer and COMPASS in high school  Developing systems of bridging data between high schools and colleges (i.e., Indiana’s E- Transcript)

13. 13 Results from Indiana End-of-Course Assessments and Pilot College Readiness Indicator  End-of-Course Assessments 20% -Pass Rate for Algebra I 50% -Pass rate for English Grade 11  Pilot College Readiness Indicator Participating high school students completing Algebra II course: 5% -Would place in college-level math 95% -Were not proficient in Algebra II 57% -Were not proficient in Algebra I

14. 14 Fall 2005 Math Enrollment and D,F,W, Grades at One Selective Indiana Four-Year University D GradesF GradesW Grades TOTAL HCT Math CategoryHCT % of Total HCT % of Total HCT % of Total Remedial00.0%578.1%11916.8%707 Algebra74.7%53.4%2718.2%148 Pre-calculus9110.6%708.1%24128.0%861 Calculus2106.9%1805.9%70623.2%3,046 Total3086.5%3126.6%1,09323.0%4,762