1. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Challenge to Lead 2020 Joan Lord October 19, 2012 Atlanta Renaissance Concourse Hotel Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Meeting of the Legislative and Executive Staff

2. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board SREB Challenge 2020 Goals for Education Cover page

3. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Goal Four: High School Targets are from previous goals, in some cases updated Directly from (or reflecting) committee reports

4. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Goal Four: High School

5. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Goal Four: High School * * *

6. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board State the issue in lay terms Indicate why the issue is important Identify policies to which the issue may link Provide measurable outcomes for success Determine the extent of the need (gap analysis) Show example(s) of effective practice Specify lost opportunities, if no action Ten Issues Project, SREB Educational Technology Cooperative Identify 10 Key Technology-related Issues But more…

7. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Four SREB policy committees and three key reports First-grade readiness Adult learning Early grades High School Accountability Adolescent Literacy College Completion Middle Grades Mission

8. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Challenge to Lead Goals for Education A Decade of Progress Jeff Gagne Joan Lord Joe Marks Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board

9. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Public Elementary and Secondary Enrollment, page 2 Up significantly – 1.8 million more students Percent of Students in SREB states Approved for Free or Reduced-Price Meals, page 3 Up 6 percent over the decade, 2000 to 2010 Racial/Ethnic Proportions: Public HS Graduates, page 2 More Hispanic and more “other” students graduating from HS in 2010 and 2020 than in 2000. Source: National Center for Education Statistics State Profile A Decade of Progress

10. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board A Decade of Progress in Three Remarkable Regional Stories  Reading and math achievement  High school completion  Postsecondary attainment

11. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Fourth Grade NAEP: Outpacing National Gains Eighth Grade Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress Progress on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2003-2011 Basic Proficient Math Reading Basic Proficient Basic Proficient

12. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results Percent Scoring At or Above Basic Source: National Center for Education Statistics Regional gain outpaced the nation Page 5 A Decade of Progress + 4 + 5 U.S. SREB NAEP: Outpacing National Gains

13. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results Percent Scoring At or Above Basic NAEP: Outpacing National Gains Source: National Center for Education Statistics + 5 + 6 Page 9 A Decade of Progress

14. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board NAEP: Outpacing National Gains Eighth Grade BasicProficient ReadingMathReadingMath Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress Outpaced the Nation in Gains on NAEP 2003-2011

15. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Fourth Grade BasicProficient ReadingMathReadingMath NAEP: States Topping National Gains Eighth Grade BasicProficient ReadingMathReadingMath States Making the Greatest Gains on NAEP 2003-2011 Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress AL + 15 NAEP Results in ! AL Gains Most in 4th- Grade Basic Reading: # 1. ALABAMA # 2. Maryland TIE for 1st on NAEP! Basic & Proficient! 4th - Grade Math: # 1. KENTUCKY # 1. MARYLAND KY MD +13 MD – 1st in gains in 4th-Grade Proficient Reading: # 1 MARYLAND # 2. Massachusetts # 3. Alabama KY MD + 17 MD + 11

16. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results Percent Scoring At or Above Basic NAEP: States Topping National Gains Source: National Center for Education Statistics Alabama Maryland +13 + 4 +15 U.S. MD

17. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Fourth Grade BasicProficient ReadingMathReadingMath NAEP: States Topping National Gains Eighth Grade BasicProficient ReadingMathReadingMath States Making the Greatest Gains on NAEP 2003-2011 Source: National Assessment of Educational Progress AL +15 KY MD +13 KY MD +17 MD +11 AR TX +12 MD + 9 TX +15 AR - MD - TX Top the Nation in 8th - Grade Gains on NAEP

18. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board A Decade of Progress in Three Remarkable Regional Stories  Reading and math achievement  High school completion  Postsecondary attainment

19. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board High School Graduation Source: National Center for Education Statistics + 5 + 8

20. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board DE MD High School Graduation Graduation Rate Gain, 2002-2009 NY % % % % # # # # Top 5 in U.S. in gains in numbers of HS graduates Top 5 in U.S. in HS grad rate gain Source: Johns Hopkins University Engines that drove national graduation rate change % # # % %

21. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board High School Graduation Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and Johns Hopkins University Leading in Education Progress on High School Graduation Rates 2002-2009 Among 12 states in U.S. with majority of new graduates In top 15 states in U.S. in reducing students in dropout factories MD DE

22. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board A Decade of Progress in Three Remarkable Regional Stories  Reading and math achievement  High school completion  Postsecondary attainment

23. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Working-Age Adults With Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degrees or Higher, 2010 Source: U.S. Census Bureau 27% Bachelor’s 30% Bachelor’s Page 20 A Decade of Progress Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

24. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Projected Changes in Public High School Graduates Source: SREB Fact Book 2011, Table 8 SREB States, 2011 to 2021

25. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Estimated College Enrollment Rates of Recent High School Graduates Source: National Center for Education Statistics +11 Page 18 A Decade of Progress SREB U.S. Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

26. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board College Enrollment Rates of 18- to 24-Year Olds in the U.S. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. The fastest- growing population has the lowest percentage enrolled. 20052009

27. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Minority College Enrollment 8% to 22% 22% to 36% 36% to 78% Percent Minority 2010

28. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board First-Year Persistence Rates at Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities Source: SREB-State Data Exchange Page 18 A Decade of Progress +2 Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

29. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board College Enrollment Increases, SREB States Source: SREB analysis of National Center for Education Statistics datatbases. Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

30. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Challenge to Lead: President’s Letter First inside page Challenge 2020

31. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board … to Virginia’s state leaders Second inside page Challenge 2020

32. Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board Challenge to Lead Goals for Education A Decade of Progress Joan Lord Challenge to Lead Southern Regional Education Board