1. What Does Career and College Readiness Mean in Minnesota? Jennifer Dugan Statewide Testing Director June 2015 CCSSO “Leading for educational excellence and equity. Every day for every one.”

2. State Standards Minnesota Academic Standards –Career and College Ready Standards  Development timeline  Process –Endorsed by MnSCU and University of Minnesota and Validated by Achieve, Inc.  Mathematics  English Language Arts Instruction aligned to these high quality state standards 2 education.state.mn.us

3. Customized State-Developed Assessments –Passage and item development starts with Minnesota Academic Standards in the specific content area –Achievement Levels developed using Minnesota Academic Standards as foundation Nationally Available Assessments –Provides nationally normed and recognized post- secondary information State Assessments education.state.mn.us 3

4. (k) For purposes of statewide accountability, "career and college ready" means a high school graduate has the knowledge, skills, and competencies to successfully pursue a career pathway, including postsecondary credit leading to a degree, diploma, certificate, or industry- recognized credential and employment. Students who are career and college ready are able to successfully complete credit-bearing coursework at a two- or four-year college or university or other credit-bearing postsecondary program without need for remediation. Definition in State Statute 120B.30 4 education.state.mn.us

5. Development – Implementation? Item Development –Alignment to CCR Academic Standards –Item types –Text complexity Test Design –Adaptive –Include off-grade level 5 education.state.mn.us

6. State Statute 120B.30 …The commissioner must establish empirically derived benchmarks on adaptive assessments in grades 3 through 7 that reveal a trajectory toward career and college readiness. Requirement to Report Trajectory for each Student education.state.mn.us 6

7. Usability – Implementation? Reporting –Grades 3-8 and 10 MCA provide Career and College trajectory beginning spring 2016 –Linking historical/trend data for state-developed and nationally available tests Applicability to higher education? –Used to inform admissions? –Useful in instruction or course placement? 7 education.state.mn.us

8. How is Information Provided to Parents? Current Mock-up: Feedback from parent focus group 8 education.state.mn.us

9. Worlds Best Work Force –Districts define and report Agency Dashboard –Potential to use greater data set Report ACT scores Other Conversations or Places Career and College Readiness is Reported in Minnesota education.state.mn.us 9