Post on 03-Jul-2020
Alaska Public Schools Need to Catch Up
Anchorage NAACP
2015
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Who’s in Public Schools
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Take-Home Lessons
Let’s catch up Alaska students to the USA.
Others raised their proficiency. We can too.
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Some Background
Alaska public school students: 128,000
Alaska public school families: >80,000
Alaska teachers, full- and part-time: 8,200
State’s payments for school operations: $1.3 billion / year
Governor’s and House’s cut 2015: $57 million (4.2%)
State’s Public Education Fund, Oct. 2014: $1.1 billion
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National Test: No Alaska Improvement
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Alaska near Bottom: Percent Reading Proficient in Grade 4
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No Anchorage Improvement
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Percent of Students Proficient in Reading, Grades 3 to 10, on State Test
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National Trend: Other States Show Fourth Grade Reading Improvement
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Reading Score Gains 1992 to 2013 for Fourth Graders
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National Test: Some Alaska Improvement
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A Bright Spot: Anchorage 1-Year Reading Gain of 4.6%
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What’ll It Take to Catch Up?
First, Keep the Promise
1. Restore the Governor’s $38MM budget cut.
2. Restore the Legislature’s budget cut.
3. Fund 2014’s House Bill 278.
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What’ll It Take to Catch Up?
Secondly, Work Harder
Goal: Raise reading skills in grades 1 to 8 by an average one-half grade level.
How: Consider 50% more reading instruction with about 10% additional teaching time.
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NAACP’s Expectations:
• Schools and parents are responsible for catching-up their students.
• Legislature and Governor are accountable for proficiency gains.
“Who you gonna call?”
Get more gain for our students like some other states.
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Watch This Space
Thank You!Next Time:How Alaska Schools Are
Catching Up
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