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Common Core in Alabama An Economic Argument for National Standards
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Common Core in Alabama. An Economic Argument for National Standards. Economic Impact of Dropout Reduction. Long-Term Economic Payoffs – Huge Gains in Alabama’s Economy. Per Capita GDP. If Alabama reduced dropout rates by 2 percent for each of 20 years. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Common Core in Alabama
An Economic Argument for National Standards
Economic Impact of Dropout Reduction
Source: Southern Education Foundation, 2007.
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Long-Term Economic Payoffs – Huge Gains in Alabama’s Economy
If Alabama reduced dropout rates by 2 percent for each of 20 years
Per Capita GDP
Student Proficiency on State Exam
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Proficiency on AL Reading & Math Test (ARMT)
AL ARMT
Source: http://www.alsde.edu/general/AlabamaEducationReportCard_2010-11.pdf
Student Proficiency on National Exam
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Source: http://www.alsde.edu/general/AlabamaEducationReportCard_2010-11.pdf and http://nces.ed.gov/nationsreportcard/
Common Core Illustrated http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s0rRk9sER0
Benefits of Common Core State Standards
Alignment with expectations for college and career success (ACT)
Clarity for educators, parents and students Consistency across all states Inclusion of content and the application of knowledge through
high-order skills Benchmarked to highest state standards and standards of top-
performing nations Reality-based, for effective use in the classroom Evidence and research-based
Source: www.corestandards.org
Evolution of Workforce Requirements
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Trends in Types of Workforce Tasks,1960-2000
Source: The Skill Content of Recent Technological Change: An Empirical Exploration, The Quarterly Journal of Economics, November 2003, by Autor, Levy and Murnane.
U.S. Ranks 12th of 34 OECD Countries in Reading
U.S. Ranks 25th of 34 OECD Countries in Math
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Potential Increase in Economic Output with Increase of 25 PISA* Points (in bil-
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Education = Economic Growth
Source: Andreas Schleichen Education Policy Advisor of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation & Development, January 2010
*PISA = Program for International Student Assessment measures reading, math and science literacy in 15-year-olds
