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Southern
Regional
Education
Board
HSTWA Vision for School Reform
A Vision for Reform:Join Academic and Career Studies to
Promote Powerful Learning
Skills for Success in the 21st Century
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Goals of State Standards, Assessment and Accountability:
Raise the level of education for all students.
Increase all students’ achievement. Prepare students for college and careers. Prepare students to compete in a global
economy – flat world.
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Why craft a vision for high school that goes beyond standards,
assessment and accountability?
Students learn differently and at different rates.
Holding students back fails to raise achievement and graduation rates.
Students must see meaning and purpose in their studies.
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Make fundamental changes in how students are taught.
Create optional programs of study that join challenging academic and technical studies.
What can middle schools and high schools do to graduate more students and graduate
them college- and career-ready?
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career academies career majors magnet schools small learning communities with a
career focus dual credit with postsecondary
institutions technical high schools shared-time technology centers
Offer multiple programs of study through a variety of school structures:
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Should optional programs of study require most students to
complete a solid academic core?
Yes!
How many CT students at HSTW schools completed the HSTW-recommended academic core in 2008?
48%
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HSTW-Recommended Curriculum
Four college-prep English credits
Four mathematics credits,
including Algebra I, geometry,
Algebra II and above
Three college-prep science credits
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How many CT students meet college and career
readiness when they complete the HSTW-
recommended curriculum?
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Percentages of CT Students Completing the HSTW-Recommended Curriculum
and Meeting Readiness Goals
Career Cluster Reading Math
Agriculture 70% 75%
Business 60 70
STEM 70 83
Health Sciences 66 73
Hospitality 54 59
Manufacturing and Transportation
48 62
Source: HSTW Assessment
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How many students in CT courses meet college- and
career-readiness goals without completing HSTW-recommended curriculum?
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Percentages of CT Graduates Meeting Readiness Goals without Completing the HSTW-Recommended Curriculum
Career Cluster Reading Math
Agriculture 38% 44%
Business 39 45
STEM 45 55
Health Sciences 40 39
Hospitality 36 35
Manufacturing and Transportation
35 44
Source: HSTW Assessment
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Yes, when we:
Infuse academic content into CT courses and incorporate authentic assignments into academic courses.
Make greater use of internships, projects and problem-based learning.
Connect abstract academic content to authentic work in a particular career to foster greater effort from unmotivated students.
Are we giving students experiencesthat connect literacy and mathematics to careers?
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Percentages of CT Students Experiencing an Intensive Instructional Emphasis on Literacy and Mathematics
Source: HSTW Assessment
15%
14%
20%
24%
20%
12%
Manufacturing/Transport.
Hospitality
Health Sciences
STEM
Business
Agriculture
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Percentages of CT Students Meeting Readiness Goals When Experiencing HSTW-
Recommended Academic Core and CT Studies with Embedded Academics
Source: HSTW Assessment
85%
80%
89%
78%
62%
70%55%
56%
65%
76%
69%
72%
15%
6%
13%
13%
11%
13%
Manufacturing/Transport.
Hospitality
Business
STEM
Health Sciences
Agriculture
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Students need to gain a depth of understanding,
not just cover the material.
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critical thinking and problem-solving skills
oral and written communication skills teamwork and collaboration doing quality work timely and redoing
it until it meets standards using technology to complete
assignments
Deeper understanding occurs when high schools and middle grades schools provide learning and assignments that emphasize:
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Good CT Instruction Can Foster 21st Century Skills
trouble-shooting and problem-solving skills use of research skills to collect and organize
information into a work plan use of mathematics to support decision-
making and planning use of writing to aid learning and to complete
tasks communication and interaction with adults
outside the school a setting where students experiment, invent,
design and construct
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Are CT students receiving 21st century assignments,
and does it matter?
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Gains in Number of CT Students Per 100 Meeting Readiness Goals Who Experienced
21st Century Assignments
Source: HSTW Assessment
8
9
10
13
10
15
Manufacturing/Transport.
Hospitality
Health Sciences
STEM
Business
Agriculture
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Yes, when:
Adults believe that, given the right environment, most students can master complex academic and technical skills.
Schools do not differentiate programs of study as “heads-on” work for some and “hands-on” for others.
Schools provide additional time and support.
Are students receiving the extra help they need to meet college- and
career-readiness standards?
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Gains in Number of CT Students Per 100 Meeting Readiness Goals Who Received Extra Help and Support
Source: HSTW Assessment
6
3
5
7
5
8
Manufacturing/Transport.
Hospitality
Health Sciences
STEM
Business
Agriculture
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Help students set tentative educational and career goals.
Have students choose a program of study based on interest and not on past achievement.
View initial student choices as exploratory and accommodate revised decisions.
Provide students the assistance and support to succeed.
How can advisers or mentors help students?
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Average Gain in Number of CT Students Per 100 Meeting Readiness Goals Who Were Connected to an Adviser/Mentor
Source: HSTW Assessment
5
3
3
5
4
8
Manufacturing/Transport.
Hospitality
Health Sciences
STEM
Business
Agriculture
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What action can schools take to help more students graduate from high school and graduate college- and
career-ready?
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1. Create optional programs of study that lead to employer certification, an
associate’s degree or a bachelor degree.
Solid academic core Sequence of CT courses
aligned college- and career-readiness standards
Project-based learning Mentors and extra support
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Apprenticeships and work-based learning
Web-based instruction Redesigned CT courses that
blend academic and technical content
Employer certification exams
2. Recognize that academic learning happens in different ways and settings.
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3. Align CT curricula to essential college- and career-readiness
standards.
Identify most essential standards.Orient academic and CT faculty to
standards. Invest in planning time to develop
embedded assignments.Create classroom assessments.Train all teachers on research-
based literacy strategies.
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4. Schools can improve quality of instruction in academic and
CT classrooms.
Train teachers on project- and problem-based learning.
Create organizational structures and schedules that enable cross-discipline planning.
Develop a strong induction and coaching system for new teachers.
Create a school leadership team that focuses on continuous improvement.
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5. Schools can improve transition and can give support to assist students to
meet college- and career-readiness standards.
Have more students leave grade eight ready for high school.
Redesign the ninth grade. Provide a system of extra help. Make success the option, not
failure. Connect students to an adult and
to a goal.