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Ms. Kathy Busch, State Board of EducationDr. Randy Watson, Commissioner of Education

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Student Success

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Kansas Student Population Trends

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Kansas Student Achievement Trends

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New AYP Goals: Mathematics

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Creating a Vision for Kansas


How do you feel?


Student Achievement does not always equate to Student SUCCESS!



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2020 Workforce


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• By 2020, 71% of jobs in Kansas will require postsecondary education.

• This is 6 percentage points above the national average of 65%.

• Kansas ranks 6th nationally in postsecondary education intensity for 2020.

- Georgetown Public Policy Institute


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•Kansas needs 71% of workers to have a post secondary certificate or degree.

• Approximately 36% need to be bachelor degrees or higher

• Approximately 35% need to have a certificate or associate degree


Postsecondary Evidence

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Postsecondary Enrollment Postsecondary Retention Postsecondary Remediation


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Students with higher high school grade point averages, higher class ranks, higher admission test scores, higher numbers of honors, AP, and advanced classes, and those who have earned more dual enrollment credits succeed in college at greater rates than those who are lower in any or all of these categories.

- Habley, Wesley R.; Robbins, Steve; Bloom, Jennifer L. (2012-06-25). Increasing Persistence: Research-based Strategies for College Student Success (Kindle Locations 2594-2596). Wiley Publishing. Kindle Edition.



The second condition necessary for success is that students

must exhibit behaviors and develop personal characteristics

that contribute to persistence, motivation, commitment,

engagement, and self-regulation. The degree to which these

characteristics fuel the desire to achieve an educational objective

is directly related to the likelihood of success. Students will

succeed if they are committed to their academic goals.

- Habley, Wesley R.; Robbins, Steve; Bloom, Jennifer L. (2012-06-25). Increasing Persistence: Research-based Strategies for College Student Success (Kindle Locations 2594-2596). Wiley Publishing. Kindle Edition.



Schooling should have major impacts not only on the enhancement of knowing and understanding, but also on the enhancement of character: intellectual character, moral character, civic character, and performance character (Shields, 2011).

- Hattie, John (2012-03-15). Visible Learning for Teachers: Maximizing Impact on Learning (Kindle Locations 246-247). Taylor and Francis. Kindle Edition.



The odds of college retention increase by 15–17% for students with two or more extracurricular activities during high school.

- Estimate is based on logistic regression models that account for ACT score, race/ethnicity, family income, expected degree attainment level, gender, and institution type.



“What I want from my kids’ school is to help me identify what they love, what their

strengths are, and then help them create their own paths to mastery.”

- Will Richardson

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KANSAS CHILDREN KANSAS’ FUTURE TourCommunity Conversation

Business and Industry


Kansas College and Career Ready

An individual has the

• academic preparation,

• cognitive preparation,

• technical skills, and

• employability skills

to be successful in postsecondary education, in the attainment of an industry recognized certification or in the workforce, without the need for remediation.


Respondents’ Occupational RolesRole #

Students 99

Parents 95

Education Administrators 199

School Board Members 95

Higher Education Professional 110

Business Professional 7

Legislator or Public Official 77

Community Member 69

Press, Media Professional 12

Educators and Para-educators

852

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COMMUNITY

What Community Members told us


What do you believe were the MOST frequent responses from people on at the open meetings to the question, “What are the skills, attributes and characteristics of

a successful 24 year old Kansan?”



COMMUNITY

From the first set of focus group responses, what characteristics of success were most frequently cited?


COMMUNITY

Let’s break down those categories: Academic Skills


COMMUNITY

What do non-academic skills include?


COMMUNITY

Disaggregating Interpersonal social skills:


COMMUNITY

Intrapersonal or Personality Skills:


COMMUNITY

What are the take-home lessons from Question 1?

• The community focus groups cited non-academic skills at more than a 7:2 ratio over academic skills as characteristics of the ideally prepared young adult.

• Conscientiousness, with its inclusion of achievement-striving and self-discipline, was the dominant characteristic, accounting for 22% of all items. Combined national sources of business people also identified conscientiousness as the number one desirable skill.

• Among academic skills, the focus groups emphasized applied skills over traditional academic skills at about a 2:1 ratio, with critical thinking skills in between the two.

What are the characteristics, qualities, abilities and skills of a successful 24-year old Kansan?

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BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY

How did Kansas business and industry answer the question:

What are the characteristics, qualities, abilities and skills of a successful 24-year old Kansan?



What do you believe were the MOST frequent responses from business leaders

to the question, “What are the skills, attributes and characteristics of a successful 24 year old Kansan?”




The business and industry focal groups cited non-academic skills with greater frequency than the community groups:



Let’s go down a level and decompose academic skills:

Instrumental skills were defined as “applied knowledge and skills gained through study and training and applied in a profession or job.”



Now let’s disaggregate non-academic skills:

The community focus groups’

proportion was

23%

The community focus groups’

proportion was

45%



Let’s disaggregate interpersonal skills:



At about a 7:2 ratio, greater for the business and industry focus groups, non-academic skills are cited over traditional academic skills as characteristics of the ideally-educated Kansas youth.

Conscientiousness and its components, especially

• dutifulness (dependability),

• achievement striving (pursuing goals),

• self-discipline (persistence, a strong work ethic)

are highly-cited ideal characteristics by both community and business focus groups.



Other mutually agreed upon characteristics are:

• Critical thinking

• Openness (adaptability, independence, creativity)

• Communication skills

• Group skills like teamwork and

• Citizenship and moral obligations to others.

Traditional academic skills and applied skills are important, but less frequently cited than the non-academic skills listed above.



"Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation.“

- Robert F. Kennedy



Kansas Visioning Tour Next Steps• State Board of Education reviewed data in August

• State Board of Education will develop vision, purpose and goals for Kansas Education in September

• Brad and I will go back throughout Kansas asking if we “got it right.”

• Results of that feedback will be given to State Board of Education for final development.

• New vision and goals for Kansas Education formally announced at State Department of Education Annual Convention in late October.


Kansas Visioning Tour Next Steps• Brad and I will go back throughout Kansas asking if we “got it right.”

• September 16 – Topeka

• September 25 – Hutchinson

• September 25 – Wichita

• September 28- Ellis

• September 29 – Sublette

• September 30 – Oakley

• October 1 – Salina

• October 6 – Olathe

• October 7 – Greenbush

• October 8 – Clearwater




What should we focus on? Academic Readiness related to college and career readiness Psycho-Social behavior related to college and career

readiness Character education related to future success Matching career choice with passion of student Have students involved in activities (2-5) Have students involved in volunteerism Every student has an individual plan of study Make pre-school available to every student



"The greater danger for most of us is not that our

aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and

we reach it.” - Michelangelo


Student Success

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.”

– John Kennedy


“When nothing is sure, everything is possible.” - Margaret Drabble



Leaders are forged in the crucible of adversity

“If you faint in the day of adversity,

your strength is small.” - Proverbs 24:10


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