Systematic Assessment: Key Component of Your Action Plan : Systematic Assessment: Key Component of Your Action Plan What does assessment tell us about our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats?
Hispanic students narrow CSAP gap Disparity in scores closing somewhat in reading, math : Hispanic students narrow CSAP gap Disparity in scores closing somewhat in reading, math By Berny Morson And Burt Hubbard, Rocky Mountain News
August 7, 2006
"Schools need to look at classrooms and say, 'Where are we getting success, and where are we not getting success, and what are the differences?' " said Cindy Stevenson, superintendent of Jefferson County Public Schools, the state's largest school district. http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/education/article/0,1299,DRMN_957_4899383,00.html "There's no magic answer here. "It's ongoing, day-by-day hard work. What are the causes? What do we do about it?"
High Achievement is the Goal : High Achievement is the Goal While 90 percent of college freshmen say they expect to complete college, only about two in five take the college preparatory curriculum that equips them for high achievement. High schools traditionally act as sorting machines, rationing top-level academics like a limited resource and determining who will receive the knowledge necessary for success. (National Commission on the High School Senior Year, p. 30)
Slide4 : Washington’s Mathematics Requirements for Graduation To earn a high school diploma in Washington, students must
Pass the mathematics section on the 10th-grade WASL
Earn a minimum of 2 credits in mathematics, with no specifications as to the content of those courses
Complete a culminating project
Complete a “high school and beyond” plan
Slide from Achieve. Inc. Nov. 15, 2005
Slide5 : A high school diploma is not the last educational stop required Jobs that require postsecondary education will make up more than two-thirds of new jobs. Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003. Slide from Achieve. Inc. Nov. 15, 2005
TIMSS and NAEP reports : TIMSS and NAEP reports “Analysis of course-taking patterns revealed a positive association between higher levels of mathematics courses taken and progressively higher NAEP mathematics scores” (NCES, 2001). Slide from Achieve. Inc. Nov. 15, 2005
Slide7 : Students can pass state math tests knowing content typically taught in 7th and 8th grade internationally FL MD MA NJ OH TX Source: Achieve, Inc., Do Graduation Tests Measure Up? A Closer Look at State High School Exit Exams, 2004. Grade when most international students cover content required to pass state math tests
College Remediation of Math : College Remediation of Math The NCES 1999-2000 annual national survey showed that roughly 15% of freshman and sophomore college students reported taking remedial mathematics classes (NCES, 2001b).
For the 2002 academic year, 38% of incoming students who graduated from Washington high schools were required to enroll in a remedial math course (CWU Institutional Research Report, 2002).
Adelman Study : Adelman Study It is very clear from the seminal study, when it comes to graduation from college, remedial courses are detrimental, while the highest mathematics course taken in high school is the best predictor of graduation from college by age 30 (Adelman, 1999).
Slide10 : Too many U.S. students drop out of the education pipeline Source: National Center for Public Policy & Higher Education, Policy Alert, April 2004. Data are estimates of pipeline progress rather than actual cohort.
Slide11 : Placement Test Program of the MAA Arithmetic and Basic Skills*
Basic Algebra*
Algebra*
Advanced Algebra
Trigonometry and Elementary Functions
Calculus Readiness*
*Both calculator and non-calculator versions available Slide from Achieve. Inc. Nov. 15, 2005
Parliamentary Analysis of Data : Parliamentary Analysis of Data Fewer than 40% of CWU students have taken four years of mathematics in high school, and only 75% of those took rigorous courses (Lundin, 2003c).
Paradoxically, 88% of the entering freshmen had the requisite three or more years of high school mathematics, but nearly 38% needed remediation in that subject (Riley, 2003; Oursland, 2003).
Slide13 : Dr. Lundin, Dr. Oursland, Mark Lundgren, and Michael Reilly Mathematics Preparation for College: Some Things We Learned the Hard Way, and What We Do About Them
Possible Solution: Math Advance Program : Possible Solution: Math Advance Program A misalignment of goals and expectations between high school and college mathematics is suspected here, and the Math Advance Program has the potential for correcting this misalignment by bringing together players from secondary an post-secondary mathematics.
What are some other problems and possible solutions? : What are some other problems and possible solutions? Systematic Integrated Inquiry Curriculum
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