Transcript World-Class Students

World-Class Students
From Nation Leading to World Competing
Governor Tim Pawlenty’s
Education Agenda
January 2007
The World is Flat
Minnesota’s economy is increasingly
intertwined with the 21st century global
economy.
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The state’s manufactured exports alone were
valued at $11.8 billion in 2004 -- growing by 22
percent between 1998 and 2004.
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U.S. affiliates of foreign companies employed
84,600 people and invested $10.8 billion in
gross plant, property, and equipment in
Minnesota in 2003.
New Jobs in Science and Technology
This new global future indicates that
Minnesota’s future job growth will be in
the science and technology fields.
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Economic forecasts project a 2033 percent increase in scientific
and technical occupations in
Minnesota in 10 years.
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New job growth in professional
and high-tech industries will
demand an extra 10,500 college
graduates per year.
21st Century Economy/20th Century Schools
• 10.8 % of 8th graders and 20.9 % of
10th graders expressed interest in
pursuing a future in the science,
technology, engineering and math
fields.
• Substantially fewer students of color are
prepared to take college algebra and
college biology.
• In less than 10 years, 90% of the
world’s engineers will live in Asia.
To World Competing
We must reinvent
and reinvigorate our
system of education
to take our students
from nation leading
to world competing.
If Minnesota is going to compete in the 21st century,
we must create a system of education that provides
our students with the 21st century skills they need
to compete with students from around the world.
World Competing
Governor Pawlenty’s
World-Class Student Initiative
From Nation-Leading to World Competing
• Education Funding Formula Changes
• “3R” High Schools
• Effective Teachers for All Students
• Academic Rigor for All Students
• Closing the Achievement Gap
State Budget Forecast
• State budget forecast released in
November: $2.17 billion surplus
• Approximately $1.038 billion is
“structural” or available for permanent
spending decisions
• Approximately $1.132 billion is not reoccurring or “structural”
• Next budget forecast will be released in
late February 2007
Education Funding Changes
General Education Funding
– 2% and 2% on the formula
• $100 in FY 2008 to $5,074
• An additional $102 in FY 2009 to $5,176
• Increase applies to linked formulas –
– Compensatory, sparsity, transportation sparsity, shared time,
contract alternative, nonpublic pupil, nonpublic transportation,
tribal contract
– Q Comp linked to formula and cap increased by
10% per year starting in FY 09
– 2% and 2% on LEP & Extended Time
Education Funding Changes
General Education Funding
– Extended time: increase maximum ADM from .2
to .5 per student
– Operating Capital: Increase equalizing factor
from $10,700 to $17,590
– Equity: simpler, more predictable formula
• Sliding scale based on 27% of formula allowance
instead of regional 95% percentile
• Low referendum formula based on 1.5% of formula
instead of 10% of state avg referendum
• Use resident PU (aligns with referendum allow)
• Hold harmless
Education Funding Changes
Special Education Funding
– 2% and 2% increases in statewide caps
– Combine statewide caps for special education – regular
and transition disabled
– Include transition disabled expenditures in excess cost aid
calculations
– Use current year data in aid calculations
– Increase caps to include funding for Part C expansion in
special education-regular & excess cost aid
Education Funding Changes
One-Time Funding – FY 08 & FY 09
– Successful Schools – Additional $90 – 150 per
pupil for schools receiving 3 stars (making AYP) in
reading or math ($75 million/year)
– School Technology – Grants to improve school
technology capacity and increase use of online
technology in providing curriculum
($16.5 million/yr technology + $2.5 million/year
online)
“3R” High Schools
• One-third of students entering Minnesota postsecondary institutions need remediation in math.
• Our high schools were designed at a time when the
majority of graduates didn’t go on to college. By
comparison, the majority of students who graduate
today pursue some type of post-secondary
opportunity.
• There is also a precipitous drop in student
performance from elementary school to high school.
U.S. students score near the top on international tests
in 4th grade, but by 8th grade our students are in the
middle of the pack and by the end of high school they
are near the bottom.
“3R” High Schools
Six Components of the “3R” High School Redesign
Proposal
Note: This proposal is not linked to the Successful School Program
One Year of Post-Secondary Education for All High School Students
(This would be required of all high schools.)
College Access Programs for Students
Personal Graduation Plan (PGP)
High Quality Teacher and Principal Leadership
Rigorous and Relevant Course Taking for all Students
Use of Data for School Improvement
“3R” High Schools
• All high schools are eligible to receive
funding if the high school implements
all six components of the high school
redesign plan
• Plan is developed locally
• First year (planning/transition year):
$68/student (grades 9-12) in FY 2008
(school year 2007-08)
• Second year (implementation year):
$200/student (grades 9-12) in FY 2009
(school year 2008-09) for
implementation of all six components.
“3R” High Schools
The high school experience has become an expensive
academic holding pattern, or worse, for way to many of
our high school students. Minnesota high schools need
to be dramatically overhauled and modernized.
Governor Pawlenty’s 2007 Inaugural Address
Pawlenty's critique of too many Minnesota high schools
as "an expensive academic holding pattern" deserves
to be taken seriously …”
Star Tribune Editorial, January 3, 2007
Effective Teachers for All Students
One of the biggest factors for success of our
students in a more competitive world is the
effectiveness of their teachers.
Research conducted by
Robert Marzano in 2003
found that besides parents,
the effectiveness of
teachers in the classroom
is the most important
factor in increasing student
achievement.
Effective Teachers for All Students
The World-Class Students
Initiative continues the Governor’s
efforts to improve professional
development and link student
achievement to teacher
compensation by expanding the
nation-leading Q Comp program.
"It's going to make me a better
teacher."
Hopkins West Junior High social studies teacher Kim
Campbell
(Star Tribune, September 14, 2005)
Q Comp is a
tremendous
success, with
35 districts
and 15
charter
schools now
participating
in the
program.
Effective Teachers for All Students
The World-Class Students initiative
would also create effective teachers
by:
• Creating new regional Math and Science
Academies, which will provide professional
development for all teachers.
• Creating a new teacher induction program so
we can recruit and retain our classroom
teachers.
Almost 50% of Minnesota
teachers leave the
classroom after their first
five years.
Academic Rigor for All Students
Taking more rigorous courses, especially in the
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)
disciplines, will provide Minnesota students with the
economic currency they need to succeed in the 21st
century.
A recent study by Achieve Inc.
found that
only 24 percent of high
school
Graduates say they
were significantly
challenged in high
school.
Academic Rigor for All Students
The World-Class Students initiative would increase rigor by
requiring students to take classes, especially in the STEM
disciplines, needed to compete with students anywhere in the
world.
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Rigor counts: The Governor recommends $15 million in FY
2008-09 for additional Advanced Placement, PreAdvanced Placement and International Baccalaureate
schools. Since Get Ready, Get Credit was enacted in 2005,
participation in AP increased 18.5% and in IB 11%.
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Require a minimum of four years of a second language
for graduation (flexible – could include grades before high
school)
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Provide start-up funds for schools to establish
Mandarin Chinese programs.
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Provide funding for schools implementing an alternative
school calendar.
Closing the Achievement Gap
It’s unacceptable that Minnesota, a state
heralded for its commitment to education, has
one of the worst achievement gaps in the
nation.
Only about half of
Minnesota’s AfricanAmerican students
graduate from high school
in four years.
Closing the Achievement Gap
The Governor’s World-Class Students
initiative seeks to focus resources where they
are needed the most -- on at-risk students
who are not ready for kindergarten.
Creates a scholarship to provide
up to $4,000 per at-risk student
the year before kindergarten.
These funds could be used for
public or private programs that
meet standards.
Increasing Accountability
The World-Class Students initiative also continues the Governor’s efforts
to increase accountability in our schools.
•Reforms will make further improvements to our
accountability and assessment system -- including
providing educators with more timely student performance
data through a voluntary formative assessment for grades
3-8 in reading and math and continuing with a growth
model for the state MCA-II assessments and the STAR
rating system.
•Additional funding for assessment system will allow state
to develop classroom tools for teachers and schools,
computerized on-line assessments for students re-taking
the GRAD Test and insure assessments are aligned to
academic standards.
MDE Contact Information
Chas Anderson
Deputy Commissioner
651-582-8207
[email protected]
Tom Melcher
Director, Program Finance
651-582-8828
[email protected]