Transcript Racial Imbalance Advisory Council Meeting

Bridgewater State College
Sustaining Growth
Conference
Incentivizing High School Students to Complete the
New Certificate of Mastery: How Can Colleges and
Universities Help?
Helping to Define the College
Readiness Problem
• MA college going rates (NCHEMS) has
dropped from 65.4% in 1994 to 63.4% in
2004. Currently rank 9th.
• MA High School graduates expected to
decline from 61,299 in 2008 to 51,242 in
2017 (WICHE). At the same time, the % of
minority graduates is expected to increase.
We are Losing Too Many Along
the “Educational Pipeline”
10
For every 10 ninth graders …
8
Only 8 graduate from high school…
6
Only 6 enroll in college …
3-4
Only 3-4 earn a degree.
In urban areas the numbers are worse: 10-6-4-2.
Tomorrow’s jobs require more
education than ever before
By 2010, jobs requiring at least some postsecondary education
will make up more than two thirds of new jobs in the United
States.
60%
40%
36%
31%
22%
20%
10%
0%
High school
dropout
High school
diploma
Some
postsecondary
Bachelor's degree
Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What?
The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.
Competency
Determination
MassCore
Educational
Proficiency
Plan
Certificate of
Mastery
Massachusetts High
School Competency
Determination (CD)
Requirements
To earn diploma, the class of 2010
and beyond must:



Meet local graduation requirements
Attain proficiency score of 240 or higher on grade
10 ELA/Math MCAS tests or fulfill requirements of
a Educational Proficiency Plan
Attain a needs improvement score of 220 or higher
in an end-of-course science test.
What is MassCore?
• A recommended program of study for
Massachusetts high school students
• A program of study to better prepare students for
college and careers
• A program of study that maintains flexibility for
students, schools and districts
• Allows schools and districts to set additional
graduation requirements
Massachusetts High School Survey
In January 2007, the Massachusetts Department of Education conducted a web-based survey
of the Commonwealth high schools on student course taking for the Class of 2006.
Percentage of students
from the graduating Class
of 2006 who:
1.
Earned one credit in
Algebra II
2. Earned at least three
credits in laboratory
science
3. Earned at least two
credits in the same
foreign language
4. Earned at least three
credits in
History/Social
Science
5. Completed the list
courses in the
proposed MassCore
SUBURBAN
/RURAL
(53)
URBAN
(15)
VOCATIONAL
(8)
CHARTER
(4)
90.1%
75.1%
68.4%
100.0%
91.4%
72.1%
59.9%
99.2%
88.5%
59.5%
7.7%
99.2%
98.9%
96.6%
86.0%
100.0%
79.6%
46.3%
13.3%
98.5%
MassCore
English/Language
Arts
Mathematics
4 Units*
Additional Core
Courses
5 Units
Business Education, Career and Technical Education (CTE), Health, Technology (e.g. computer
science, desktop publishing, multi-media and web design), or any of the subjects above. Note:
Most students majoring in CTE will take more than 4 units.
22 Units - Is a minimum that students should take in high school
Complete as many of the following as possible: Advanced Placement (AP); Capstone or
Senior Project; Dual Enrollment courses taken for both high school and college credit; Online
courses for high school or college credit; Service Learning; and Work-based Learning.
4 Units
Including the completion of Algebra II or completion of the Integrated Math equivalent. All
students are recommended to take a math course during their senior year.
3 Units of lab-based science
Science
Coursework taken in technology/engineering may count for MassCore science credit. Note: The
Board of Higher Education admissions standards require three (two lab-based) physical and
natural sciences units and does not recognize technology/engineering as a science course.
3 Units
History/Social
Including US History and World History.
Science
2 Units
Foreign
Of the same language.
Language**
Physical Education As required by law
State law (M.G.L. c. 71,s. 3) states: “Physical education shall be taught as a required subject in
all grades for all students.”
Health can be integrated into Physical Education, science, or taught as a stand-alone course.
The Arts**
1 Unit Visual or Performing Arts
Additional
Learning
Opportunities
What is the Certificate of Mastery?
 The Board of Elementary and Secondary
Education voted in October 2006 to redesign the
Certificate of Mastery to make the credential more
accessible and increase state college and career
readiness rates by providing an incentive to
students to take a challenging program of study in
high school.
What is the Certificate of Mastery?
 Criteria to earn the credential:
 Earn a Competency Determination with scores of Proficient or
Advanced. Option: Alternative tests and equivalent scores
 Complete a Board of Education recommended college preparatory
curriculum (MassCore)
 Complete high school with a GPA equal to or greater than the
Board set standard
 Pass a state Algebra II test developed by Pearson in concert with
Achieve and 13 other states). To be offered in SY 2008-09
 Pass state Writing Assessment (to be determined)
Certificate of Mastery
• Implementation Schedule: The Certificate was to have been
made available to students beginning with the class of 2009.
• The implementation has been delayed until incentives can be
identified.
• What are some possible incentives?
• Early admission
• Snap admissions
• Automatic placement into college-credit bearing courses
• Automatic admission into a four-year college/university
• Scholarships (Similar to Adams Scholarship)
Students need a real incentive to
complete the requirements of the
Certificate of Mastery
What incentives do you suggest?
Thank you and have a good
summer
Stafford Peat [email protected]