Transcript NEXT STEP PLAN - New Mexico Public Education Department

Advanced
Placement
Your Presenter
Iona Leriou
☺Teacher of 28 years Grade 6 - Graduate
School
☺NMPED - School Improvement, Title 1,
CTE & Workforce Education, Next Step
Plan, Gifted Education, AP/Pre-AP
Education, and HS Redesign
☺Examiner in History for the
International Baccalaureate Organization
Our Goals Today
 Appreciate
the Big Picture & Linkages
 Understand the Rationale for HS Redesign
 Learn About the State Initiatives in AP
 Understand What AP Data Tell Us
 Understand Correlation and Alignment
Between New Legislation & AP Initiatives
 Commit to Expanding & Growing the AP
What Employers &
Students Say
Employers—
45% of HS graduates do
not have the skills to
advance beyond entrylevel jobs.
What Employers &
Students Say
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HS Graduates Not College
Enrolled—
46% agree with statement
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Freshmen College
Students—
49% agree with statement
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$1-2 Billion annually is
spent on college remedial
education
Achieve Inc.
What Students Say
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My counselor told me I
couldn’t/shouldn’t do AP.
 I wanted to take AP English
but they didn’t see me as
college material. We’re
tagged “college-bound” and
“not college-bound.”
 No one talked to me about
my future.
Achieve Inc.
What Students Say
 High
school was a breeze.
I wasn’t expected to do a
whole lot.
 If I knew how hard it was
to get a good paying job, I
would have worked
harder.
 To support my family, I
had to go back to school!
Achieve Inc.
Most High School Graduates
Were Moderately Challenged
57%
56%
24%
53%
26%
20%
All high school
graduates
High expectations/
I was significantly
challenged
26%
17%
College
students
20%
Moderate
expectations/ I was
somewhat
challenged
Low expectations/
pretty easy to slide
by
Students who did
not go to college
Source: Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge: Are High
School Graduates Prepared for College and Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
If High School Had Demanded
More, Graduates Would Have
Worked Harder
82%
80%
18%
17%
64%
63%
15%
High school graduates
who went to college
 Would have
worked harder
 Strongly feel
would have
worked harder
 Wouldn’t have
worked harder
18%
High school graduates who
did not go to college
Source: Peter D. Hart Research Associates/Public Opinion Strategies, Rising to the Challenge: Are High School
Graduates Prepared for College and Work? prepared for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
Majority of Graduates Would
Have Taken Harder Courses
Knowing what you know today about the
expectations of college/work …
Would have taken more
challenging courses in
at least one area
College students
Students who did not go to college
62%
72%
Math
Would have
taken more
challenging
courses in:
34%
48%
Science
32%
41%
English
29%
38%
Source: Peter D. Hart
Research Associates/Public
Opinion Strategies, Rising to
the Challenge: Are High
School Graduates Prepared for
College and Work? prepared
for Achieve, Inc., 2005.
2007 High School
Redesign Legislation
 Rigorous
Graduation
Requirements (24 credits)
 Additional Math, Foreign
Language
 AP, Distance Learning, Dual
Credit, Honors
 New Assessments
(HS/College/Workforce
Readiness)
State
Advanced Placement
Initiatives
PSAT/NMSQT Early Participation
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Test Fee Reduction
Professional Development Workshops
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10th Graders in 13 Pilot Sites
Administrators, Coordinators & Counselors
Pre-AP & AP Strategies, & Vertical Teams
Subjects, Course Audits, & Data Collection
Regional Summer Institutes & National Conferences
Apex & Aventa AP Online Courses
AP Data
2006-07 PSAT/NMSQT
NM
% of
Region
Southwest
Region
% of
Nation
National
10th Grade
9965
6%
180,310
13%
1,393,801
11th Grade
4902
2.8%
178,215
11.5%
1,553,731
10th & 11th
14,867
4%
358,525
125
2,947,532
Others
185
Total
15,052
77.4%
1 Yr. Inc.
College Board
’07
2006-07 PSAT/NMSQT Early
Participation Expansion
Total Test
Takers
% of
Sophomores
Tested
AP Exams
Taken
Score of 3-5
’07 AP 3-5
Potential
Exams
7045
44.47%
5007
2427
17,868
(APS, Rio Rancho, Roswell, Santa Fe,
Farmington, Taos, Los Lunas, Gadsden,
Bernalillo, Deming, Gallup, Socorro, Portales)
The Scores
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New Mexico shows high AP Potential
9% of New Mexico’s HS Graduates scored
3-5: .5% increase from 2005
14.8% of the nation’s HS Graduates
scored 3-5: .7% increase from 2005
College Board ’07
2006-07 Ethnic
Minority Participation
in AP Exam& College
Remediation
African
American
American
Indian
Hispanic
Exam Takers
1.9%
5.5%
37.4%
HS Graduates
2.3%
54%
12.2%
71%
45.4%
58%
Literacy/Numeracy
Remediation in College
College Board ’07 & NM Office of Education Accountability ’07
The Facts
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49% of all HS graduates in
New Mexico take a
remedial literacy and/or
numeracy course in
college.
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The AP Test Fee Reduction
& PSAT/NMSQT Early
Participation Programs both
seek to increase ethnic
minority participation in
Advanced Placement.
The Good News
ranked 2nd by Fordham Foundation for
education reform in 2006
 NM ranked in the top 12 for high standards
by USDOE in 2007
 NM Science standards earned an “A”
 NM Math standards earned a “B”
 Decline of students prepared for college has
bottomed out and is swinging upward
 2007 HS Redesign legislation that aligns
high school to college rigor positions New
Mexico for further improvement
 NM
NM PED Press Release on 2007 Ready for College Report - Office of Education Accountability
More Good News
This report provides evidence
that New Mexico is making
progress in aligning the
expectations we have for
high school students and
the expectations we have
for college students.
- Dr. Peter Winograd
NM PED Press Release on 2007 Ready for College Report Office of Education Accountability
Implications For
Advanced Placement
Expand:
 AP Professional Development for instructors,
counselors, and administrators
 PSAT/NMSQT participation in the 10th Grade to
identify AP Potential
 Advisement relative to AP courses for all students
with targeted focus on Ethnic Minorities
 Participation in AP online courses
 Pre-AP and AP Vertical Teaming and Planning
 Pre-AP and AP Course Audits
So. . .
Take advantage of the statewide
Advanced Placement initiatives and
grow this program in your districts and
schools!
Actions
Visioning & Implementation
old reality
Ability Model
what we want
new reality
Effort Model
All Students Can
All Teachers Can
A World-Class Education
2-4 years Postsecondary for All
Continuous Improvement Cycle – PDSA
Helpful Websites
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www.achieve.com
www.collegeboard.com
www.apcentral.collegeboard.com
www.apexlearning.com
www.aventalearning.com
www.ped.state.nm.us
(go to Humanities Bureau)
http://education.nmdfa.state.nm.us
(Office of Education Accountability)
Contact Information
Iona Leriou
High School Redesign
AP/Pre-AP, Gifted, Next Step Plan
Humanities Bureau
NM Public Education Department
[email protected]
505-827-8489