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The National Math and Science
Initiative and A+ College Ready:
Partnership for Academic Excellence
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Primary Goals
• Increase the number of students enrolled
in Advanced Placement® English, math,
and science programs
• Increase the number of students
receiving qualifying scores (>2) on the
College Board’s National Examinations in
AP® English, math, and science
• Increase the number of students
attending and graduating from College
with degrees in math and science
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Background
• The U.S. is currently lagging in mathematics and
sciences, which results in an erosion of
American competitiveness in the global
economy. The current state of U.S. education
is precarious, as described in “Rising above the
Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing
America for a Brighter Economic Future” (the
2005 blue-ribbon panel report put forth by the
National Academies of Science):
• “Fewer than 33% of U.S. 4th grade and 8th grade
students performed at or above a level called
‘proficient in math…”
• “American youth spend more time watching
television than in school…”
• “There were almost twice as many U.S. physics
bachelor’s degrees awarded as in 1956, the last
graduating class before Sputnik, than in 2004…”
• Additionally, the US continues to fall in
international rankings. Our country dropped to
26th in Math in 2006 (down from 20th in 2003)
and to 20th in Science in 2006 (down from 15th in
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2003.
Achievement of 12th Grade Students on
the International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Administered in 2000
Mathematics
Average Achievement by Country
600
AP Calculus students scoring 3, 4 or 5
All AP Calculus students
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Achievement of 12th Grade Students on
the International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS)
Administered in 2000
Physics
Average Achievement by Country
AP Physics Students scoring 3, 4, or 5
600
All AP Physics Students
500
400
300
200
100
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Average First Year GPA
Students who scored >2 on an AP exam compared to
those who did not take an AP exam- Texas Public
Colleges or Universities
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HISPANIC
3.11
2.87
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AMERICAN
2.81
GPA
2.35
2.03
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Passed an AP Exam
Did not Take an AP Exam
Source: National Center for Educational Accountability
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SIX-YEAR GRADUATION RATE
Students who passed an AP exam compared to those who did
not take an AP exam-Texas Public Colleges or Universities
100%
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Percentage
75%
HISPANIC
72%
62%
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
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50%
30%
25%
17%
15%
0%
Passed an AP Exam
Did not Take an AP Exam
Source: National Center for Educational Accountability
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What Counts in College Admissions-Percentage of
Admissions Officials Citing Criteria as “Considerably
Important”
Course Selection/Grades in
College Prep Courses
80%
60%
Admission Test Scores
57%
Grades in All Subjects
28%
Class Rank
25%
Essay/Writing Sample
Counselor Recommendation
18%
Teacher Recommendation
18%
9%
Interview
8%
Community Service
Work/Extracurricular
Activities
6%
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
Source: National Association of College Admissions Counselors, 2004-2005 State of College Admission Survey
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Recommendations
• Intense content-focused
professional development
• Rigorous standards and
curriculum (AP®) with
data-driven measures of
accountability
• Close the equity gap
• Replicate proven and
successful training and
incentive models on a
national scale
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The APS Incentive Program Model
Private
Donor
Reporting and
accountability
$$ for incentives
School
District
Teacher training
Curricular support
Principals
AP Coordinators
AP Lead Teachers
AP Teachers
AP Students
$$ for incentives
Program management
http://www.apstrategies.org/
High School(s)
Middle School(s)
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Pre- AP Teachers
Pre-AP Students
AP Exams Taken in English, Math, and Science
at 10 Dallas ISD Incentive Schools
4,000
3,965
4,093
High Schools - 10
Jr/Sr Enrollment - 8490
3,564
Minority Enrollment – 88%
3,238
2,900
3,000
2,748
First Year of AP
Incentive
Program
2,548
2,572
2,125 2,191
2,000
1,832
1,130
1,000
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300
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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AP Qualifying Scores in English, Math, and Science
at 10 Dallas ISD Incentive Schools
1,466
High Schools - 10
Jr/Sr Enrollment - 8490
1300
Minority Enrollment – 88%
1191
1,200
1,047
900
First Year of AP
Incentive
Program
867
1,094 1,077
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608 592
600
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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AP Qualifying Scores in English, Math, and Science
at 10 Dallas ISD Incentive Schools
Hispanic and African American
664
High Schools - 10
600
Jr/Sr Enrollment - 8490
Minority Enrollment – 88%
517
532
469
433
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400
329
First Year of AP
Incentive
Program
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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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AP Qualifying Scores
per 1000 Juniors and Seniors in Math, Science, and English
for Dallas ISD 10 Schools, Texas, and U.S.
173
150
First Year of DISD
AP Incentive
Program
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1995
1996
1997
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1999
U.S. Public Schools
2000
2001
2002
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Texas Public Schools
2004
2005
2006
2007
DISD 10 Schools
Source: The College Board, DISD, Texas Education Agency, U.S. Department of Education (2006 and 2007 U.S. enrollment data is estimated through
extrapolation. 2007 results data for U.S. and Texas is estimated through extrapolation.)
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Minority AP Qualifying Scores
per 1000 Juniors and Seniors in Math, Science, and English
for African-American and Hispanics in DISD 10 Schools, Texas, and U.S.
85
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60
First Year of DISD
AP Incentive
Program
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1996
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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U.S. Public Schools
Texas Public Schools
DISD 10 Schools
Source: The College Board, DISD, Texas Education Agency, U.S. Department of Education (2006 and 2007 U.S. enrollment data is
estimated through extrapolation. 2007 results data for U.S. and Texas is estimated through extrapolation.)
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2007
28 Preliminary Proposals were received
AK
WA
OR
ME
ND
MT
MN
ID
WY
NV
AZ
PA
IL
CO
KS
OK
NM
MO
OH
IN
WV
KY
VA
NC
TN
AR
SC
MS
TX
MI
IA
NE
UT
CA
WI
SD
VT
NH
MA
NY
CT RI
AL
GA
LA
Applied
FL
Did not apply
HI
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NJ
DE
MD
DC
Full proposal review emphasized leadership
capabilities and plan for results and stability
Reviewers
Criteria
•NMSI
•Strength of coalitions and networks to
support and sustain the initiative
•APS
•Strength of leadership
•Laying the Foundation
•A well thought out action plan to achieve
goals
•College Board
•Sustainability and funding stability of the
organization
•NGA
•A reasonable budget designed to implement
the NMSI model
• Three additional, external
education experts
•Ability and plan to fulfill data requests
•Existence of or plan to implement a P-16
longitudinal student-level, demographic data
system
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Higher
importance
Lower
importance
7 recommended grantees
AK
•WA
OR
ME
ND
MT
MN
ID
WY
NV
AZ
PA
IL
CO
KS
OK
NM
MO
OH
IN
WV
KY
AR
SC
AL
GA
LA
Recommended
HI
VA
NC
TN
MS
TX
MI
IA
NE
UT
CA
WI
SD
VT
NH
MA
NY
CT
FL
Not recommended
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NJ
DE
MD
DC
RI
Each recommended grantee brings a
unique passion to this program
State
Focus
Initial regions
Alabama
A+ College
Ready
•Alabama views this initiative as a catalyst to deliver quality
education to all of Alabama’s school children
•Alabama will initially focus on two of its largest
urban school districts, Jefferson and Montgomery
Counties
Arkansas
AR Adv.
Initiative for
Math and
Science
•Arkansas hopes this program will help match its recent
increases in AP enrollment with increases in qualifying AP
scores
• Arkansas wants to continue AP momentum forward
by targeting 11 high schools from diverse regions
Connecticut
Project
Opening Doors
• Recognizing that there are “Two Connecticuts,” CT sees this
initiative as a way to bring high expectations, rigor, and
support to the neglected areas of the state
• 13 primarily urban high schools have been
identified as strong candidates to initiate “Project
Opening Doors”
Kentucky
Advance
Kentucky
• Kentucky is attempting to change its economic base and
sees this initiative as a way of preparing students for a
technologically and scientifically based economy.
• Through extensive data analysis, schools
representing 18,000 high school juniors and seniors
in 26 geographically dispersed counties will serve as
the initial target schools
Massachusetts
Mass Insight
•The Mass Insight Education approach is to better engage
their array of colleges and universities to reaching out to K12 students moving away from a culture of academic
exclusivity
• The plan is to build on a successful Pre-AP and AP
program in districts where it is available, and to
create AP programs in districts that currently offer
little or no AP
Virginia
VA Advanced
Study
Strategies
•The proposed program will focus on rural regions of the
state most affected by the loss of tobacco, textile and
furniture industries.
• VA has targeted 10 schools located primarily in the
agricultural southern and southwestern regions of
Virginia
Washington
Mentoring
Advanced
Programs for
Students
•Matching scientist mentors with students in AP math and
science courses, MAP will provide an important new
component of tutoring and guiding students who need
additional support to succeed.
• MAPS has identified socio-economically and
geographically diverse regions of the state to begin,
including the largest metropolitan/urban areas of all
the grantees
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The maximum AP award is $13.2M over
six years
AP Training and Incentive
Program operation at a single location
$10M
$9.7M
NMSI
funds
8
$7.0M
6
$5.0M
4
Outside
funds
$2.9M
2
$1.4M
$0.6M
0
NMSI % of
program $
07-08
08-09
09-10
10-11
11-12
12-13
100%
100%
75%
75%
50%
25%
•
Grant awards are set as a percent of
the operating budget not to exceed the
dollar amounts reflected to the right
•
The level of outside funds reflected at
right is the minimum that grantees are
expected to contribute
•
Outside funds will be a mix of private
and public money and will vary state
to state
•
Continuance of awards and amount of
NMSI support will be contingent upon
level of success in implementing the
program
•
NMSI expects programs to continue
after the end of the grant period
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Projected Revenue 2007-2013
Year
NMSI
State AP/
In-kind
Funds
Corporations LEA/
Foundations Private sector
Federal
funds
Total
1
$500,000
400,000
-
200,000
-
1,100,000
2
1,300,000
600,000
200,000
400,000
100,000
2,600,000
3
2,600,000
720,000
300,000
600,000
150,000
4,370,000
4
3,400,000
840,000
400,000
600,000
350,000
5, 590,000
5
3,200,000
960,000
700,000
600,000
400,000
5,960,000
6
2,200,000
1,110,000
850,000
600,000
500,000
5,260,000
Total
13,200,000
4,630,000
2,255,000
3,000,000
1,500,000
24,880,000
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Critical Path Scale-up Year Activities
Fall
Board
1
Presidents
approval
hired
Build
Contracts
organization
signed
2
Winter
Select
Program
Schools
RFP to
select
schools
Budget for
Scale-up Year
Finalized
Initial assessments
of potential schools
3
4
Recruit
PSAT by 8/31
and enroll
students
Registration for
PSAT
administered
10/17
Summer
Content
director
training
Other staff
hired
Letter of Agreements
signed by Program
Schools
CB 2 day
workshops, as
appropriate
Recruit
and train
teachers
Spring
Lead teachers
identified and
recruited as
needed
PSAT used to
identify AP
potential
Teachers signed
up for summer
institutes
Lead teacher
training
Students enrolled for
AP courses in ’08-’09
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CB summer
institutes
A+ College Ready Proposed Expansion plan for the
Huntsville Region:
•Bring Laying The Foundation to select schools in the
Huntsville region in partnership with The Schools
Foundation and Huntsville area funders.
•This would be followed by the selection of high schools
to participate in the A+ College Ready AP Training and
Incentive Program
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Contact Information
Address:
A+ College Ready
1230 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203
Mailing Address:
PO Box 727
Birmingham, Alabama 35201
Telephone:
205-257-5349
Facsimile:
205-257-5344
Mary Boehm [email protected]
Carol Crawford [email protected]
NMSI – Dallas Texas
AP Teacher Training and Incentives
Dale Fleury
214.665.2509
[email protected]
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