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The Colorado Paradox:
Colorado’s Postsecondary Production
Dilemma and
Policy Strategies to Address It.
Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D.
Senior Policy Analyst for Education
Office of Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
The Colorado Promise (2006)
• Close achievement gaps in schools
• Double the number of degrees and certificates
earned by Colorado students
– 39,918 in 2005-06
• Cut the high school dropout rate in half
– 32nd for high school graduation rate
– Graduation rate overall: 75%
– Graduation rate among Latino students: 57.1%
The Environment Is Complex
• Rapidly changing demographics
• Wide disparities in educational attainment, income, and
access
• Ever-increasing demand for high-skilled employees
• Limited financial resources
Source: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
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To Increase the Pool of College Qualified Students,
Particularly Those from Low and Middle Income
Families, States Must…
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Recommit to increasing access
Increase improve information
Improve analytical capacity
Increase expectations and improve
preparation
• Ease transitions into and through the
systems
Increasing Postsecondary Participation and Success
Access: Cost Containment and Improved Financial Assistance
• Positively influence student price responses by intentionally limiting
tuition increases to 5% for low & middle income students
• And, dramatically increasing need-based financial aid and general
fund support
• 2008 ballot initiative for need-based financial assistance (60% of
revenues from proposed severance tax modification)
Information: College and Career Planning
• Move more students’ attitudes to intentional behaviors by way of the
Colorado Counselor Corps, a program that will place more than 70
new “college coach” style counselors in schools.
Analysis: Improved Analytical Capacity
• Improve ability to determine efficacy of state-level initiatives by
developing a cross-departmental data sharing protocol
Preparation: Assumptions of the Colorado Achievement Plan for Kids (CAP4K):
Matt
Gianneschi,
• K-12 and higher education systems
respond
differently toPh.D.
various incentives and sanctions.
To ensure the achievement of statewide,
multi-sectorPolicy
objectives,
there must be better crossSenior Education
Analyst
system coherence and coordination.
Office of Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
• Piecemeal policies will not address systemic problems, and that there are no simple solutions.
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• To create meaningful change, each part of the system has to be empowered, vested, and
accountable.
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• Funding should follow form and performance
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• The result must be relevant to students, rigorous enough to satisfy postsecondary/workforce
expectations, and meaningful/interpretable across sectors.
• Academic targets must be meaningful and tangible: Matriculation to college without
remediation.
2008-09
Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D.
2010
Senior Education Policy Analyst
Office of Governor Bill Ritter, Jr.
2011
2012
New Assessments
(Jointly Developed)
Modifications
Modifications
To College
To College
Admission Policies
Admission Policies
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School
Readiness
PK
New Standards
(Jointly Developed)
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Denver, CO 80203
Postsecondary
Readiness
(Jointly Adopted)
Postsecondary
Credential
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Postsecondary
Readiness
(New HS Default)
Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D.
Matt Gianneschi, Ph.D.
Education Policy
Senior Policy AnalystSenior
for Education
andAnalyst
Director,
Office of Governor
Bill Ritter, Jr.
P-20 Education Coordinating
Council
Office of Governor Bill [email protected]
Ritter, Jr.
136 State Capitol
(303)-866-5815
Denver, Colorado 80203
124 State Capitol
Denver, CO 80203
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