Quality Performance Accreditation System

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Student Achievement Factors

• Improving graduation rate (87)
• Increasing postsecondary education enrollment
  (75)
• Decreasing dropout rate (2 or less)
• Sustaining high participation (74) and
  performance on ACT and SAT
• Increasing significantly the number of students
  taking advanced mathematics and science classes

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Student Achievement Factors

• Sustaining high attendance rate (95)
• Sustaining top performance on NAEP (10)
• Improving in all areas assessed
• Increasing dramatically the number of schools
  reaching standard of excellence
• Narrowing the achievement gap, especially in the
  last five years, yet significant gaps still exist

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One Year Dropout Rates by Race, Grades 10-12
Source NCES Drop-out Rates in U.S. 1998 (1999)
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One Year KS Dropout Rates by Race, Grades 7-12
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Students Complete High School At Different Rates,
2000
Age 18-24
Source US Bureau of Census, Current Population
Reports, Educational Attainment in the United
States March 2000, Detailed Tables No. 2
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KS Students Complete High School At Different
Rates, 2003
Age 18
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Nationally, High School Grads Who Go On To
Postsecondary
Source NELS 88, Second (1992) and Third (1994)
Follow up in, USDOE, NCES, Access to
Postsecondary Education for the 1992 High School
Graduates, 1998, Table 2.
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KS High School Grads Who Go On To Postsecondary
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College Freshmen Who Do Not Return for Sophomore
Year
Source Tom Mortensen, Postsecondary Opportunity,
No. 89, November 1999
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KS College Freshmen Who Do Not Return for
Sophomore Year
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Rigorous Course-Taking

• The Texas Business and Education Coalition (TBEC)
  called for all Texas high school students to
  complete a rigorous academic core course of study
• Beginning in 2004, all students entering 9th
  grade are automatically enrolled in college-prep
  and can opt out only if both the students
  parents and a school official agree.
• The Southern Regional Education Board, developers
  of the HSTW, requires all students to complete
  four credits in college-prep mathematics
• It must include Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II
  and a higher level math course such as
  Trigonometry, Statistics, Pre-Calculus, Calculus,
  or the College-Boards Pacesetter Mathematics.

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Rigorous Course-Taking

• Just a little over a decade ago, less than 45 of
  Kansas high school graduates completed a core
  curriculum last year more than 70 of Kansas
  high school graduates completed a core curriculum
  
• Starting July 1, 2005, all high school graduates
  in Kansas are required to complete the following
  to graduate from high school
• 4 language arts
• 3 science
• 3 history/government
• 3 mathematics
• 1 fine arts
• 1 physical education
• 6 electives

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In real life, I assure you, there is no such
thing as algebra. Fran Lebowitz
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Algebra II Coursework

• District 1 Factoring
• Factors polynomials to include the difference of
  perfect squares the sum or difference of perfect
  cubes solves equations involving function
  notation using numeric, geometric and algebraic
  techniques classifies relations as functions or
  non-functions based on graphical representations
  as they relate to independent and dependent
  variables determines a functions inverse
  verifies a functions inverse interpolates and
  extrapolates information

• District 2 Factoring
• Factor polynomials
• Uses factoring to solve equations and
  inequalities
• Applies factor theorems

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Looking at Secondary and Post-Secondary

• State Board of Education initiative
• Transition Council
• National Summit on High School Reform
• Kansas High School Conference

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State Board of Education Initiative

• Create a post-secondary transition council
• Host an annual conference on high school reform
• Create models of curriculum integration
• Establish a high school technology work group
• Provide incentives to develop model high school
  programs and structures
• Review funding structures
• Create a data set to measure progress

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High School Summit

• Define a rigorous college and work preparatory
  curriculum for high school graduation
• Create statewide common course agreements
• Create a permanent Education Roundtable including
  business and P-16
• Support statewide initiatives that improve
  college awareness
• Design accelerated literacy and math recovery
  programs

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High School Summit

• Develop and fund statewide supplemental programs
  to help students pass high school exit exams
• Expand college-level learning opportunities in
  high school
• Provide financial incentives for disadvantaged
  students to take rigorous college preparatory
  courses and sit for AP exams
• Administer broadly college readiness assessments
  in high school
• Provide up to a semesters worth tuition
  reimbursement for students completing courses
  leading to an industry certification

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• Statewide
• High School
• Conference

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What Questions Do You Have?

• What expectations do we or should we have for all
  high school graduates?
• What structures need to be changed to ensure all
  students graduate from high school with options
  which include post-secondary education?