New High School Graduation Requirements Preparing Tennessee

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New High SchoolGraduation RequirementsPreparing
Tennessees Students for The New Economy
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Contact Information

• State Board of Education
• Gary Nixon, Executive Director
• Gary.nixon_at_tn.gov
• Garys Blog
• http//garynixon.wordpress.com

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The New Economy

• The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that
  todays adult learner (18 and up) will have
  _________ jobs by the time they are 38.
• Students beginning a 4-year technical degree
  today will begin learning information that is
  outdated by their _____ year of studies.

10 to 14
3rd
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The New Economy
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• 1 in ____ workers have been at their job for less
  than one year.
• 1 in ____ workers have been at their job for less
  than five years.

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In the new economy

• workers must expect change in the pursuit of
  careers that require more and more learning
  beyond high school.

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Whats the outlook for the new ecomomys fastest
growing and best paying jobs?
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How are we doing in preparing our students for
the new economy?
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Are Tennessee Students Proficient?

• Spring 2007 National Chamber of Commerce
  comparison report card of key education factors
  in all states
• Tennessee made an F in the category of Truth in
  Advertisingcomparing Tennessee proficiency (our
  state assessments) to National proficiency (NAEP)

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Is there a gap between achievement on state
assessments and NAEP?
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Performance Measures

• Today

• Beginning 2009-10

Advanced
Proficient
Below Proficient
Advanced
Proficient
Basic
Below Basic
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Workforce Readiness Benchmarks

• ACTs research has found that the skills required
  to be ready for college are the SAME SKILLS
  required to succeed and advance in the career and
  technical workforce.http//www.act.org/path/polic
  y/pdf/ReadinessBrief.pdf

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ACT Readiness Benchmarks
ACT ACT ACT
SUBJECT ACT (Grade 11-12) PLAN (Grade 10) EXPLORE (Grade 8-9)
English 18 15 13
Algebra 22 19 17
Social Science 21 17 15
Biology 24 21 20
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EXPLORE
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PLAN
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ACT
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What Are We Learning?
Being ready is really, really important for ALL
Students. It is important that students who are
not ready catch up as early as possible.
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What Are We Learning?
Students who score, or are projected to score,
more than two points below the Explore readiness
benchmark score should receive extensive
intervention. ACT has found that students who
score more than 2 points below the Explore
readiness benchmark scores rarely catch up and
usually do not graduate.
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What Are We Learning?
Tennessee needs to more than double the rate at
which students earn a postsecondary credential.
Tennessee needs to develop seamless paths from
the middle grades through high school to
postsecondary completion.
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The underworked American Children are
exceptions to the countrys work ethicThe
Economist, June 11, 2009

• American children have it easier than most other
  children in the world, including the supposedly
  lazy Europeans.
• They have one of the shortest school years
  anywhere, a mere 180 days compared with an
  average of 195 for OECD countries and more than
  200 for East Asian countries.
• German children spend 20 more days in school than
  American ones.
• South Koreans over a month more.
• Over 12 years, a 15-day deficit means American
  children lose out on 180 days of school,
  equivalent to an entire year.

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The underworked American Children are
exceptions to the countrys work ethicThe
Economist, June 11, 2009

• American children also have one of the shortest
  school days, six-and-a-half hours, adding up to
  32 hours a week.
• By contrast, the school week is 37 hours in
  Luxembourg, 44 in Belgium, 53 in Denmark and 60
  in Sweden.
• On top of that, American children do only about
  an hours-worth of homework a day, a figure that
  stuns the Japanese and Chinese.

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High School Readiness

• Use TVAAS Projections as early as possible for
  early detection of academic need.
• Monitor students leaving 8th grade to determine
  readiness for challenging high school studies
  using results on Explore and TCAP examinations.
• Intervene if not ready.

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Middle Grades Readiness

• Monitor students leaving 4th grade for numeracy
  and literacy readiness for middle grades content
  using TCAP results.
• Intervene if not ready.

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1st Grade Readiness

• Monitor students leaving kindergarten for
  academic and developmental readiness for first
  grade.
• Intervene if not ready.

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How do we prepare our students to be college or
career ready?
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H S Graduation Requirements

• Changes that begin with the graduating class of
  2013, this years 9th graders, include
• curriculum aligned with ACHIEVEs standards
• new EOC assessments
• transition from Gateway to EOC as percentage of
  grade
• graduation requirements increased to 22
  (including a fourth credit in math, ½ credit in
  personal finance, and ½ credit in PE)
• either chemistry or physics as one of three
  science courses
• one diploma for all students
• 3 credit elective focus

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H S Graduation Requirements

• English - 4 Credits
• English I - 1 Credit
• English II - 1 Credit
• English III - 1 Credit
• AP Language and Composition
• English IV - 1 Credit
• AP English Literature or Composition
• IB Language I
• Communications for Life

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H S Graduation Requirements

• Math - 4 Credits (Students must take a math
  class each year)
• Algebra I - 1 Credit
• Geometry - 1 Credit
• Algebra II - 1 Credit
• Upper level Math - 1 Credit
• Bridge Math Students who have not earned a 19 on
  the mathematics component of the ACT by the
  beginning of the senior year are recommended to
  complete the Bridge Math course.
• Capstone Math
• Adv. Algebra and Trigonometry.
• STEM Math (Pre-Calculus, Calculus, or Statistics)

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H S Graduation Requirements

• Science - 3 Credits
• Biology I - 1 Credit
• Chemistry or Physics - 1 Credit
• AP Physics (B or C)
• Principles of Technology I and II
• Another Lab. Science - 1 Credit

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H S Graduation Requirements

• Social Studies 3.0 Credits
• W. History or W. Geography 1 Credit
• AP World History, Modern History, Ancient
  History, European History
• U.S. History 1 Credit
• AP U.S. History, IB History of the Americas HL (2
  Years)
• Economics .5 Credit
• Government .5 Credit
• AP U.S. Government, IB History of the Americas HL
  (2 Years), JROTC (3 Years), ABLS

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H S Graduation Requirements

• P. E. and Wellness 1.5 Credits
• Wellness 1 Credit
• Physical Education .5 Credit
• The physical education requirement may be met by
  substituting an equivalent time of physical
  activity in other areas including but not limited
  to marching band, JROTC, cheerleading,
  interscholastic athletics, and school sponsored
  intramural athletics.
• Personal Finance .5 Credit

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H S Graduation Requirements

• Fine Art, Foreign Lang., and Elective Focus 6
  Credits
• Fine Art 1 Credit
• Foreign Language 2 Credits (Same)
• Elective Focus 3 Credits
• Students completing a CTE elective focus must
  complete three units in the same CTE program area
  or state approved program of study.
• science and math, humanities, fine arts, or AP/IB
• other area approved by local Board of Education
• The Fine Art and Foreign Language requirements
  may be waived for students who are sure they are
  not going to attend a University and be replaced
  with courses designed to enhance and expand the
  elective focus.

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Lifes not about waiting for the storm to pass
A Parting Thought
Its about learning to dance in the
rain! Vivian Greene