ALSDE/A College Ready Program Overview

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ALSDE/A College Ready Program Overview
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Goals of ALSDE/A College Ready Program

• Increase the number of students enrolled in
  Advanced Placement English, math, and science
  courses
• Increase the pipeline of students prepared for
  Advanced Placement Coursework by increasing rigor
  and teacher support in math, science English
  classes
• Increase the number of students receiving
  qualifying scores (3) on the College Boards
  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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In 2014-15, ALSDE/A College Ready

• Is in 118 schools in 54 districts throughout the
  state of Alabama
• Supports 624 Advanced Placement Math, Science,
  and English Teachers
• Serves over 23,000 Advanced Placement Math,
  Science, and English Students

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Growth in AP MSE Qualifying Scores in 97 SDE/A
College Ready Schools that tested in May far
outpaces the U.S.
Percent Increase in AP Math, Science, English
Qualifying Scores from 2008-2014
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1 Year Percent Increases in AP Math, Science,
English Qualifying Scores 2008-2014 All Students
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1 Year Percent Increases in AP Math, Science,
English Qualifying Scores 2008-2014 Minority
Students
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AP Math, Science English Qualifying Scores per
1,000 Jrs./Srs.
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• Schools in the ALSDE/A College Ready program

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Cohort I Schools

• Jefferson County

• Montgomery County

• -Clay-Chalkville HS
• -Gardendale HS
• -Hueytown HS
• -Jefferson Co. International Baccalaureate HS
• -Minor HS
• -Pinson Valley HS
• -Pleasant Grove HS
• -Shades Valley HS

• -Booker T. Washington HS
• -Brewbaker Technology -Magnet HS
• -Loveless Academic Magnet Program
• -Robert E. Lee HS

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Cohort II Schools

• Madison County
• Buckhorn HS
• Hazel Green HS
• Madison Co. HS
• Sparkman HS
• Montgomery County
• Jefferson Davis HS

• Huntsville City
• Columbia HS
• Huntsville HS
• Lee HS
• Birmingham City
• Huffman HS
• Ramsay HS
• Wenonah HS

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Cohort III Schools

• Alexander City
• Benjamin Russell HS
• Cleburne County
• Cleburne Co. HS
• Dothan City
• Dothan HS
• Northview HS
• Gadsden City
• Gadsden City HS

• Hartselle City
• Hartselle HS
• Etowah County
• Hokes Bluff HS
• Southside HS
• Jacksonville City
• Jacksonville HS
• Huntsville City
• New Century HS

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Cohort III Schools

• Jefferson County
• Centerpoint HS
• Corner HS
• McAdory HS
• Mortimer Jordan HS
• Madison County
• New Hope HS
• Muscle Shoals City
• Muscle Shoals HS

• Oxford City
• Oxford HS
• Pell City
• Pell City HS
• Lee County
• Smiths Station HS
• Elmore County
• Wetumpka HS

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Cohort IV Schools

• Birmingham City
• GW Carver HS
• P. D. Jackson Olin HS
• Butler County
• Greenville HS
• Conecuh County
• Hillcrest HS
• Elmore County
• Stanhope Elmore HS

• Huntsville City
• Virgil Grissom HS
• Jefferson County
• Oak Grove HS
• Monroe County
• Monroe County HS

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Cohort IV Schools

• Marshall County
• Asbury HS
• Douglas HS
• Kate Duncan Smith DAR HS
• Saraland City
• Saraland HS
• Shelby County
• Calera HS
• Shelby County HS

• Tallassee City
• Tallassee HS
• Trussville City
• Hewitt Trussville HS
• Tuscaloosa City
• Central HS
• Northridge HS
• Paul W. Bryant HS
• Tuscaloosa County
• Hillcrest HS
• Tuscaloosa Co. HS

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Cohort V Schools

• Arab City
• Arab HS
• Walker County
• Cordova HS
• Cullman City
• Cullman HS
• Baldwin County
• Daphne HS
• Fairhope HS
• Elmore County
• Elmore County HS

• Perry County
• Francis Marion HS
• Robert C. Hatch HS
• Henry County
• Headland HS
• Shelby County
• Montevallo HS
• Vincent MS/HS
• St. Clair County
• Moody HS

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Cohort VI Schools

• Madison City
• Bob Jones HS
• James Clemons HS
• Demopolis City
• Demopolis HS
• Lawrence County
• East Lawrence HS
• Hatton HS
• Lawrence County HS
• RA Hubbard HS
• Enterprise City
• Enterprise HS
• Monroe County
• Excel HS
• Saint Clair County
• Saint Clair County HS
• Sylacauga City
• Sylacauga HS

• Baldwin County
• Foley HS
• Etowah County
• Gaston HS
• Sardis HS
• Guntersville City
• Guntersville HS
• Elmore County
• Holtville HS
• Huntsville City
• JO Johnson HS
• SR Butler HS
• Opp City
• Opp HS
• Piedmont City
• Piedmont HS
• Jasper City
• Walker HS

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Cohort VII Schools

• Alabaster City
• Thompson High School
• Autauga County
• Marbury High School
• Baldwin County
• Spanish Fort High School
• Cherokee County
• Cherokee County High School
• Colbert County
• Cherokee High School
• Colbert County High School
• Colbert Heights High School
• Etowah County
• Glencoe High School
• West End High School
• Florence City
• Florence High School
• Lee County
• Beauregard High School

• Marshall County
• Brindlee Mountain High School
• Opelika City
• Opelika High School
• Russellville City
• Russellville High School
• Satsuma City
• Satsuma High School
• St. Clair County
• Ashville High School
• Talladega County
• Childersburg High School
• Lincoln High School
• Munford High School
• Tallapoosa County
• Dadeville High School
• Tarrant City
• Tarrant High

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ALSDE/A College Ready Program Components
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SDE/A College Ready AP Teacher Training and
Incentive Program Elements of Success
Advanced Placement, AP and Pre-AP are
registered trademarks of College Entrance
Examination Board, which is not involved in the
production of this program.
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Math, Science English Teacher Training

• 4 Day Advanced Placement Summer Institute for 3
  years
• 2 Day AP and 1 Day Pre-AP Fall Training for 3
  years
• 4 Day NMSIs Laying the Foundation Teacher
  Training for 3 years for 7 high school teachers
  all AP teachers
• Participation in a mock AP exam reading in the
  spring
• Webinars for new teachers

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Teacher Support

• Support of an ALSDE/A College Ready Content
  Director
• Content specialists for each discipline
• ALSDE/A College Ready/NMSI online resources
• AP Syllabus Support
• Pre-AP Annotated Course Outlines Full Courses
• Vertical team meetings for each discipline for
  teachers in grades 6 - 12

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Student Support

• Three 4-hour Saturday Study Sessions per
  discipline per year
• ½ cost of each AP math, science English exam
• 2,000 per course Up to 10,000 per school- for
  purchase of equipment and supplies for AP
  classrooms for three years (includes 250 for
  each Pre-AP teacher)

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Program Management

• Competitive School Selection
• Letter of Agreement between school/district
  SDE/A College Ready
• Administrative support for school leaders
• Letter of agreement with AP Coordinator
• Training and guidance on the use of EXPLORE,
  PLAN, and ASPIRE data to proactively manage
  students into appropriate courses.

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ACT College Readiness Benchmarks
College Course ACT Subject-Area Test EXPLORE Benchmark Grade 8 EXPLORE Benchmark Grade 9 PLAN Benchmark ACT Benchmark
English Composition English 13 14 15 18
College Algebra Mathematics 17 18 19 22
Social Sciences Reading 15 16 17 21
Biology Science 20 20 21 24
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Sample PLAN Test Analysis
GENDERA ETHNIC SCR_ENG SCR_MATH SCR_READ SCR_SCI SCR_COMP
F 1 16 15 19 16 17
M 1 18 16 19 17 18
F 3 17 18 15 17 17
F 1 15 16 12 14 14 Meets or exceeds College Readiness Benchmarks Meets or exceeds College Readiness Benchmarks Meets or exceeds College Readiness Benchmarks Meets or exceeds College Readiness Benchmarks Meets or exceeds College Readiness Benchmarks
F 1 14 13 14 16 14
M 3 13 16 14 14 14
1 18 16 19 19 18 Near the College Readiness Benchmarks Near the College Readiness Benchmarks Near the College Readiness Benchmarks Near the College Readiness Benchmarks
M 1 9 6 14 12 10
3 17 10 16 16 15      
F 3 17 15 16 16 16
M 1 16 14 22 19 18
F 1 17 14 17 20 17
F 1 13 18 13 18 16
F 3 25 23 26 24 25
M 1 15 16 14 16 15
3 19 15 16 20 18
F 1 14 15 13 16 15
F 11 10 12 14 12
M 3 15 16 18 19 17
3 18 23 20 19 20
F 1 17 16 16 19 17
M 1 11 11 14 13 12
F 3 15 16 15 17 16
M 7 13 17 14 14 15
3 16 20 24 18 20
F 4 11 15 8 12 12
1 9 16 16 17 15
F 1 15 15 14 13 14
1 14 12 14 17 14
F 1 16 17 14 15 16
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Stipends, Incentives Bonuses

• Potential for AP teachers to earn a stipend of
  500 for work outside of the contract day
• 100/qualifying score for both students and AP
  teachers
• Potential for AP teachers to earn a 1000 stipend
  based on the number of qualifying scores
• Potential for AP Coordinator to earn up to a
  3000 stipend for managing the program and for
  the school meeting its qualifying score goal

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Why Advanced Placement?
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PLAN 2020

• AP is one of the seven areas that Dr. Bice, the
  State Board of Education and the ALSDE have
  identified as critical areas of needed growth
• Under the proposed accountability plan, schools
  may choose Advanced Placement as one of their
  evaluation pieces

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Why Advanced Placement?

• Students are going to be competing against peers
  who have had advanced placement preparation.
• In 2001, there were 2,897 Alabama graduates who
  took an AP exam while in high school 1,562 made
  a qualifying score.
• In 2013, there were 13,654 Alabama graduates who
  took an AP exam while in high school 4,766 made
  a qualifying score.
• In 2013 far more seniors made QUALIFYING SCORES
  than took AP exams in 2001.

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Competition with International Peers
Source Gonzalez, E. OConnor, K. Miles, J.
(2000). How well do AP students perform on the
TIMSS Advanced Mathematics Physics Tests?
Chestnut Hill, MA The International Study
Center, Lunch School of Education, Boston College.
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AP and the Cost of College

• AP students are more likely to graduate from
  college in 4 years, which only 26.5 of U. S.
  public college students achieve.
• The average cost of a 4 year public institution
  is 18,000 for every year, in state.
• If a student earns a qualifying score in an AP
  course and receives college credit, the family
  saves 1806 which is the average cost of a
  3-credit hour course at Alabama Auburn
• AP helps students qualify for college scholarship
  dollars. 31 of colleges use AP as a criterion
  when determining scholarship recipients.
• Colleges use AP to place students in appropriate
  level courses.

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Expectations of the school/district
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Commitments

• A desire commitment to grow AP and
  pre-AP/honors math, science English courses
  offered at the school
• A desire commitment to grow AP and
  pre-AP/honors math, science English enrollment
  proactively using EXPLORE and PLAN data along
  with ASPIRE data
• A desire commitment to increase the number of
  AP math, science English qualifying scores
• A willingness to make policy changes to achieve
  these goals

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School/District Financial Commitments

• Travel expenses associated with teachers
  attendance at all PD and training
• Substitute costs for teachers attendance at the
  Fall 2 Day Trainings and the Spring Mock Exam
  scoring
• Textbooks for AP classes
• Transporting students to/from Saturday Study
  Sessions, if needed

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Scheduling

• All AP classes must run year long. If school is
  on block schedule, AP classes can be done on
  alternating blocks or split blocks
• Master schedule should eliminate as many barriers
  to AP math, science English participation as
  possible including converting MSE honors
  courses into AP courses
• Students should be proactively managed, using
  EXPLORE, PLAN, ASPIRE and other data into the
  most rigorous level of courses based on their
  abilities.

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ALSDE/A CR Recommended Pathway for Students with
AP Potential
Year Math Science English
9th Grade Pre-AP Geometry Pre-AP Biology Pre-AP English 9
10th Grade Pre-AP Algebra II w/trigonometry Pre-AP Chemistry Pre-AP English 10
11th Grade Pre-AP Pre-Calculus AND AP Computer Science or AP Statistics AP Biology or AP Chemistry AP Language Composition
12th Grade AP Calculus or AP Statistics and/or AP Computer Science AP Biology or AP Chemistry or AP Physics AP Literature
While ALSDE/A College Ready recommends a
rigorous preparatory pathway for AP success,
students should be encouraged and allowed to
enter the pre-AP and AP pathways at any point if
they show ability and are willing to step up to
the challenge.
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Timeline Next Steps
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ALSDE/A College Ready Timeline
September 2014 A and ALSDE release RFP to high schools Due to SDE A College Ready October 10, 2014
Nov/Dec/Jan, 2014 Site visits to select high schools are conducted
January 15, 2015 Program Schools notified dependent on available funding from the legislature
Feb/March, 2015 Students enroll in AP courses
Summer, 2015 AP and Pre AP teacher training
August, 2015 AP courses begin
May, 2015 AP exams administered
July, 2015 AP exam scores released
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To Submit an RFP

• Send an electronic copy by October 10th to
• Robin Nelson (rnelson_at_alsde.edu)
• Mary Boehm (marydboehm_at_bellsouth.net)
• Teri Thompson (teri_at_aplusala.org)

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Contact Information
A College Ready 1230 1st Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama 35203 Telephone 205-
257-5349 Facsimile 205-257-5344 Website
www.apluscollegeready.org Staff Mary Boehm,
President marydboehm_at_bellsouth.net Andrew
Mitchell, Communications and Data Director
andrew_at_aplusala.org Liz Walston, Director of
Training lizw_at_aplusala.org Teri Thompson,
Manager of Partner Schools and Special Projects
teri_at_aplusala.org Kitty Morgan, Math Content
Director- kitty_at_aplusala.org Diann Frucci,
English Content Director diann_at_aplusala.org
Robert Summers, Science Content Director -
robert_at_aplusala.org Jenifer Glover, Finance
Manager jenifer_at_aplusala.org