Are Illinois Students Ready for College/Career?

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Division of Career Development and Preparation, Illinois State Board of Education

AreIllinois Students

Ready for College/Career?

March 16-17, 2011

Mark Williams, Division Administrator

Shangte Shen, Principal Consultant

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The Obama administration released its blueprint,… that prepare students to succeed in college and the workplace,…

A Blueprint for Reform

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Obama Administration’s Goal:

We must achieve a new goal, that by 2020, the United States will once again lead the world in college completion.

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Every student should graduate from high school ready for college and a career.

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Awarded Funds from Federal

School Improvement Grant (SIG),Perkins, 21st Century,Title I, Title II, Title III, etc.

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Four of every 10 new college students, including half of those at 2-year institutions, take remedial courses, and many employers comment on the inadequate preparation of high school graduates

Do you know…

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Strategies:

For all challenged schools, districts:i. expanded learning time,ii. supplemental educational services,iii. public school choice,iv. other strategies to help students succeed

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Illinois Teachers (All Schools)

% of Teachers with Emergency or Provisional

Credentials

% of Classes Not Taught by Highly Qualified

Teachers

FY08 0.7% 0.7%

FY09 0.6% 1.2%

FY10 0.5% 0.7%

Average Teaching Experience (Years)

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FY08 FY09 FY1051%

52%

53%

54%

55%

56%

57%

58%

53.2%

55.8%

57.4%

% of Teachers with Master's & Above

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Illinois Teachers (Career & Technical Education)

FY08 FY09 FY100%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

75.7%

71.8%

78.1%

33.7%

33.7%

38.2%

16.3% 16.6% 17.0%10.0% 10.3% 12.6%

3.6% 3.6% 5.0%

Health

Industrial

Agriculture

Family & Consumer Sciences

Business

% of CTE Teachers with Provisional Credentials

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CTE Teachers…

Agriculture Business Family & Consumer Sciences

Health Industrial

257

456

702

16

438293

1554

789

84

873

208

1614

823

91

1042

130

10831164

121

986

35

222 214

20

225

Age < 30

30 <= Age < 40

40 <= Age < 50

50 <= Age < 60

Age >= 60

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Programs in Illinois

i. SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATHEMATICS (STEM)

ii. Programs of Study (POS)

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Career Cluster FrameworkCareer Cluster FrameworkTechnology and

Engineering EducationBusiness, Marketing and

Computer Education

Family and Consumer Sciences

Health Science Technology

Agricultural Education

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Enrollments

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010340000

345000

350000

355000

349991

354163

343511

340056

349221

CTE Enrollment Trends

352076 *

Roughly 55% of Grade 9-12 students (632,433 students in 2010) participate in CTE programs.

* Predicted CTE enrollment counts using MA model

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What Happens to 100 Ninth Grade Students in Illinois?

Posted on ACTE By James R. Stone III

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FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10

5.1

4.9

4.6

4

3.5 3.5

4.1

3.5

3.8

High School Dropout Rate

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CTE Programs Work?!

CTE programs retain high school students in schools!

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Of the students that completed career and technical education training level programs, 95.3% CTE participants graduated from high school.

The success of a program can be gauged by the number of students that graduate from high school.

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Student Performances

FY06

FY07

FY08

FY09

FY10

20.3

20.3

20.5

20.6

20.5

FY06

FY07

FY08

FY09

FY10

86.46%

86.03%

89.03%

90.58%

89.79%

77.03%

77.93%

80.35%

76.04%

78.02%WorkKeys Math >= Level 4 Logarithmic (WorkKeys Math >= Level 4)

(College Bound Students Only)

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CTE Student Performances

FY08 FY09 FY10

14.2

14.414.3

ACT Composite Score

FY08 FY09 FY10

82.00%

87.92% 88.63%

73.02%

78.09% 78.62%

WorkKeys Reading >= Level 4Logarithmic (WorkKeys Reading >= Level 4)

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The Rates for College/Workplace

61.7% of the CTE students enrolled in college and 77.6% of the CTE students were employed.

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School Choice & SES

Supplemental Educational Services

FY09 FY10

420

512

School Choice

FY09 FY10

# Schools Provided SES 480 571

# Students Received SES 65983 47571

Dollars spent on SES $85,323,417.3 $70,082,493.5

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Gap Closing?

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AcknowledgementIllinois State Board of Education

Division of Student Assessment Shuwan Chiu, Principal Consultant

[email protected] of Innovation and Improvement

Evelyn Deimel, Principal Consultant [email protected]

Marti Woelfle, Principal Consultant [email protected]

Carol Diedrichsen [email protected]

Illinois CTE Curriculum Revitalization Project Mary Waters, Director

[email protected]

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Thank you!

See you in 2012

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