Paths to Post Secondary Readiness Dash Weerasinghe Assessment and Accountability Plano ISD 4 th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010
Paths to Post Secondary Readiness
Dash WeerasingheAssessment and Accountability
Plano ISD
4th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010
Why College Readiness?
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College Preparation Program
• Students that undergo a rigorous college program are more likely to: Stay in high school Score higher on college readiness test Enroll in college (by 12 percentage points) Be prepared for credit-bearing college courses Not need remedial courses in college Achieve a first-year college grade point average (GPA) of
3.0 or higher (by 9 percentage points) Persist in college (by 7 percentage points) Earn a college degree (by 8 percentage points)
* The Role of Nonacademic Factors in College Readiness and Success, Issues in College Readiness, ACT 2007
College Readiness Program
EXPLOREEXPLORE PLANPLAN ACT/SATACT/SAT
Successful transition into high school
Explore personally relevant career options
Information about students' perceived needs
World-of Work Map, study skills checklist, coursework planner
As a "pre-ACT" test, PLAN is a powerful predictor of success on the ACT
Focuses attention on both career preparation and improving academic achievement
Links students with relevant college and scholarship information
ACT tests are curriculum based and directly related to what is taught in high school courses
Can measure growth towards collage readiness
SAT scores can be converted to ACT scale to measure growth
Measuring PSR
Test EXPLORE PLAN ACTSAT
Equivalent
English 13 15 18 471 – V
Math 17 19 22 520 – Q
Reading 15 17 21 470 – V
Science 20 21 24
• Students who meet a Benchmark have approximately a 50 percent chance of earning a B or better and approximately a 75 percent chance of earning a C or better in English Composition, College Algebra, and Biology Typical first year college coursework
* How Much Growth toward College Readiness Is Reasonable to Expect in High School?, ACT 2009* ACT-SAT Concordance, ACT 2008
Using PSR Benchmarks
Test EXPLORE PLAN ACTSAT
Equivalent
English 13 15 18 471 – V
Math 17 19 22 520 – Q
Reading 15 17 21 470 – V
Science 20 21 24
• Evaluating students’ early progress toward college readiness• For timely interventions• For educational counseling• Career planning tool
College Readiness to College GPAM
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• EXPLORE, PLAN, or ACT score and College First-year GPA
Growth to PSR
Average Growth in Achievement between 8th and 11th grade: Using the vertical scale from Explore, Plan, and ACT
TAKS and College Readiness
EXIT TAKSScore
Predicted English
ACT Score
Predicted Verbal SAT
Score
Predicted Math
ACT Score
Predicted
Quant. SAT Score
2100 17.7 461 19.5 472
College Readiness Reading Standard = 18
2200 20.1 502 21.9 521
College Readiness Math Standard = 22
2300 22.5 534 24.3 570
2400 24.9 584 26.7 618
• Math EXIT TAKS Score 2100 ► 5%
2200 ► 26%
2300 ► 77%
2400 ► 100%
• ELA EXIT TAKS score 2100 ► 57%
2200 ► 77%
2300 ► 90%
2400 ► 100%
Exit TAKS and College Readiness
Probability of being ready for College Algebra
Probability of being ready for freshman English Composition
Aiming for 2250 in EXIT TAKS
• What is the equivalent standard for 2250 in EXIT TAKS
Reading Mathematics
Grade 3 2330 2308
Grade 4 2282 2291
Grade 5 2269 2308
Grade 6 2320 2276
Grade 7 2263 2193
Grade 8 2298 2216
Grade 9 2228 2201
Grade 10 2221 2181
* Identifying Appropriate College-Readiness Standards For All Students, National Center for Education Accountability, May 2006.
Unequal standards in grades 3-6; Need to set significantly higher expectation in elementary to meet the required standard in secondary…
PSR – Begins in Elementary!
MAPMAP EXPLOREEXPLORE PLAN, ACT, SAT, EOCs
PLAN, ACT, SAT, EOCs
Grades 1 – 8
MAP RIT Growth in Reading and Math
Progress to College Readiness in 8th Grade
Grade 8 Status Check
High school Planning
Career Analysis
EOC College Readiness Measures
Grade 10 Status Check – PLAN, SAT
Grade 11 Readiness: SAT, ACT, EOCs
Charting PSR Growth
• Based on ACT recommended standards - College Readiness MAP RIT Scores Mathematics: RIT Score of 244 by Grade 8 Spring Reading: RIT Score of 226 by Grade 8 Spring
• Find the typical growth path for students District or school specific growth path Growth path dependent of student demographics
LEP path or Non-LEP path Economically disadvantaged Ethnicity Combination of above
Charting PSR Growth
• In Plano, using a regression model, we formularized the fall to spring growth for each grade level
• This enabled individual growth paths for each student based in their starting MAP score from KN to grade 9 Reading Mathematics Science – Grade 3 to 9
• Apply the growth trajectory formulae to identify students on track at grade 3 and above
Grade 3 Fall to Grade 8 Spring
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190
205
215
224
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244
249
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196
240
214
226
231
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243
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226
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229
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246
208
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202 Target = 244
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Gr 1 Fall Gr 2 Fall Gr 3 Fall Gr 3 Spring Gr 4 Spring Gr 5 Spring Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
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Target: 244 in Grade 8 Spring
Mathematics Path
244
249
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254
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234
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246
234
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Gr 1 Fall Gr 2 Fall Gr 3 Fall Gr 3 Spring Gr 4 Spring Gr 5 Spring Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
205
215
177
196
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226
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186
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260
Gr 1 Fall Gr 2 Fall Gr 3 Fall Gr 3 Spring Gr 4 Spring Gr 5 Spring Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
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215
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249
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240
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Target = 244
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Gr 1 Fall Gr 2 Fall Gr 3 Fall Gr 3 Spring Gr 4 Spring Gr 5 Spring Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
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Accelerated Growth path: 4 more RIT points required than typical growth
Target: 244 in Grade 8 Spring
Mathematics Path
244
249
240
237
244
234
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180
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220
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260
Gr 1 Fall Gr 2 Fall Gr 3 Fall Gr 3 Spring Gr 4 Spring Gr 5 Spring Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
Accelerated Growth to PSR
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248
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217
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220
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Gr 6 Spring Gr 7 Spring Gr 8 Spring
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PSR – Intervention in 6th Grade
Accelerated Growth path: 11 more RIT points required than typical growth
Target: 244 by Grade 8 Spring
Presenting to Teachers
Presenting to Teachers
Presenting to Teachers
PSR - Challenges
• Key To Readiness: Motivating students early at upper elementary grade levels educating students and parents from non-college degree
households on what college readiness mean
• Setting College Readiness Standards too low students not being ready for credit bearing courses
• Setting High Standards aspiring college students, currently not “On track” could be
discouraged
Why Post Secondary Readiness
•The PayScale Report, 2010
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Elementary Education
Art
Fashion Merchandising
Education
Journalism
Special Education
Music
Biology
French
Agriculture
Economics
Information Systems
Physics
Nursing
Computer Science
Chemical Engineering
Starting Salary in Thousands
Paths to Post Secondary Readiness
Dr. Dash WeerasingheAssessment and Accountability
Plano [email protected]
4th Annual Texas MAP User Conference - July 28, 2010