New Mexico Education: Do You Know What Is Happening? Catherine Cross Maple, Ph.D. Deputy Secretary Learning and Accountability [email protected].

New Mexico Education:Do You Know What Is Happening?

Catherine Cross Maple, Ph.D.Deputy Secretary

Learning and Accountability [email protected]

505.827.3876

NM Public Education Department

ABQ Business Education CompactJune 7, 2007

Past and Present:

NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS

New Mexico has participated every year since 1990

NAEP 2005: 165 schools and 5,435 students in New

Mexico participated in Grades 4 and 8 National-20,000 schools and 1.1 million

students NAEP 2006:

23 schools, 5 districts and 2 BIA

Quality Counts 2006

Reading: No significant increase in reading

scores from 1992 to present.Mathematics: Significant increases in math scores

from 1992 to present. Gains greatest in low-performing

groups. Younger groups, Blacks, Hispanics

NM Public Education

Knowing the problem we face may be as important as the solutions we

formulate.

Understanding the problem helps to solve it.

New Mexico

NAEP

Past Performance: Grade 4 - 2005New Mexico and Nation Grade 4 Reading

49%

31%

17%

4%

38%33%

23%

7%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced

State

Nation

NAEP

New Mexico and Nation Grade 8 Reading 2005

38%

29%

43% 42%

18%

26%

1%3%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

40%

45%

50%

State Nation

Below Basic Basic Proficient Advanced

US & NM Reading: Grade 8 - 2005US & NM Reading: Grade 8 - 2005 NAEP

Quality Counts 2006

Standards based policy reform implementation:

The higher the policy implementation score, the higher the NAEP test score in reading and math.

New Mexico received an ‘A’ on our Standards and Accountability; and a ‘B’ for policy implementation.

How Many 9th Graders Make It To, And

Through, College?

Missed Opportunities (2002): Of every 100 ninth graders, the percent who ...

60%68%

76%

40%

52%

27%

40%

18%29%

34%

22%

10%

0%

25%

50%

75%

100%

New Mexico Nation Top States

… graduate fromhigh school on time

… immediatelyenroll in college

… are still enrolledsophomore year

… graduate fromcollege on time

Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Policy Alert, April 2004. Data are estimates of pipeline progress rather than actual cohort.

EPE (Editorial Projects in Education Research Center)

Policy

Score

Policy Implementation:

EPE (Editorial Projects in Education Research Center)

NAEP Test Score

8

4

EPE (Editorial Projects in Education Research Center)

The higher the policy implementation score the higher the math and reading scores for 4th and 8th grades.

New Mexico Assessment

RESULTS FROM THE

SPRING 2006 ASSESSMENT

Reading Proficiency

• Proficiency of all students in 2006 ranged from a high of 58% in 11th grade to a low of 40.4% in 6th grade.

• Increases in performance in grades 4 and 11.

• Lowest proficiency among students transitioning from elementary to middle school and middle school to high school.

NM SBA

Reading ProficiencyReading: % of Students At or Above Proficient

56.9

42.85

1.6

49.9

55

51.8 56.9

40.9

54.5

53.9

57.2

40.4 5

0.4

50.9

43.4

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Reading: Students at or Above Proficient by Ethnicity 2006

NM SBA

Math ProficiencyMath: % of Students At or Above Proficient

30.1

21.326.9

39.2

43.3

19.8

23.7

34.1

30.5

32.9

26.3

23.3

23.73

4.34

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Mathematics: Students At or Above Proficient by Ethnicity 2006

NM SBA

Science Proficiency

Science: % of Students At or Above Proficient78.7

54.8

42.4

29.8

25.8

23.5

35.6

76.7

51.8

40.5

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26.4

24.6

36.4

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Science: Students At or Above Proficient by Ethnicity 2006

NM SBA

Percentage Of Public High School Graduates Taking College Developmental

Classes By Type of Class(N=35,654)

15%

2%0.4%

31.1%

41.1%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

Basic Skills, General Basic Skills, Other

Career Exploration/Awareness Skills Literacy and Communication Skills

Numeracy and Computational Skills

NM OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 2006

Percent of Students Taking Literacy and/or Numeracy Courses In Higher

Education By School Type(N=43,540)

27%

67%

30%

49%

76%

66%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

Foreign High Schools (204) GED (1,039)

Out of State (6,040) Public High Schools (35,654)

Public Alternative High Schools (532) Public Charter Schools (71)

NM OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 2006

Percentage of Public High School Graduates Taking Literacy and/or Numeracy Courses By Ethnicity

(N=35,579)

66%

38%

55%58%

45%

36%

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

American Indian or Alaskan Native (2,303) Asian or Pacific Islander (636)

Black, non-Hispanic (760) Hispanic (15,896)

No response (2,255) White, non-Hispanic (13,729)

NM OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY 2006

High School Diploma: Not The Last Educational Stop

Jobs that require at least some postsecondary education will make up more than two-thirds of new jobs.

10%

22%

36%

31% High school dropout

High school diploma

Somepostsecondary

Bachelor's degree

Share of New Jobs, 2000–10

Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

New Mexico: Path to Improvement

Viewed the National Averages and New Mexico’s progress regarding policy implementation, reading, mathematics, and science

Statement of obstacles, successes and improvements

Major Policy Initiatives:1. Full Implementation of Standards Based System2. Resource Equity3. Math & Science 4. Cohort Graduation Rate

5. Closing the achievement gaps – within subgroups, nationally, & internationally

New Mexico: Path to Improvement

Major Policy Initiatives:6. Holistic Approach to Children and Learning7. Students Ready to Learn8. Redesign of High School System 9. Instructional Materials Alignment

10. Teacher and Principal Quality11. School Improvement Framework12. Seamless P-20 System

New Mexico: Path to Improvement

What is Success?

The definition of success is changing and emerging for high schools. Significant

shifts in role, function and purpose are occurring.

Groups Capturing the Momentum Legislative Education Study Committee –

Workgroup Public Ed/Sandia National Labs Initiative New Mexico Town Hall Recommendations Higher Ed/Public Ed Alignment Taskforce –

Dual Enrollment Governor Richardson’s Career Cluster

Initiatives Southwest Comprehensive Center TA Career/Technical Education (Perkins)

Initiatives

Producing the Redesign of New Mexico’s High School System

Members of the New Mexico Business Roundtable, Sandia National Labs, and the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) chartered a team to redesign New Mexico’s high school system.

Charged with conceiving a set of models that could be flexibly combined to suit the needs of the unique regions of the state Did not design a single blueprint for every high

school in New Mexico Detailed a collective vision of the high school

system Did not look at incrementally improving what

currently exists

Stakeholders Want A Student-Focused High School System Where:1. … students are challenged and engaged in

relevant learning that prepares them for their futures as productive citizens.

2. … schools meet the individualized needs of students.

3. … project-based, active learning experiences are driven by student need and interest.

4. … flexibility and choices exist, including a variable pace of completion and active student roles and responsibilities in developing, executing, and evaluating their own education plans.

Stakeholders Specified Critical Aspects Of The High School System

5. … developing lifelong learning skills and a love of education

6. … using modern technologies and multiple resources

7. … a community working together on education--one that includes strong roles for parents, employers, and community organizations

8. …high quality teachers who are responsive to students and who continue to develop their skills and knowledge during their careers

9. …evidence that students have learned through authentic assessments of proficiency-based learning benchmarks

10. …smooth transitions from middle school to high school and from high school to higher education and work

11. …small learning communities12. …equitable access to all learning

opportunities, funding, and outcomes 13. …a flexible system that builds on and

reflects native and local cultures14. …safe, modern, cost-effective, functional

and attractive facilities

Stakeholders Specified Critical Aspects Of The High School System

The Six High-Priority Concepts:

Collaborative Regional Networks Strategic Business Partnerships Integrated Technology Policy And Statute Flexible Scheduling Personalized Program Of Study

What’s Next for New Mexico’s High School Education System?

Implement new system changes Align the high school system with post

secondary education and the workplace Transform classroom instruction

Implement the New System Changes

Promulgate Rules for New Graduation Requirements Participate in the American Diploma Project to

ensure NM standards meet college and workplace expectations

Change Current Rule to Raise Dropout Age to 18

Eliminate Current High School Competency Exam and 9th Grade Standards Based Assessment Develop three-prong high school assess-ment

for high school, college & workplace

HED/PED Alignment Work Plan

1. Complete formal alignment process Default Curriculum for Post- Secondary preparation by June 2007

2. Agree on scoring ranges for high school and college entrance exams

3. Create an assessment framework for 9th grade high school readiness, 10th grade college readiness, and 11th grade workplace readiness

4. Finalize the dual credit master agreement

Transform Classroom Instruction

Create a Voluntary Statewide Mathematics Curriculum

Initiate Statewide Cyber Academy and Online Learning

Align High School Coursework and Curriculum with the Standards

Enroll students in at least one course from the following: Advanced Placement; Dual-Enrollment with a 2 or 4 year college; On-line or Distance Learning