State of the Schools (Alabama) for NAACCC

Representative-Alabama Board of Education District 8 (Limestone, Madison, Jackson, DeKalb, Etowah)

www.maryscotthunter.com!

Overview State of the School -- K-14

Community Colleges !

K-12:!

Plan 2020!

Graduation Rates (Quantity)!

College and Career Readiness (Quality)!

Legislative Issues to Monitor!

Financial Overview!

Alabama Community College System !Higher education in America is at a crossroads.

The perception held by many is that a college degree now costs more than its worth. The ACCS, however, continues to stay firmly on the right side of that value equation. !

The average cost to attend an ACCS institution is only about half that of most other public institutions in the state. And keeping education affordable and accessible for Alabamians is how we continue to strengthen our states workforce and economy.!

Alabama Community College System!Dual Enrollment !

Dual enrollment allows students to receive both high school and college credit for certain career/technical education courses taken through an Alabama Community College System (ACCS) institution while enrolled in high school. !

Dual enrollmentcredit is available to students attending, public, private, parochial or church/religious schools !

Scholarship opportunities may be available to students that meet the eligibility requirements to participate in the dual enrollment program. !

Learn more at https://www.accs.cc/index.cfm/workforce-development/career-technical-education/dual-enrollment/!

Alabama State Board of Educa;on

PLAN 2020

PLAN 2020 Main Goals and Objec;ves

Redened a High School Graduate

Increase the Gradua6on Rate

College and Career Ready Aligned Standards

Balanced and Meaningful Assessment and Accountability System

Focus on Human Capital

Policy Environment Promo6ng Innova6on

Crea6vity, Imagina6on, Innova6on

Repurposed State Department of Educa6on

Our Vision Every Child a Graduate Every Graduate Prepared

for College/Work/Adulthood in the 21st Century

Prepared Graduate Dened Possesses the

knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, rst-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remedia6on.

Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real- world situa6ons through collabora6on with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner.

Gradua;on Rate Lets talk Quan;ty

Gradua;on Rate (Statewide)

2011 72% 2012 75% 2013 80% 2014 86% 600 addi6onal students graduate for every 1% increase

90% Grad Rate by 2020 is the Goal *As Reported from State Department of Educa6ons Data Center www.alsde.edu

Top 5 Alabama Public Feeder High Schools to College 2013

Bob Jones Madison City 428 Hoover Hoover City 363 Sparkman Madison County 334 Oak Mt. Shelby County 259 Grissom Huntsville City 256

Top 3 Alabama Coun;es College Going 2013

Jeerson - 21,387 Popula6on 660,009

Madison 16,487 Popula;on 343,080

Mobile - 13,133 Popula6on 413,936

College and Career Readiness Lets talk quality

New Gradua6on Requirements?

No more Alabama High School Gradua6on Exam (Summa6ve Test)

Students Must Pass their End-of-Course Tests (Forma6ve)

The ACT is not a Gradua6on Exam Capstone test in Alabama in our achievement measures for quality & accountability.

AND its the entrance exam to many Southern Colleges

Remediation Rates

College & Career Readiness Basis for Change The Disconnect

Alabama High School

Grad Exam

Language 97%

Math 97%

Reading 97%

Science 97%

Social Studies 97%

The ACT

English(18) 66%

Math(22) 31%

Reading(22) 41%

Science(23) 30%

All Four 20%

Of the roughly 86% of Alabamas 2012 high school graduates who took the ACT, only 18% met all four college readiness benchmarks in English, Reading, Mathematics, and Science.

ACT, Inc. The Condition of College and Career Readiness 2012: Alabama, available at http://www.act.org/newsroom/data/2012/states/pdf/Alabama.pdf (2012).

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Only 25% of graduating High School students were ready for college in all four areas. In Alabama, only 18% were completely ready.

Assessments ACT Aspire Grades 3-8 ACT Explore Grade 9 ACT PLAN Grade 10 ACT with Writing Grade 11 ACT WorkKeys Grade 12

Horizontal Alignment - These tests are reconciled to the Alabama College and Career Ready Standards

Ver6cal Alignment Aspire, Explore, and Plan all are predic6ve of performance on the ACT with Wri6ng taken in 11th Grade

We have set the Benchmark on the ACT test at 22 in all subject areas

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Madison Trending Well in Quantity and Quality of

Graduates 2013:

State of Alabama: 80% graduation rate, 51% enrollment rate (in two and four years schools in Alabama), and 32% remediation rate

Huntsville City: 82% graduation rate, 58% enrollment rate, and 21% remediation rate

Madison City: 97% graduation rate, 64% enrollment rate, 13% remediation rate

Madison County: 86% graduation rate, 60% enrollment rate, and 22% remediation rate.

2014: State of Alabama: 86% graduation rate Huntsville City: 87% Madison City: 95% Madison County: 89%

Legisla;ve Issues to Watch

The rst legisla6ve day saw a combined total of 273 bills introduced by the House and Senate

I cant remember that many bills being introduced on the rst legisla6ve day

Of that total, a linle over 15% were educa6on-related (42 bills)

Legisla;ve Issues to Watch

Charter Schools Sen Del Marsh, SB 45

Budget, Budget, Budget General Fund woes Health Care costs $180,000,000

New Board for Community College System Sen Trip Pinman, SB 191

Legisla;ve Issues to Watch

SB 71 (Marsh) - Amending the Alabama Accountability Act

SB 72 (Brewbaker) Virtual Schools Act

SB 161 (Orr / Pifman) Civics Requirement for Gradua6on/Naturaliza6on Test

SB 43 (Brewbaker) Interven6on Act

SB 101 (Glover) - Common Core Curriculum Standards, terminated, prior courses of study to be implemented

Financial Overview

District 8 LEAs

2013 State School Board District 8 LEAs

20-DAY ADM

FEDERAL SOURCES

PPE

STATE SOURCES

PPE

LOCAL SOURCES

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ALL SOURCES

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FEDERAL SOURCES PPE RANK

STATE SOURCES PPE RANK

LOCAL SOURCES PPE RANK

ALL SOURCES PPE RANK

Madison County 19,341.85 $ 999 $ 5,605 $ 1,589 $ 7,194 116 95 47 96

Madison City 9,334.35 $ 832 $ 5,541 $ 2,459 $ 7,999 130 102 19 55

Huntsville City 22,831.40 $ 1,198 $ 5,455 $ 3,472 $ 8,928 91 111 5 19

LEA - Local Educa6on Agency

ADM - Average Daily Membership taken on 20th day of school

PPE - Per Pupil Expenditure

Rank - Refers to Rank among Alabama's 136 School Systems

Na;onal Per Pupil Avg. Expenditure By Year (enrollment)

Source: NEA Rankings of the States 2013 and Estimates of School Statistics 2014

PUBLIC SCHOOL PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES, 2013-14

NATIONAL 50 States and D.C. $11,373

HIGHEST Vermont $21,004

PER PUPIL EXPENDITURE

RANK AMONG 12 SOUTHEASTERN STATES

SOUTHEAST Alabama $8,841 10th

Arkansas $9,459 6th

Florida $9,009 8th

Georgia $9,392 7th

Kentucky $10,323 4th

Louisiana $10,472 3rd

Mississippi $8,649 11th

North Carolina $8,496 12th

South Carolina $9,652 5th

Tennessee $8,900 9th

Virginia $10,766 2nd

West Virginia $12,459 1st Source: NEA Rankings of the States 2013 and Estimates of School Statistics 2014

Quality Counts 2015

TOP 4 STATES with

HIGHEST OVERALL STATE GRADE

2nd - New Jersey

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $20,117

4th - Vermont

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $21,004

45th - Alabama

D+ Per Pupil

Expenditure $8,841

3rd - Maryland

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $15,786

1st - Massachusetts

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $16,315

Source: Educa,on Week, January 28, 2015 Volume 34, Issue 16

U.S. GRADE

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Adjusted Values for Cost of Living in Alabama Dollars

TOP 4 STATES with

HIGHEST OVERALL STATE GRADE

2nd - New Jersey

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $14,759

4th - Vermont

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $16,063

45th - Alabama

D+ Per Pupil

Expenditure $8,841

3rd - Maryland

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $12,456

1st - Massachusetts

B Per Pupil

Expenditure $12,037

U.S. GRADE

C

All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away. ~ Werner Von Braun

Mary Scott Hunter District 8, Alabama State Board of Education

www.maryscotthunter.com

All one can really leave one's children is what's inside their heads. Education, in other words, and not earthly possessions, is the ultimate legacy, the only thing that cannot be taken away. ~ Werner Von Braun

QUESTIONS?

Mary Scott Hunter District 8, Alabama State Board of Education

www.maryscotthunter.com