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
PPE
ALL SOURCES
PPE
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
C
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