basic questions why should we raise student achievement? global economics
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BASIC QUESTIONS
Why should we raise student achievement?
GLOBALECONOMICS
How much education do today’s jobs
require ?
QUESTION #1
% of Jobs Requiring Various Degrees of Education
60
35
1520
45
65
20 20 20
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
1950 1991 2005
Unskilled Skilled Professional
0
10
20
30
40
50
Voc-Tech College-Prep Gen Educ
EDUCATIONAL COMPLETERS
Source: Digest of Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, 1995
12% completeHigh school
voc-tec programs
43% complete college degree programs, but only half of those will eventually
complete a four-year degree.
43% 45%
45% complete a general track
diploma program of uncertain
focus, preparing them
for nothing specific
beyond high school.
12%
MISMATCH
66% of high school graduates enter the workforce unskilled
45% who earn a general diploma
21% who drop out of college
15% jobs - unskilled
INDIANA COMPLETERS
Source: Indiana Commission for Higher Education
80,000 start first grade . . .
61,000 finish high school . . .
32,000 start college . . .
19,000 earn a 2- or 4- year college degree
How do students best prepare for jobs that require occupational skill training ?
QUESTION #2
INDIANA EMPLOYERS SAY
Source: Great Expectations: A Report on Employer Expectations in Indiana, 1999 (Indiana Education Information Center, Hudson Institute)
“Even those students seeking a technical or vocational
degree will need skills formerly expected only
for a 4-year collegedegree program.
INDIANA EMPLOYERS SAY
Source: High Hopes, Long Odds; Lilly Endowment, 1994
1 in 3 Indiana employers said recent high school graduates lack the basic skills for even entry-level positions.
What skills are today’s
employers seeking?
QUESTION #3
U.S. DEPT OF LABORSkills Needed to Succeed in the Workforce
FOUNDATIONWORKPLACE
COMPETENCIES
Basic Skills Resources
Thinking Skills Information
Personal Qualities Interpersonal
Systems
Technology
Secretary’s Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)U.S. Department of Labor, A SCANS Report for America, 1991
TODAY’S EMPLOYERS SEEK
Source: 2005; David Shane, Senior Advisor to Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels on Education and Employment Issues
STEMScience
TechnologyEngineering
Math
With whomwill students compete for
low-skilljobs ?
QUESTION #3
AVAILABILITY OF LOW-SKILL WORKERS
90% of the workforce will be in countries where the average wage
is below $1.00 per hour.Population Reference at Columbia University, New York, NY
Average Manufacturing WageUSA $ 17.20 / hrMexico $ 2.10 / hrChina $ 0.64 / hrIndia $ 0.25 / hr
Sung Won Sohn, Executive Vice President and Chief Economist, Wells Fargo, 2003Canamex, 2005
X
IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O.,
where would you send your low-skills jobs?
With whomwill students compete for
high-skilljobs ?
QUESTION #4
Source: Willard R. Daggett, Ed.D., International Center for Leadership in Education
AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-SKILL WORKERS
UNITED STATES
WHAT IS NEEDED FOR COLLEGE
English
Algebra / Geometry
Biology / Chemistry
Social Studies
Foreign Language
OTHER COUNTRIES
WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE WORKFORCE
Technical Reading
Computers
Statistics, Probability,Logic, Measurement, &Systems
Physics
CURRICULUM CONTENT
Source: Willard R. Daggett, Ed.D., International Center for Leadership in Education
AVAILABILITY OF HIGH-SKILL WORKERS
UNITED STATES
MEMORIZE
FACTS FOR
WORKSHEETS
AND
QUIZES
OTHER COUNTRIES
RESEARCH & ANALYZE
APPLY KNOWLEDGE BETWEEN DISCIPLINES
APPLY NEW KNOWLEDGE TO REAL-WORLD PROBLEM
SOLVING
CLASSROOM TASKS
X
IF YOU WERE THE C.E.O.,
where would you send your high-skills jobs?
What does this mean
for our school ?
QUESTION #5
Inquiry Question #1
Should we prepare students to com-pete for jobs with students from . . .
Our rival school? The county? Around the state? Across the country? Around the world?
Inquiry Question #2
What percentage of our students will we prepare for . . .
Low-skill jobs
High-skill jobs
Inquiry Question #3
Will students who earn an
Indiana General Diploma
be ready to compete for high- skills jobs with students from
around the world?
High Schools What percentage of
our students earn the Indiana General Diploma?
Are they ready to compete for high-skill jobs?
Is that ok?
Inquiry Question #4
High Schools
Do students who earn credit in our Core 40 courses master the Indiana Academic Standards?
How do we know?
Can we prove it with data?
Inquiry Question #5
Middle Schools
Do we have a “Core 40 Prep curriculum”
in place?
What percentage of students master this curriculum?
Inquiry Question #6
Elementary Schools
Are we preparing students to master a
“Core 40 Prep curriculum” when the reachmiddle school?
Inquiry Question #7
BASIC QUESTIONS
Why should we raise student achievement?
GLOBALECONOMICS