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Driving ReformMath Acceleration and SuccessSystem Task Force

October 16, 2014

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Readiness →Completion →Vitality

Readiness College Completion

Economic Vitality

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Three Aspects of the Math Readiness Challenge

StrengthenK-12

Rationalize Math

Requirements

Accelerate Math Success

MathReadiness

• More students impacted• Significant barrier to

completion

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What Can the System Office Do?

No power to compel, but….. Plan – Provide vision, set goals Convene – Bring people together Educate – Share successful models; help others

learn what it takesMotivate – Provide incentive grants, require

institutional plansRecognize – Showcase best practicesMeasure – Collect and disseminate dataNudge – Bring along the skeptics

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Institutional Process is Important“How” reform happens on campus is as important as “what” happens:

Engagement – Faculty have to lead the design/selection/implementation of the reform.

Diffuse Anxiety – Concerns about jobs or institutional funding may surface.

Support – New approaches require time, collaboration and professional development for faculty.

Communicate – People want to know what is going on Measure – Use data to illustrate the problem and

measure impact of the solution.

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Kentucky

Senate Bill 1 (2009) – Reduce Remediation + Increase Completion

Commonwealth Commitment Unified Strategies for College and Career

Readiness• Accelerated Learning Opportunities• Secondary Intervention Programs• College and Career Readiness Advising• Postsecondary College Persistence and Degree

Completion

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Kentucky

Campus visits – identify what each campus is doing.

Convened “College Readiness Leads” from each campus in fall 2013.

Provided small grants (~$20K) to selected institutions based on RFP.

Hosted a Dev. Ed. Redesign Institute last week. Campuses have choices regarding approach.

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Florida

Senate Bill 1720 (2013) said institutions could not mandate placement testing or remedial education for students with a high school diploma. Students are given the option.

The bill required That any dev ed offered be either co-requisite,

contextualized, modularized or compressed format;

The establishment of meta-majors; Expanded advising to inform students of options

and career paths.

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Florida

System office is required to approve institution plans. Engaged stakeholders in developing the plan template. Convened institutions relative to the planning process.

System office established the list of meta-majors

Facilitated communications, FAQs, tools and resources, etc.

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Colorado

Colorado Competes is the Commission on Higher Education’s strategic plan

New Remedial Education policy – developed over 18 months with significant institutional participation.

Supplemental Academic Instruction – Colorado’s version of co-requisite developmental ed.

Revised placement testing policy

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Thank You

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