goals for education challenge to lead: arkansas 2006

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Goals for Education

Challenge to Lead: Arkansas

2006

Challenge

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Challenge

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Arkansas

Themes: Challenge to Lead Goals

Transitions• Pre-K to elementary school

• Middle grades to high school

• High school to college and careers

Closing the achievement gaps• Race/ethnicity and gender

• Geography

• Income

Education systems• Aligned curricula/assessments

• Data from schools and colleges linked

• Accountability to the public

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Actual and Projected ChangesPublic Elementary and Secondary Enrollment

13%2%

14%4%2%

- 1%1992-2002 2002-2012

Source: SREB Fact Book on Higher Education, 2003 and 2005

State Profile

U.S. ARSREB

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State Profile

Children Ages 18 and Younger in Poverty2003

18% 21% 24%30%

10%

U.S. SREB AR HighSREBstate

LowSREBstate

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and the Annie E. Casey Foundation

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State ProfilePercent of Students Approved for a Free or Reduced-Price Lunch

1990 and 2004

33%39% 39%

11%12% 17%

U.S. SREB AR

Increase in percent, 1990-2004

Percent, 1990

44%51%

56%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and the National School Lunch Program

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United States

State Profile

14%

13%

21%

16%

22%

5%

27%

66%

56%

73%

53%

14%

4%

1%

6%

9%

2006

2018

2006

2018

Black Hispanic White Other

Arkansas

Source: Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education

Racial/Ethnic ProportionsPublic High School Graduates

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First-Grade Readiness

Children in Poverty Compared With Children in Prekindergarten Programs

2005

200% or more 100% to 199% Less than 100%

MD

DE

Sources: U.S. Head Start Bureau and the National Institute for Early Education Research

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Achievement in the Early Grades Increases in NAEP Scale Scores

Fourth-Grade Reading1998 to 2005

Source: National Center for Education StatisticsSignificant increases

1998 data not available

DEMD

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62%

30%

62%

28%

63%

30%

Basic and above Proficient and above

Achievement in the Early Grades NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results

2005

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. ARSREB

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Achievement in the Early Grades

NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading ResultsPercent Scoring At or Above Basic

by Race/Ethnicity


32% 34%25% 29%

55%48%49%63% 69% 70% 73%

1998 2002 2003 2005

Black Hispanic White

Hispanic: no scores reported in 2005 for 1998.

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Achievement in the Early Grades

NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading ResultsPercent Scoring At or Above Basic Level

by School Location, 2005

54%67% 64%

58%65% 60%59%

71%61%

Central cities Suburbs/largetowns

Rural


U.S. ARSREB

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Achievement in the Middle Grades

NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results 2005

68%

28%

64%

23%

64%

22%

Basic and above Proficient and above


U.S. ARSREB

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NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics ResultsBasic and Above by Race/Ethnicity


15% 26% 30%

37% 56%60%

69%75%

2000 2003 2005


Hispanic: no scores reported in 2005 for 2000.

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NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics ResultsPercent Scoring At or Above Basic Level

Free and Reduced-Price Lunch, 2005

51%

79%

50%

77%

51%

76%

Eligible Not eligible


U.S. ARSREB

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33%

26%

56%

32%36%42%

33%

37%34%27%

U.S. SREB AR High SREB

state

Low SREB

state


Eighth-Grade Students on Track for College-Prep Math in High School, 2005


70%69% 69%

89%

59%

Pre-algebraAlgebra I or higher

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Out of 100 ninth-grade students in Arkansas ...

77 became high school graduates

Four-Year Graduation Rate From High School2004


U.S. Graduation Rate: 75%

High School Graduation

Updated 9/2006

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High School Graduation

Source: Urban Institute

75%

59%

75%

74%

59%

83%

61%

59%

76%

50%

63%45%

White female

Hispanic female

Black female

White male

Hispanic male

Black male

Graduation Rates by Race and Gender2003

U.S. AR

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College and Career Readiness

Algebra I, II and geometry

Algebra I and geometry

Notspecified

Sources: State departments of education

Math Courses Required for College-Prep Diploma

DE *

MD **

**

*

*

State has one standard diploma and does not specify a distinct college-prep diploma; courses indicated are for the standard diploma.*

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Number of Career Courses Required in State’s Career Pathway


No pathway defined

One course

Three or more courses

MD

Sources: State departments of education

DEDE

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10% or fewer11% to 22%23% or more

U.S. 23% SREB 24%

Source: Advanced Placement Report to the Nation, 2006

Percent of Graduating Seniors Taking At Least One AP Exam

2005

MD

DE

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Source: ACT Inc.

56% 56%56%70%

1995 2005

Seniors Taking the ACT Assessmentand Completing ACT’s Recommended

Core Curriculum

U.S. AR

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Source: ACT Inc.


Average Composite ACT Scores

20.920.821.021.020.8

21.0

20.020.0 20.220.020.1 20.1

20.320.3 20.3 20.120.2 20.3

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

U.S. SREB AR

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Average Composite ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity

Source: ACT Inc.

16.8 16.8 16.7 16.5 16.7 16.7

19.118.4 18.618.318.5 18.7

21.221.1 21.1 20.920.8 21.1

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005


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Adult Literacy and Job Training

25- to 44-Year-OldsWithout High School Credentials

Enrolled in Adult Education2000

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Education

9% 9% 12%

U.S. SREB AR

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Adult Literacy and Job Training

Source: American Council on Education

Adults 18 to 24

Adults 50 and olderAdults

25 to 49Youth

16 and 1720% 25%

54%

1%

GED Awards by Age, 2004

Number of Awards in AR: 6,133

Pass Rates: U.S. 61% SREB 63% AR 81%

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Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

Estimated College Enrollment Rates of Recent High School Graduates


54% 58%49%

59%44%

55%

Fall 1992 Fall 2002

U.S. ARSREB

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24% 22%17%

14% 14%10%10% 12%

7%

24%

18%

26%

U.S. SREB AR

All Black Hispanic White

Adults With Bachelor’s Degrees or Higher 2000

Source: SREB Fact Book on Higher Education, 2003 and 2005

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AR median income $34,250

Poverty-income family$18,850


Affordability Gap, 2004

Tax Credit $1,500

ExpectedFamily

Contribution$2,250

Pell Grant$4,050

Gap fillersState grants

Merit aidExtra jobCost cuts

Sources: SREB-State Data Exchange and National Center for Education Statistics

$8,570

Needed for annual

tuition/fees, room/board at Arkansas

public four-year

institutions

Gap$3,770

Gap$3,020

SEOG - $750Pell Grant

$1,800

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School Performance Standards

Percent At or Above Standards Fourth-Grade Reading

2005

2003

2005

State standards NAEP Basic Proficient

Arkansas AR U.S. AR U.S. 62% 60% 62% 28% 30% 52% 63% 62% 30% 30%

Sources: Arkansas Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics

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Percent At or Above Standards Eighth-Grade Mathematics

2005

2003

2005

State standardsNAEP

Basic Proficient

Arkansas AR U.S. AR U.S. 22% 58% 67% 19% 27% 34% 64% 68% 22% 28%

Sources: Arkansas Department of Education and National Center for Education Statistics

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Schools in Need of ImprovementNo Child Left Behind

Arkansas, 2005

Year 1: School choice 72 Schools

Year 2: Extra services 144 Schools

Year 3: Corrective action 40 Schools

Year 4: Plan to restructure 4 Schools

Arkansas had 1,118 public elementary and secondary schools in 2005.

Source: Arkansas Department of Education

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School Leadership

No Progress

Little Progress

Some Progress

Promising Progress

Substantial Progress

Rating: 2002 2006 Indicators

Recruit and select future school leaders

Redesign leadership programs to emphasize curriculum, instruction and student learning

Develop programs with school-based experiences that prepare participants tolead school improvement

Base professional-level licensure on improved school and classroom practices

Create alternative pathways to initial licensure

Provide training and support for leadership teams in low-performing schools

Source: SREB Learning-centered Leadership Program

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Qualified Teachers

NA – Not available

Secondary Mathematics TeachersCertified in Mathematics, 2004

61%

89% 86%

65%

81%

Middle Grades High School

U.S. SREB AR

NA

Source: Council of Chief State School Officers

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Source: American Federation of Teachers

Average Salaries of Beginning Teachers2004

VA$32,437

U.S. $31,704 SREB $30,052

AR$26,129

TX$32,741

OK$29,473

MO$28,938

TN $30,449

MS $28,106

LA$29,655

Qualified Teachers

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Average Salaries of Full-Time Instructional Faculty at Public Colleges and Universities

2005

College and University Accountability

$67,880

$52,810$45,250

$63,770

$39,770

$54,270

Four-year Two-year

Source: SREB Data Library

U.S. ARSREB

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34%

65%

36%

52%

Low SREB state

High SREB state

Arkansas

SREB


Six-Year Graduation Rates in 2004for First-Time Freshmen Who Entered

Public Four-Year Colleges and Universities in Fall 1998

Source: SREB-State Data Exchange

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Sources: SREB Fact Book on Higher Education, 2005, and SREB Data Library

Graduate Degrees Awarded in Sciences and Technologies

Public and Private Colleges and Universities

219299

57

67

1993 2003

276

366

Doctoral

Master’s

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Ninth-Grade Bulge, 2004


For every 100 eighth-graders in Arkansas in 2003,

there were 3 MORE ninth-graders in 2004.

Education System That is Aligned

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Education System That is Accountable

K-12 Funding Changes 1999 to 2003

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

22% 17%3%

25% 29%

14%

State and localfunds

State and localfunds per student

State and localfunds per student,

adjusted forinflation

SREB AR

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Enrollment and Funding ChangesPublic Four-Year Colleges and Universities

2001 to 2005

-1%

12%11%

23%

9%

13%

23%

-3%

Funding per FTEstudent, adjusted

for inflation

Funding per FTEstudent

Full-time-equivalent (FTE)

students

Stateappropriations,tuition and fees


SREB AR

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Maryland


Enrollment and Funding Changes Public Two-Year Colleges, 2001 to 2005


-11%

1%

38%39%

5%

25%

31%

-7%

Funding per FTEstudent, adjusted

for inflation

Funding per FTEstudent

Full-time-equivalent (FTE)

students

Stateappropriations,tuition and fees

SREB AR

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Progress in Building the 10Essential Elements for a Student Data System

2005

4 to 5 6 to 78 to 10 Elements

Source: National Center for Educational Accountability, August 2005 Survey


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