EdReady Montana(a project of the Montana Digital Academy)

Healthcare MT – Missoula, MT

June 17, 2015Ryan Schrenk, Ed.D. –EdReady Montana Project

ManagerAvailable online: http://www.slideshare.net/rschrenk

Montana Digital Academy

Serving Montana Students Since 2010!

MTDA Governing BoardDennis

Parman, Chair,

Deputy Supt. OPI Anthony

LapkeTeacher

Kalispell PS

Joel Graves Principal Lincoln

County High School

Bryan Duvall Trustee, Geraldine

Roberta Evans

Dean Coll. Of Ed. UM

Clay Christian

Comm. Higher

Education

MTDA Programs

Original Credit

Credit Recovery

Middle SchoolWorld

Language

MTDA Highlights

July 2009 – Montana Legislature approves $2M funding to start Montana Digital Academy

September 2010 – MTDA opens for student enrollment with 45 courses

January 2015 – Enrollment surpasses 30,000

MTDA Projects

EdReady MontanaMontana Digital

Professional Learning Network

MTDA – The only Statewide Virtual School on a University Campus

Opens Partnerships

Encourages Research

Helps Address Transition from K12 to Higher Ed!

MTDA = Core MTDA Programs

Plus MDPLN and EdReady Montana

Timeline• Spring and Summer 2013

• One of five states to pilot EdReady

• February 2014 • Gift from Dennis and Phyllis

Washington Foundation

• Three year field test

• First state to adopt EdReady

• Year 1 • Grew to serve Montana

Secondary Schools, Colleges, Universities and Adult Basic Literacy Education Centers

Utah State University STEM Action Center Pilot Results

Grade 10 students using EdReady made five times the progress expected in an entire academic year with just 3 months of use (EdReady N=206).

15Too many entering freshmen need remediation.

51.7%

of those entering a 2-year college enrolled in remediation

19.9%

of those entering a 4-year college enrolled in remediation

Source: Fall 2006 cohorts

16Many complete remediation, but they DO NOT complete gateway courses or graduate.

17Few Ever Get to Gateway

Within the USA 70% of students placed

into remediation fail to enroll in a gateway math course in

two academic years

18A Look at Montana

Percentage of First Time Freshmen Enrolled in Remedial Math & Writing

27 Percent Four-Year Campuses

61 Percent Two-Year Campuses

. . . resulting in dramatic challenges related to retention and graduation rates.

19A Look at Montana

First-time freshmen enrolling in at least one remedial Math course (1st academic year) & completing college level Math (2 yrs) anywhere in MUS 2-Year Colleges: 29%

4-year Colleges: 45%

Use Cases for EdReady Montana High Schools and Middle Schools, Alternative

Education Programs

Montana University System UM, MSU, Colleges (4 and 2 Year) and Private and Tribal Colleges

Adult Learning Centers (Workforce

Development)

and possibly

Military, Incarcerated and more

Current Use Cases Include:

• Skill recovery and preparation outside of the classroom

• Co-curricular, companion or supplement in the classroom

Discussed or In Progress:

• Mixture of both and tied to other interventions

• Preparation for non-math majors (Career Pathways & Healthcare MT)

EdReady is a tool…

What do I want my students to be ready for?

EdReady Montana is not….

A stand alone online course. • It is a free, online, customized

math readiness and individualized learning path curriculum based upon school need

• Offered/managed/supported state-wide by MTDA

• Facilitated locally by K12 school or college/university personnel

EdReady Montana Is… Aimed at math (and later English 2015) readiness. Uses NROC’s Dev Math as a base: (19 Units/59 Topics)

EdReady Montana is….

• Customized K12 and Higher Ed Assessments

• Personalized student learning paths

• Reporting/tracking for Montana Secondary Schools and Higher Ed Institutions

7th Grade Readiness8th Grade ReadinessPre-Algebra ReadinessAlgebra 1 ReadinessGeometry ReadinessAlgebra 2 ReadinessM065 PreAlgebra ReadinessM088 Math LiteracyM090 Intro to Algrbra ReadinessM090 CompanionM095 Intermediate Algebra ReadinessM096 ReadinessM105 Contemporary Math ReadinessM111 Technical Math ReadinessM115 Probability and Linear Math ReadinessM121 College Algebra ReadinessM135 Math for K8 Teachers ReadinessM162 Applied Calc ReadinessM171 Calculus 1 ReadinessTABE E ReadinessTABE M ReadinessTABE D ReadinessTABE A ReadinessHiSet ReadinessPre-HiSETSAT Math PreparationCollege ReadinessCompass Test Math Preparation

Use Cases Include:

• Skill recovery and preparation outside classroom.

• Co-curricular, companion or supplement in the classroom

• Mixture of both

Important Lessons Learned

• Educator presence

• Engage with content

• Don’t just test and re-test

• Blended learning approaches work well

Vocabulary to brush up on

• HealthCARE Montana – Career Access to Rural Education

• TAACCT 4 – Trade Adjustment Assistance Community College and Career Training

• EdReady vs. EdReady Montana

• NROC and NROC DevMath• EdReady goals and

assessments

Regional Ambassadors

Regional Ambassadors

Regional Ambassadors

Pilot Testing Results 2013

Developed by NROC

Phase 1 Pilot in these states – Montana (4 schools), Oregon, Minnesota, North Carolina and Kentucky

Funded by a Gates Foundation Grant

Pilot Testing Results 2013

Office of Student Success

University of Montana

Summer 2013 Students in Dev Level Math

3 points or lower on ALEKS test

Worked With Math Professors to Identify Units and Topics to Study (set goals)

Customized

Assessment Icons

With over 50 color

combinations,

assessments are

personalized with

student’s school

colors.

Havre High School

Browning High School

Fergus High School

Sentinel High SchoolMissoula

West Yellowstone High School

Scobey High School

Dawson High School Glendive

Plenty Coups High School Pryor

Customized for Colleges & Universities

Personalized Goals and Goal Icons

Student Completes Assessment

Detailed Personalized Study Path

Breakdown of mastery and what to focus on

High quality custom delivered curricular assets:

Links and Resources

One page fact sheet and summary of scope of EdReady Topics: https://

drive.google.com/a/montanadigitalacademy.org/file/d/0B3cxO_yQcA1AX0xuU3A0TGZVTVU/edit

Hippocampus – chunked up free content http://www.hippocampus.org/?user=myMTDA

Example NROC Dev Math topic (scroll down to “topic 1” or 2, etc) http://moodle.montereyinstitute.org/course/view.php?id=21

43 students voluntarily opened an EdReady account completed the program:

• 70% increased by 1 ALEKS point• 27% increased by 2 ALEKS points• 3% increased by 3 ALEKS points

86% of students who completed EdReady increased their ALEKS score by at least 1 point … AND qualified to enroll in a higher math course at UM

Pilot Outcomes

Saving Time and Money!

43 students skipped 49 courses

Total of 151 credits were “skipped”

…adding up to estimated $31,000 tuition/fees!

Results After Enrollment?

37 of the pilot participants enrolled in a mathematics course in the Fall 2014 term

91% successfully completed their course

Average mathematics grade for these students: B-

UM Freshman overall average mathematics grade: C+

Data Reporting…what our custom version of EdReady gives us!

Clickable Pie Charts for Progress and Activity

Assessment

Overview Data

Rollout Plan for Summer 2015

Summer Prep Programs -Colleges and Universities

Summer and Fall Planning – Secondary SchoolsPartner with ETS/GearUp

Healthcare MTUtilize Ambassadors and MTDA

Staff

Fall 2015 Expand to support more programs

New Features and Directions

Expanded Facilitator and Parent Dashboards - Summer

Dev English – Pilot in Summer, Expand for Winter 2015/16

Data, Marketing, SupportSupport for Planning

your Programs

…or will soon!

Break Time!

Use Case Examples & Discussions

Highlands College (Summary from Denise)

Supplement to classroom

“Lecture Schedule”

Acceleration/Remediation strategy

Taught in lab vs. taught in classroom

Observations?/Outcomes?/Feedback?

Helena College (Summary from Amy?)

Northern (Summary from Kirk?)

Others?

Our Mission - TAACCCT 4 Using EdReady

Create Statewide HealthCARE Pathways

Show existing menu of assessments http://edreadymontana.org

List of them

Unit details

Topic details

Discuss needs and thoughts?

Considerations• What blended learning model

will you use to deliver?

• Staffing or scheduling needs to be considered.

• Will differentiated timelines be possible if desired?

• How does a student know they are done?

• What’s next for them?

Classroom Supplement

Placement Testing or

Cohort

Classroom Instruction

EdReady Montana

Post Tests and Grades

Considerations• Placement into program

• Creating custom assessments to prepare students for X

• Assistance during program or individual?

• How will placement work after completion?

Skill Development

Outside Classroom

Placement Test or Assessment

Coaching and/or

Facilitation

EdReady Montana

Post Tests and New Placement

Considerations• Who is the target audience?

All students or some subset?

• What does the EdReady custom solution entail?

• What will need to be added to supplement it?

• How will it be integrated and delivered?

PathwayPrep

Placement

EdReady Montana

Supplemental Skill

Development

Entry into Program of

Study

How to Get Started

Parallel effort SME Teams building assessments and other

pathway-specific “curriculum”

EdReady Math Skills as base, build out from there to address pathway needs

Campus-based teams planning implementation with EdReady Montana Staff

Set up user accounts

Choosing assessments for each campus

Student account creation and enrollment from each site

PD/Training for implementation

Final discussions?

Fill out online or handed out interest forms

Set any follow up meeting on calendar?

Other items for the good of the order?

Break Time

Break till ____

Next up: try out EdReady Montana Demo Accounts