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What’s the Gap? How to ensure that students are
college and career ready
Malbert Smith III, Ph.D.President, MetaMetrics
College and Career Readiness Standards
“If we can dramatically increase high school graduation
rates, if we can dramatically increase the number of
graduates who are college and career ready, that’s what
this is about. Everything’s a means to that end. That’s the
Holy Grail here. Are our students being prepared to be
successful?” – Arne Duncan
Education Week, December 9, 2009.
Each year, approximately 1.2 million students fail to
graduate from high school, more than half of whom are
from minority groups.
Quick Fact
Alliance for Excellent Education, February 2009 edition.
$52,671
$36,645
$26,933
$17,299
$0
$10,000
$20,000
$30,000
$40,000
$50,000
$60,000
High SchoolDropout
High SchoolDiploma
Associate'sDegree
Bachelor'sDegree
Alliance for Excellent Education, February 2009 edition.
Average Income by Educational Attainment
Quick Facts
Community College Four-Year Institution
42% 20%
Percent of freshmen that enroll in at least one remedial course
Alliance for Excellent Education, February 2009 edition.
Students who enroll in
a remedial readingcourse are 41
percentmore likely to dropout of college (NCES, 2004a)
58%
17%
0%
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
60%
70%
No Remedial Course(s) Remedial Course(s)
Students Obtaining Bachelor’s Degree
in Eight Years
Alliance for Excellent Education, February 2009 edition.
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECEB) Study
Distribution of Text Readability Measures for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
(Box Plots: min, 25th, 50th, 75th, max)
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Community/TechncialCollege(N=37)
Community College(N=48)
Four-Year (N=52)
All(N=137)
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Standard = 1015L
THECB = 1170L
Commended = 1490L
Forecasted Comprehension Rate (%) for Readers at Three Reading Ability Levels Reading Texts at Selected Percentiles of the Distributions
Percentileof the TextDistribution
CorrespondingLexile
Standard(1015L)
THECB Readiness(1170L)
Commended(1490L)
Texts for Four-Year Institutions
Maximum 1530L 23 38 72
75th 1330L 43 60 86
50th 1255L 51 67 90
25th 1195L 57 73 92
Minimum 1050L 72 84 96
Forecasted Comprehension Rate (%) for Readers at Three Reading Ability Levels Reading Texts at Selected Percentiles of the Distributions
Percentileof the TextDistribution
CorrespondingLexile
Standard(1015L)
THECB Readiness(1170L)
Commended(1490L)
Community College Texts
Maximum 1450L 30 46 78
75th 1295L 46 63 88
50th 1225L 54 70 91
25th 1130L 64 78 94
Minimum 840L 87 93 98
Forecasted Comprehension Rate (%) for Readers at Three Reading Ability Levels Reading Texts at Selected Percentiles of the Distributions
Percentile of the TextDistribution
CorrespondingLexile
Standard(1015L)
THECB Readiness(1170L)
Commended(1490L)
Community/Technical College Texts
Maximum 1360L 39 56 84
75th 1250L 51 68 90
50th 1190L 58 73 92
25th 1110L 66 80 94
Minimum 920L 82 90 97
Postsecondary Options
Williamson, G. L. (2004). Student readiness for postsecondary options. MetaMetrics, Inc.
Bending the Gap Curve Individual growth trajectories Increasing the text complexity challenge for K-12
students Utilization of Next-Generation Learning and
Assessment Systems e.g. MyWritingWeb and MyReadingWeb
Utilization of resources to combat summer loss– “Find a Book” at www.Lexile.com
Implications of the Lexile® Frameworks for Monitoring and Promoting Growth Through Deliberate Practice
“Nicholas Davis”(Male; African-American; Free/Reduced Lunch)
Words Read: 117,340
Items Taken: 1,415
Words Written: 7,149
Convention Items: 1,563
“The college instructor blames the high school teacher, the
high school teacher complains of the grade teacher, each
grade teacher above the first grade finds fault with the
poor work of the teacher in the grade below, and the first
grade teacher in turn is chagrined at the shortcomings of
the home training…May we not replace the constantly
conflicting subjective standards with definitely defined
objective standards?”
Wilson, G.M., & Hoke, K.J. (1921). How to Measure. New York: The Macmillan Company.
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