Ramp-Up to Readiness™

Ramp-Up to Readiness™

University of Minnesota RochesterTuesday, February 21, 2012

Information Session

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Our Agenda Today

1. Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready?

2. The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success

3. Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing?

4. Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

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Voices of Four Real College Students

Your task:

Choose the student you are most concerned will not succeed in college given what we

know about his or her readiness for postsecondary education.

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Jenn:

“I had a chemistry class my first quarter here…and I was in that class with a lot of people who knew the material. They were like, ‘Wow! This was easy. Why don’t you know this?” And I felt like I was dumb. And I knew I wasn’t. I worked so hard for a C in college when in high school I was in AP Chemistry and I got straight A’s…So it’s like I’m trying to catch up and it’s hard. I wish someone would have pushed me more….”

Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

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JB:“ Writing in college has been one of the most difficult things I have ever experienced. I would definitely change my curriculum back in high school to have the chance to do more writing and writing about topics that are more academic….I spent three years in ESL where we didn’t do as much writing…writing little essays, not a big research paper. Last semester I had to write three research papers. One was 20 pages, one was 15 pages, and one was 12 pages. They were all due back to back.”

Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

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Terra:

“A lot of kids in high school, when they don’t understand something, they go straight to their teacher and ask for help….But if you automatically go to the teacher and they give you the answer, when you hit college, you’re going to want the answer and go to your professor, and they’re just going to look at you and tell you to go find the answer.”

Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

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Robert:

“ Time management is probably the hardest to get used to. You’re used to someone waking you. You are used to being reminded and constantly told about different stuff that now you have to do on your own. I think that’s the hardest part. Taking over from someone already having that structure for you and now you have to be functional for your own self.”

Source: “College Readiness and Academic Preparation for Postsecondary Education: Oral Histories of First-Generation Urban College Students,” M. Jeanne Reid and James L. Moore III, Urban Education Volume 43 Number 2, March 2008

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Voices of Four Real College Students

1. Jenn: Realizing that expectations for success in chemistry are higher in college than they were in high school

2. JB: Discovering that the quality and quantity of writing expected in college are greater than in high school, especially in ESL classes

3. Terra: Learning that college professors often expect students to find answers that some high school teachers provide for them

4. Robert: Struggling with time management and self-directed learning

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Our Agenda Today

1. Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready?

2. The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success

3. Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing?

4. Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

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The economic argument

for investing in readiness

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The Connection Between Education and Earnings

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey

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Source: 360° Center for Manufacturing and Applied Engineering, MN State Colleges and Universities

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The Educational Premium Will Increase

Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

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Source: Georgetown Center on Education and the Workforce, Help Wanted: Projections of Jobs and Education Requirements Through 2018, June 2010

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The 21st Century American Dream:

Source: Ron Haskins, “Education and Economic Mobility” in Getting Ahead or Losing Ground: Economic Mobility in America, edited by Julia Isaacs, Isabel Sawhill, and Ron Haskins (Washington, D.C.: Brookings-Pew Economic Mobility Project, 2008), p. 91-104

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Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults:October-December 2011

“There will always be plenty of ways for people with only a high school education to make a decent living in Minnesota.”

Strongly agree: 11% Somewhat agree: 33% Somewhat disagree: 34% Strongly disagree: 22%

Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

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Telephone Survey of 804 Minnesota Adults:October-December 2011

“The number one goal of high schools should be preparing almost all students to enter and succeed at some type of education after high school.”

Strongly agree: 55% Somewhat agree: 34% Somewhat disagree: 8% Strongly disagree: 3%

Source: 2011 Minnesota State Survey, Minnesota Center for Survey Research

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The educational argument

for investing in readiness

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What is missing here?

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School Efforts to Increase Student

DEMAND for Academic Rigor

School Efforts to SUPPLY Academic

Rigor

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High aspirations aren’t the problem

Source: Education Week

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97% say they expect to attend college

97% say their families expect them to attend

BUT…

75% say they don’t check homework for accuracy

67% say they don’t give up socializing for school work

Source: Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement, U of M, 2009

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41% of students say they don’t ask for help when they don’t understand something

BUT…

87.4% of staff in those students’ schools said that when students struggle with schoolwork, it is their responsibility to ask for help

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Our Agenda Today

1. Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready?

2. The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success

3. Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing?

4. Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

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Where Ramp-Up Came From:

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• Centennial Senior High, Circle Pines

• Central Senior High, Saint Paul• Century Junior High, Forest

Lake • Chaska Senior High, Chaska • Ellis Middle School, Austin • Forest Lake Senior High,

Forest Lake • Forest Lake ALC, Forest Lake • Irondale High School, New

Brighton • Metro Tech High, Minneapolis• Murray Junior High, Saint Paul

• Olson Middle School, Minneapolis

• Richfield Senior High, Richfield• Shakopee Senior High,

Shakopee • South High School,

Minneapolis • Southwest Junior High, Forest

Lake • Twin Cities Academy, Saint

Paul • Washington Tech Magnet,

Saint Paul

• Here’s what we learned...

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Not all students embrace academic rigor…

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Many students don’t know how to access college

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Lots of students lack motivation…

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And persistence is a challenge for many…

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Rigor+ Access+ Motivation+ Persistence= READINESS

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And so students need a clearer road to their futures

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Where Ramp-Up Fits:

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But how can we provide personalized attention to all

kids????!!!

Ramp-Up and Technology

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An Emerging eFolio Option

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A Work in Progress:

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Let’s turn now to your penetrating questions

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Our Agenda Today

1. Four Students Discussion: What makes a student really ready?

2. The Reasons for Ramp-Up: The economic and educational arguments for preparing all students for postsecondary success

3. Ramp-Up Overview: What exactly are we considering doing?

4. Conclusion: Let’s be honest, can we really add another thing to our plate?

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2010-2011 Less Summer Vacation

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JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL

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2010-2011 Less Weekends and Holidays

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL

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2010-2011 Less Professional Development Days, Early Release Days, and Parent Conferences

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APRIL

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2010-2011 Less Holiday Breaks and Spring Break

SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER DECEMBER

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One question is:

Can we afford the time to invest in all students’ college readiness?

Another question is:

Can we afford not to?

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But we can’t force anyone to become college ready

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For more information or to apply to become a Ramp-Up

school, please visit www.rampuptoreadiness.org