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Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy

Rashid F. Davis, Principal

College Board-Forum 2010

October 26-29,2010

Washington, DC

Introducing Underrepresented Students to Academic Rigor

Forum 2010-Rashid F.

Davis, Principal, BETA

Bronx Engineering and Technology

Academy (BETA)• A New Century High School in Partnership with

New Visions for Public Schools

▫ Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

▫ Carnegie Corporation of New York

▫ Open Society Institute

▫ Council of Supervisors and Administrators

▫ United Federation of Teachers

▫ The New York City Department of Education

• Opened in 2004

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Vision/Mission• One Community-One Vision

• The mission of BETA is to create a nurturing and challenging learning environment that will stimulate and support students’ ability to think critically and creatively.

• Grades 9-12

• Located in the John F. Kennedy Educational Campus, Marble Hill area (we are a Bronx High School)

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Demographics: BETA’s Student Population-442 Students

General Ed65%Special Ed

14%

ELL15%

Special Ed + ELL6%

Special Populations

Black32%

Hispanic61%

Other7%

Ethnicity

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Demographics: BETA’s Gender/Economically Disadvantaged-442

Students

Free/Reduced92%

Full8%

Economically Disadvantaged

Females16%

Males84%

Gender

BETA Faculty and Staff

• $3,534,898.00 allocated

• $3,022,414-Faculty and Staff salaries

• 86% of budget invested in Human Capital• 5 teachers have professional engineering backgrounds• 13 teachers have had training through Rochester Institute of

Technology and/or College Board• 13 Faculty and Staff members are in an emerging leader’s program

to get Building Leadership Certification through Fordham University or Baruch College-City University of New York

1 Principal3 Assistant Principals

4 Counselors 1 Attendance Teacher1 Director of Graduate Support1 BusinessManager1 Secretary

TOTAL =49

28 Teachers

1 ParentCoordinator1 Community Coordinator

2 Community Associates3 School Aides2 Family Para-professionals

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FEMALES46%

MALES54%

0%

0%

GENDER

Demographics: BETA’s Faculty and Staff

Asian6%

Black37%

Hispanic35%

White22%

Deficit Thinking• — Wagstaff and Fusarelie (1999), for example ,

found that the single most important factor in the academic achievement of minority children was the explicit rejection of deficit thinking by the school-based administrator.

• — Bishop and colleagues (Bishop, Berryman, & Richardson, 2001; Bishop Berryman, Tiakiwai, & Richardson, 2003) have found that when teachers were trained to avoid deficit thinking, the academic achievement of Maori students increased within months;

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Components of Successful Deficit Free Climates: Teachers

Impact all Three Student Variables

Deficit Free Thinking Climate:

• Teachers expect all students to go to college or other post-secondary option.

• Teachers help students plan for college outside of class time.

• The curriculum is focused on helping students get ready for college.

• Teachers feel that it is a part of their job to prepare students to succeed in

college.

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BETA Components of Successful College Access

* Engle, Bermeo, & O’Brien, 2006

Research identifies three main student variables (beyond academic

preparedness) to increase successful college enrollment:*

Student

Aspirations

College

Admissions

Process

Transition

to College

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Raising

Aspirations

Personalized

and frequent

interactions

Discount variables

that prevent

college thinking

Raise perceptions

of self as

“college material”

Inform students

of college options

and financing

Establish link

between

college and career

1) Raising Aspirations

11Forum 2010-Rashid F. Davis, Principal, BETA

Easing the Initial

Transition to College

Increase

graduation and

career aspiration

Preparedness

For College

Environment

Network of family,

teacher, and

community support

3) Easing the Initial Transition to College

Post Graduation

Supports


Navigate Admissions

Process

Start early;

meet often

Take

students

step-by-step

Explain

how to pay

for college

Get families

involved

Make

connections

to the community

2) Navigate Admissions Process


Support Team

The City CommissionOf Human RightsPeer Mediation

Columbia UniversityNational Society of Black Engineers

College SummitPeer Leaders

City CollegeThe Society of Hispanic ProfessionalEngineers

Bronx Community CollegeTalent SearchUpward Bound

Turner ConstructionYouth Force 2020

BETAACEMentoring Program

Manhattan CollegeSchool of Engineering

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Pre-College and Career Awareness Program

• Manhattan College School of Engineering Summer Camp

• SHPE Jr. High School Chapter

• NSBE Jr. High School Chapter

• ACE Mentoring

• Henkels & McCoy

• Pre-College Symposia-Philadelphia and Washington, DC

• Project Lead the Way curriculum currently in use for all students

• 2010-11-Year of Planning to become an Academy of Engineering and Academy of Information Technology through the National Academy Foundation

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54.7%

81.1%

93.2%

8th grade proficiency ratings are very

predictive of high school Regents diplomas

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Student Achievement: Majority of BETA Students Enter High School

Below Grade Level in ELA and Mathematics

5%

49%

17%

3%

26%

8th Grade ELA Scores

6%

34%

33%

2%

25%

8th Grade Math Scores

Students without a score may not have attended a NYC public middle school or they may be an English Language Learner.

Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 No Score

• DOE research shows that students who enter high school at or above grade level

are substantially more likely to graduate with a Regents Diploma.

BETA Early InterventionApril May June July August

Pre-Summer

Diagnostics

Classes Regents

Testing

Bridge

Program

Regents

Testing

Early Intervention helps with the

transition from junior high school

to high school. The intervention

resembles the early intervention

college programs.

Reflecting on progress

in the current year and

planning over the

summer for the next

school year.

Incoming students take Regents in

August, January , and June.

REGENTS

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SAT Performance: Critical Reading and Math Scores

412

451

390

400

410

420

430

440

450

460

Reading Math

Cohort 2008

411

459

380

390

400

410

420

430

440

450

460

470

Reading Math

Cohort 2009

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High School Graduation Requirements

• Pass 5 Regents Exams (ELA, Math, Science, Global Studies and US History); AND

• Accumulate 44 credits, distributed across ELA (8), Social Studies (8), Math (6), Science (6), Foreign Language (2), Art (2), Health (1), and PE (4.2) and the remaining fall under electives.

• Giving students 8 credits of math and science, and 6 credits of foreign language goes beyond New York State requirements



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Graduates-Credit Accumulation

22%

31%

36%

11%

Cohort 2008

8%

25%

22%

45%

Cohort 2009

45-49.9 50-54.9 55-59.9 60 or more

44 Credits are required for graduation-John Garvey, former Associate Dean for Collaborative Programs at CUNY, makes reference to BETA’s graduates credit accumulation in Are New York City’s Public Schools Preparing Students for Success in College? Education Policy For Action Series: Education Challenges Facing New York City by Annenberg Institute for School Reform

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Graduates enrollment in Advanced Placement Courses

16%

20%

20%

24%

20%

Cohort 2008

17%

7%

10%

36%

30%

Cohort 2009

1 2 3 4 or More No AP

Time to Degree: observed 4-year

graduation rates

Source: Linda Hargrove, Donn Godin, and Barbara Dodd, “College Outcomes Comparisons by AP and Non-

AP High School Experiences,” New York: The College Board, 2008.

Students who scored a 2 or higher on an AP

Exam were more likely than other students to

earn a bachelor’s degree within 4 years.

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Advanced Placement Percentage Scores 2 or Higher

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0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

Score2 Score 3 or Higher

Cohort 2008

42

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0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Score 2 Score 3 or Higher

Cohort 2009

Students who scored a 2 or higher on an AP Exam were more likely than other

students to earn a bachelor’s degree within 4 years.

5 This percentage was calculated as follows: The numerator includes each public school student in the graduating class of 2008 who earned an AP Exam score of 3 or higher on an AP Exam at any point in his or her high school years; if a student earned more than one AP Exam grade of 3 or higher, she or he was still only counted once. The denominator is simply the overall number of public school students graduating from high school in 2008, as projected in “Knocking at the College Door” (2008), Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education.

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Students Sending Applications – Cohort 2008

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

NATIONAL TOTAL/AVG NEW YORK CITY TOTAL/AVG Bronx Engineering and Technology Academy

68%72%

100%


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Students Sending Applications – Cohort 2009

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%


67%71%

100%


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National Student Clearinghouse

Lagged Enrollment Rate

• 2008-72.73%

• 2009-78.69%

• Lagged Enrollment Rate-Students who graduate from high school and enroll between 7/1 of their graduation year and 7/31 of their graduation year +1.

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National Student Clearinghouse-Confirmed

Enrollment by Institution Type• 2 Year vs. 4 Year Enrollment

• 2008-37% 2 Year 63% 4 Year

• 2009-30% 2 Year 70% 4 Year

• Private vs. Public

• 2008-50/50

• 2009-35%/Private-65% Public

• Instate vs. Out of State

• 2008- 70% In - 30% Out

• 2009-91% In – 9% Out

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Recognition

• New York State’s High Performing Gap Closing School 2008 and 2009

• US News & World Reports-Silver Medal Best High Schools 2010

• Newsweek America’s Best High School's List 2009 and 2010

• Good Morning America appearances

http://abcnews.go.com/video/playerindex?id=6644258


In addition to this presentation is a one page chart showing college outcomes for six students after first semester.

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