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Goals for Education

Challenge to Lead: Kentucky

2006

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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%1%

- 6%1992-2002 2002-2012

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

State Profile

U.S. KYSREB

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State Profile

Children Ages 18 and Younger in Poverty2003

18% 21% 24%30%

10%

U.S. SREB KY 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% 41%

11%12% 13%

U.S. SREB KY

Increase in percent, 1990-2004

Percent, 1990

44%51% 54%

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

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United States

State Profile

14%

13%

9%

22%

24%

66%

56%

87%

64%7%

3%

14%

5%

1%

6%

9%

2006

2018

2006

2018

Black Hispanic White Other

Kentucky

Source: Western Interstate Commission for 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 Statistics Significant increases

1998 data not available

DEMD

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Achievement in the Early Grades NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading Results

2005

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

62%

30%

62%

28%

65%

31%

Basic and above Proficient and above

U.S. KYSREB

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Achievement in the Early Grades

NAEP Fourth-Grade Reading ResultsPercent Scoring At or Above Basic

by Race/Ethnicity

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

40%37%45%44%

67%67%68%65%

1998 2002 2003 2005

Black White

Hispanic: no scores reported in 2005 for 1998 to 2005.

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Achievement in the Early Grades

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

by School Location, 2005

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

54%67% 64%

58%65% 60%

71%63% 64%

Central cities Suburbs/largetowns

Rural

U.S. KYSREB

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Achievement in the Middle Grades

NAEP Eighth-Grade Mathematics Results 2005

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

68%

28%

64%

23%

64%

23%

Basic and above Proficient and above

U.S. KYSREB

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Achievement in the Middle Grades

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

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

35% 38% 43%

64%68% 67%

2000 2003 2005

Black White

Hispanic: no scores reported in 2005 for 2000 to 2005.

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Achievement in the Middle Grades

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

Free and Reduced-Price Lunch, 2005

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

51%

79%

50%

77%

52%

75%

Eligible Not eligible

U.S. KYSREB

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33%

26%

42% 36% 35%

56%

27% 34% 34%

33%

U.S. SREB KY High SREB

state

Low SREB

state

Achievement in the Middle Grades

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

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

70%69%

89%

59%

Pre-algebraAlgebra I or higher

69%

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

72 became high school graduates

Four-Year Graduation Rate From High School2003

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

U.S. Graduation Rate: 74%

High School Graduation

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High School Graduation

Source: Urban Institute

69%

54%

65%

63%

62%

83%

61%

59%

76%

50%

56%45%

White female

Hispanic female

Black female

White male

Hispanic male

Black male

Graduation Rates by Race and Gender2003

U.S. KY

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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

College and Career Readiness

No pathway defined

One course

Three or more courses

MD

Sources: State departments of education

DEDE

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College and Career Readiness

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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College and Career Readiness

Source: ACT Inc.

56% 56%

31%

60%

1995 2005

Seniors Taking the ACT Assessmentand Completing ACT’s Recommended

Core Curriculum

U.S. KY

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Source: ACT Inc.

College and Career Readiness

Average Composite ACT Scores

21.0 21.021.020.8 20.920.8

20.120.1 20.0 20.220.0 20.0

20.220.1 20.120.120.1 20.4

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

U.S. SREB KY

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College and Career Readiness

Average Composite ACT Scores by Race/Ethnicity

Source: ACT Inc.

17.0

17.0

16.816.616.8 16.8

19.718.8

19.3

18.719.1

17.7

20.3 20.4 20.4 20.4 20.5 20.6

1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

Black Hispanic White

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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% 6%

U.S. SREB KY

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Adult Literacy and Job Training

Source: American Council on Education

Adults 18 to 24

Adults 50 and older

Adults 25 to 49

Youth 16 and 17

30%

14%

54%

2%

GED Awards by Age, 2004

Number of Awards in KY: 9,857

Pass Rates: U.S. 61% SREB 63% KY 70%

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Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

Estimated College Enrollment Rates of Recent High School Graduates

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

54% 58%49%

58%56% 59%

Fall 1992 Fall 2002

U.S. KYSREB

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Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

24% 22%17%

14% 14%11%10% 12% 13%

24%

17%

26%

U.S. SREB KY

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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KY median income $34,950

Poverty-income family$18,850

Postsecondary Certificates & Degrees

Affordability Gap, 2004

Tax Credit $1,500

ExpectedFamily

Contribution$2,300

Pell Grant$4,050

Gap fillersState grants

Merit aidExtra jobCost cuts

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

$9,030

Needed for annual

tuition/fees, room/board at Kentucky

public four-year

institutions

Gap$4,230

Gap$3,530

SEOG - $750Pell Grant

$1,700

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School Performance Standards

Percent At or Above Standards Fourth-Grade Reading

2005

2003

2005

State standards NAEP Basic Proficient

Kentucky KY U.S. KY U.S. 62% 64% 62% 31% 30% 68% 65% 62% 31% 30%

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

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School Performance Standards

Percent At or Above Standards Eighth-Grade Mathematics

2005

2003

2005

State standardsNAEP

Basic Proficient

Kentucky KY U.S. KY U.S. 31% 65% 67% 24% 27% 36% 64% 68% 23% 28%

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

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School Performance Standards

Title 1 Schools in Need of ImprovementNo Child Left Behind

Kentucky, 2005

Year 1: School choice 54 Schools

Year 2: Extra services 69 Schools

Year 3: Corrective action 4 Schools

Year 4: Plan to restructure 6 Schools

Kentucky had 1,172 public elementary and secondary schools in 2005.

Source: Kentucky 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

61%

89% 86%

65%

Middle Grades High School

U.S. SREB

Secondary Mathematics TeachersCertified in Mathematics, 2004

Source: Council of Chief State School Officers

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Source: American Federation of Teachers

Average Salaries of Beginning Teachers2004

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

MO$28,938

IL$35,114

IN$29,784

OH$28,692

WV$26,692

VA$32,437

KY$28,416

TN $30,449

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

$44,420

$60,710

Four-year Two-year

Source: SREB Data Library

U.S. KYSREB

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34%

65%

45%

52%

Low SREB state

High SREB state

Kentucky

SREB

College and University Accountability

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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College and University Accountability

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

480673

103

117

1993 2003

583

790

Doctoral

Master’s

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Ninth-Grade Bulge, 2004

Source: National Center for Education Statistics

For every 100 eighth-graders in Kentucky in 2003,

there were 13 MORE ninth-graders in 2004.

Education System That is Aligned

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Education System That is Accountable

K-12 Funding Changes1999 to 2003

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

22% 17%3%

12% 12%

-2%

State and localfunds

State and localfunds per student

State and localfunds per student,

adjusted forinflation

SREB KY

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Education System That is Accountable

Enrollment and Funding ChangesPublic Four-Year Colleges and Universities

2001 to 2005

-3%

10%

14%

25%

9%

13%

23%

-3%

Funding per FTEstudent, adjusted

for inflation

Funding per FTEstudent

Full-time-equivalent (FTE)

students

Stateappropriations,tuition and fees

Source: SREB-State Data Exchange

SREB KY

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Maryland

Education System That is Accountable

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

Source: SREB-State Data Exchange

13%

27%

59%

102%

5%

25%31%

-7%Funding per FTEstudent, adjusted

for inflation

Funding per FTEstudent

Full-time-equivalent (FTE)

students

Stateappropriations,tuition and fees

SREB KY

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Kentucky

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

Education System That is Accountable

1 to 3

MDDE