Arizona’s
Move On When Ready Initiative
January, 2011
The Arizona Move On When Ready Opportunity
• Provides a new performance-based pathway to high school graduation through
the Grand Canyon High School Diploma. (Arizona Revised Statues Title 15, Chapter
7, Article 6)
• The program is designed to greatly increase the proportion of high school students
who leave high school ready to do college-level work.
• The program brings a proven system of aligned instruction and examinations used
by high performing countries to Arizona high schools, moving us towards
outcomes-based learning and away from time-based learning.
• Achievement of a Grand Canyon High School Diploma will signify that students are
college and career ready – defined as having the English and mathematics skills
and knowledge needed to succeed in college level courses at open admissions
postsecondary institutions that count toward a degree or certificate without
taking remedial or developmental coursework
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The Arizona Move On When Ready Model:
A Few Key Points
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Not intended to pack four years of high school into two years but offers
rigorous curriculum to prepare students for success in postsecondary
educational pursuits.
•
High expectations academic program accessible to all students. Move On
When Ready is not an elite program.
•
Emphasis is on the “READY” aspect of Move On When Ready.
•
Voluntary program for interested schools. No present options open to
students for high school study are closed by the passage of the Move On
When Ready legislation.
•
Students become “diploma eligible” – are not required to graduate early
•
Requires collaboration across P-20 educational pipeline.
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Move On When Ready – An Arizona System
Grade 12
Grade 11
Upper Division
Board
Examination
Systems
2 yr Open
Admission
Institutions
Arizona Community
Colleges
Full-Time Career
and Technical
Education Study
Leading to
Industry
Certification
Grand Canyon High School Diploma
Students can qualify for this performance-based diploma
as early as the end of grade 10
Grade 10
Grade 9
Students continue
in Lower Division
and retake the
Board Exams in
grade 11 and 12 if
not initially passed
Lower Division Board Examination Systems
(different providers available; complete instructional systems)
Designed for all students
Options already available to students
College and Career Ready
* Board Examination Systems are complete instructional systems designed for all students that comprise a
core academic program; systems include syllabi, instructional materials, exams aligned to the curriculum,
and teacher professional development
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The Arizona Move On When Ready Initiative:
Part of a Larger National Effort
• Arizona is collaborating with the National Center on Education and the
Economy (NCEE) on the Move On When Ready effort. We are joined by
several other states, including Connecticut, Kentucky, Maine, New Mexico,
New York, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Vermont.
• NCEE has formed a Board Examination Systems Consortium Advisory
Council. Arizona is represented on this advisory council by Dr. Vicki
Balentine and Representative Rich Crandall.
• NCEE is providing substantial technical assistance and support to
Consortium member states, including establishing the recommended
course of study for the Grand Canyon High School Diploma and board
exam pass points.
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Board Examination Systems: Comprehensive Programs
of Study Aligned with High Standards
Board Examination Systems are coherent and fully aligned instructional systems
currently used in many high performing countries. They include:
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A set of courses that constitute a core curriculum and that are aligned to the
new Common Core Standards.
•
Thoughtfully constructed course designs captured in a syllabus.
•
High quality exams derived from the curriculum using multiple assessment
methods designed to determine whether the students have mastered the
curriculum described in the syllabus.
•
Quality teacher training matched to the course syllabi.
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Board Examination System Providers
Lower Division Program
Upper Division Program
The purpose of the lower division program
(grades 9 and 10) is to create a very solid
core curriculum for all high school students.
Students who take an upper division Board
Examination System program (grades 11 and
12) would typically do so to prepare for
admission to a selective college and continue
with a rigorous core course of study.
Providers Approved by the Arizona State
Board of Education Include:
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ACT QualityCore
•
Cambridge International General
Certificate of Secondary Education
(IGCSE)
Providers Approved by the Arizona State
Board of Education Include:
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ACT QualityCore (upper level)
•
Cambridge Advanced International
Certificate program (AICE)
•
College Board Advanced Placement
•
International Baccalaureate
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Grand Canyon High School Diploma
Minimum Graduation Requirements*
• Two credits of English
• Two credits of mathematics
• Two credits of science, including lab-based science, engineering or
information technologies
• One credit of World History
• One credit of American History
• One credit of fine arts or career and technical education and vocational
education; and
• One half-credit of economics
* Adopted in Rule by the Arizona State Board of Education on 1/24/2011
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The Arizona Move On When Ready Initiative:
Milestones and Next Steps
 The State Board of Education selected the Center for the Future of Arizona to lead the Move
On When Ready initiative – September, 2010. All interested schools must contact and work
with the Center for the Future of Arizona to offer Move On When Ready
 Determination of Arizona Grand Canyon High School Diploma Requirements – State Board of
Education - action January, 2011
 Announcement of Board Examination System provider courses, products, services, and prices
– NCEE Consortium on Board Examination Systems - January 2011
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Move On When Ready legislation (SB 1451 - trailer bill for purposes of clarification) – Center
for the Future of Arizona - winter/spring 2011
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Recruitment of early adopter schools - Center for the Future of Arizona – ongoing
•
Building Arizona Move On When Ready implementation models in collaboration with partner
district and charter schools, JTEDs, community colleges, and universities – Center for the
Future of Arizona – ongoing
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Arizona Early Adopter Schools:
Fall 2011/Fall 2012
• Schools can implement Move On When Ready as a partial program or as a schoolwide model. Schools will work with the Center for the Future of Arizona and NCEE
to plan for and implement Move On When Ready.
• The earliest a Grand Canyon High School Diploma can be offered is 2012-2013
(start program with grade 9 students in fall 2011).
• Fall 2011 Start
 Opportunity: NCEE longitudinal study led by the University of Michigan
 Commitment: Offer a complete lower division board examination system in a
high school to a cohort of grade 9 students (minimum of 30% student
participation rate); ensure teachers participate in professional development
offered by the board exam providers; offer an upper division board
examination system; participate in the research study; make the Grand Canyon
H.S. Diploma available to those students who qualify and wish to take that
option
 Timeline: Commitment – February, 2011
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