PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
High School Exit
Standards
Informational Sessions
January 2005
STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Meeting Objectives
• To discuss the recently proposed
framework for the High School Exit
Standards
• To gather feedback to share with the NC
State Board of Education on the
framework and statewide implementation
plan for the new Standards
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Meeting Objectives
• To share future activities of the SBE
regarding the Standards
• To outline procedures for
participants to provide feedback
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
WHY We Need to Change
Increasing Pace of Change —
It took 35 years for telephones to be
used in 25% of American homes, 26
years for personal computers, 7
years for the Internet and 3 years
for personal digital assistants.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Top Home Languages
(Other than English) of
NC Students, 2004-2005
Spanish
87,817
Hmong
4,406
Chinese
3,142
Vietnamese 2,306
Arabic
1,810
Korean
1,540
French
1,284
Russian
1,132
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Hindi
913
Japanese
860
Gujarati
820
Laotian
766
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WHY We Need to Change
More extensive scientific and
technological advances will occur
in the next few years than have
happened in the last two
centuries.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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WHY We Need to Change
Bill Gates indicates that we can
expect technology to double every
nine months. That means what was
projected to occur in 2012 will now
take place in 2006.
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WHY We Need to Change
Technology will eliminate any task that is
routine, concrete and sequential. Travel
agents, accountants, inventory clerks,
buyers and even lawyers may find
themselves increasingly supplanted by
technology.
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WHY We Need to Change
Today’s high schools are producing
students who are unprepared for
future jobs.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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Reference
Data from “WHY We Need to Change” is
taken from Technology 2008: Preparing
Students for Our Changing World.
Willard Daggett, International Center for
Leadership in Education.
http://www.daggett.com/Daggettpp.htm
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Current High School
Graduation Requirements
and
Exit Standards
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Current Graduation
Requirements
• Attain a passing score on
competency tests adopted by the
SBE per GS 115C-174.11 and
administered by the LEA;
• Successfully complete 20 course
units in grades 9-12 (22 course
units for Occupational Course of
Study);
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Current Graduation
Requirements
• Successfully complete one of four
courses of study:
•
•
•
•
Career Preparation
College Technical Preparation
College/University Preparation
Occupational Course of Study;
• Demonstrate computer proficiency.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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Post-Secondary Education
Remedial Rates for North
Carolina High School
Graduates
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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% Remedial Rate
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
45.0%
40.0%
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
15.0%
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
1997
1998
Mathematics
1999
English
2000
Reading
The percentage rate of North Carolina high school graduates needing
remediation as they entered as freshmen into the North Carolina
Community College system.
Source: NC Community College System
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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% Remedial Rate
PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
20.0%
18.0%
16.0%
14.0%
12.0%
10.0%
8.0%
6.0%
4.0%
2.0%
0.0%
1995
Mathematics
1996
English
1997
1998
1999
Taking more than one
The percentage rate of North Carolina high school graduates needing
remediation as they entered as freshmen into the North Carolina public
colleges and universities.
Source: UNC General Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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NC High School Dropouts
Grade
Level
1999-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
9
8,811
7,850
7,407
6,647
10
6,661
5,997
5,570
5,131
11
5,337
4,740
4,682
4,541
12
2,788
2,781
2,683
2,645
Total
23,597
21,368
20,342
18,964
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Higher standards and student
accountability are responding to
the need for …
… students to learn how to learn and how
to embrace change
… students to have deep understanding of
content and the world around them, not
just rote memory
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
Higher standards and student
accountability are responding to
the need for …
… academic rigor to be applied in
open-ended ways that are relevant
to the world of the 21st century
… visionary thinking
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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NC General Statutes, Status
North Carolina General Statute 115 C-12(9b
called for exit exam(s),
August 1997
• However, the General Assembly suspended development
pending report on compliance with NCLB
SB 1115, SL 2002-126: Exit Exam,
September 2002
• “The Board shall not adopt any revisions prior to reporting
them…to the [Joint Legislative Education Oversight
Committee (JLEOC)].”
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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SBE Academic Rigor, Relevance
and Relationships (R3) Ad Hoc
Committee
• Academic Rigor Committee formed by the
NC SBE on April 1, 2004.
• As the committee studied high school
issues, it expanded the committee's name
to Academic Rigor, Relevance, and
Relationships. This change reflects the
committee’s views on the components
needed in the best high school programs
for students.
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SBE Academic Rigor, Relevance
and Relationships (R3) Ad Hoc
Committee
Since September, the original ad hoc
committee expanded its
membership to include high school
educators and administrators
(superintendents, principals,
counselors, and teachers), and
parents to offer assistance and
input.
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SBE Academic Rigor, Relevance
and Relationships (R3) Ad Hoc
Committee
The Committee plans to present a
rigor definition and implementation
plans for new high school exit
standards to the State Board in
February.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF NORTH CAROLINA
New Schools Project -
3
R
• High schools have not changed since the
rise of the comprehensive high school
nearly a century ago.
• Smaller, more personal high schools that
are connected to workplace expectations
and that prepare students for higher
education are possible and being
implemented in North Carolina.
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Philosophy
• Higher student/teacher/parent
expectations and standards result in
higher student achievement.
• Every student in North Carolina should
be provided “an opportunity to receive a
sound, basic education” and also
provided the academic and social
support to be successful.
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Philosophy
• Setting high standards that are
aligned with the curriculum will
provide a systematic process for
intervention and graduation
decisions.
• Intervention is needed for students
who do not meet standards.
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Philosophy
• Workplace skills are critical for
students.
• Students must have content
knowledge and understanding in
coursework and the capacity to
apply knowledge and skills in
relevant real-life situations.
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Goals for Graduates
Ensure that “All students will graduate
from a rigorous, relevant academic
program that equips them with the
knowledge, skills and dispositions
necessary to succeed in both postsecondary education and 21st century
careers and to be participating, engaged
citizens.”1
State Board of Education policy entitled “Policy
defining academic rigor, relevance and relationships.”
1Proposed
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Goals for Graduates
Improved student achievement.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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Goals for Graduates
Increase the percentages of students
who graduate “…with an informed point
of view, knowledge of the world, an
ability to grapple with complex problems
and a willingness to engage with people
different from themselves.”2
2 Closing the Graduation Gap: Toward High Schools that Prepare All
Students for College, Work and Citizenship. Bill and Melinda Gates
Foundation, Gates Education Policy Paper, April 8, 2003, page 2.
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Goals for Graduates
• Better prepared and higher
numbers of graduates.
• Increased number of students
demonstrating proficiency and
above on end-of-course tests in
courses required for UNC System
admission.
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The Process
Guide the development of
classroom instructional delivery
that focuses on mastery of critical,
real-world skills (problem-solving,
evaluation, communication,
analysis, prediction, etc.) in
addition to active learning of
content.
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The Process
Initiate a Senior Project requirement
that allows students to learn and to
demonstrate additional skills.
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The Process
• Develop a school improvement
process that focuses on students,
parents and educators as
collaborative partners in students’
education.
• Provide focused assistance and
multiple test-taking opportunities.
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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Proposals for
Implementing the New
High School Exit
Standards Framework
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DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
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Proposal 1
Students should be required to pass
all five EOC assessments (Algebra
I, Biology I, English I, Civics &
Economics, and U.S. History) and to
complete successfully the senior
project.
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Proposal 2
Students should be required to pass
at least four out of five EOC
assessments (Algebra I, Biology I,
English I, Civics & Economics, and
U.S. History) and to complete
successfully the senior project.
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Retesting Proposals
Proposal 1: Consistent with the
current retesting opportunities for
end-of-grade assessments at
grades 3, 5 and 8, students should
be given a maximum of two retest
opportunities. The second retest
opportunity must be preceded by
focused intervention/remediation.
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Retesting Proposals
Proposal 2: Consistent with the
current retesting opportunities for
the competency and computer
skills assessments, students
should be given at least one retest
opportunity per year. Each retest
opportunity must be preceded by
focused intervention/remediation.
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Senior Project
• Performance-based senior project
that could include service learning
or a work-based learning
experience.
• One component of the new high
school exit standard.
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Senior Project
• Developed, monitored and scored
at the local level using rubrics
developed or endorsed by the NC
DPI.
• Standards will be effective with the
current 7th graders who begin 9th
grade in 2006-07. This is the
graduating class of 2010.
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Next Steps
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Zoomerang survey
Timeline for activities
Ground rules for input
Q/A session (with notecards)
Q/A document
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Ground Rules
• All comments and questions are
welcome.
• Please refrain from talking or
making comments when someone
else is speaking.
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Ground Rules
• Three-minute limit for comments
and questions. Please provide your
name and affiliation at the
beginning of your comments.
• At the end of three-minute limit, a
sign will be given to signal the end
of the time limit. Please promptly
conclude remarks.
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