High School Completion
Goals & Plans
April 6, 2016
Troy Goracke, BEdA Program Administrator
AEAC Spring Meeting
GOVERNOR INSLEE’S EDUCATIONAL
GOALS
FOR BASIC EDUCATION FOR ADULTS
• By 2023 all adults ages 25-44 in Washington State
will have a high school diploma or equivalent
• By 2017 increase the percentage of ABE and ELA
students who transition to precollege or college
level within two years from 12% to 15%
• By 2023 increase the percentage of the population
enrolled in certificate, credential, apprenticeship
and degree programs from 13% in 2012 to 24.8%
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WA STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT COUNCILS
QUESTIONS AROUND
HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION
• What is needed to address decline in GED® test
takers and completers?
• What needs to be done to have more people
complete a high school credential?
• Is marketing needed to increase HSC enrollment?
• What other efforts are needed to support ABE
students and transitions to college credit programs?
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BEdA OFFICE HAS SAME CONCERNS
HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION
ACTIONS BEING TAKEN
• Marketing Campaign– BEdA working with SBCTC
Communications on recruitment using social media
advertising
• Curriculum Development– Expansion of I-DEA
flipped classroom model to high school completion
• Collaboration with OSPI– Working to create
seamless transitions from K-12 Open Doors to CTC
HS 21+ and GED®
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High School Completion
Outreach
April 6, 2016
Troy Goracke, BEdA Program Administrator
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High School Completion Outreach
The Issue:
2012-13
2013-14
2014-15
GED®
4770
3000
410
HSD
123
377
1054
Total
4893
3377
1464
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Since 2013 the system has seen a significant drop in the number of GEDs earned
by college students while there has been a large expansion of HS 21+ diploma
completers.
•
This was accompanied by a significant decrease in non-students accessing GED®
testing independently.
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These individuals accounted for 2/3 of GED® completers prior to the 2014 change.
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High School Completion Outreach
BEdA Takes Action:
• BEdA in conjunction with SBCTC Communications will
launch $50,000 outreach campaign to connect these
individuals with HS completion providers.
• Campaign will include:
 Social media advertising (Facebook, etc.)
 Targeted local radio advertising
 Create HS Completion landing page at sbctc.edu
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High School Completion Outreach
Next Steps:
• BEdA and Communications complete needed planning and
ground work in April, May, and June
• Launch the campaign in late June to run July, August, and
into September
• Target is expanded enrollments HS 21+ and GED®
beginning in Fall Quarter 2016
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High School Completion Outreach
Your Role and Needs:
• We hope you will be able to work to connect individuals in
your agencies and regions to this recruitment effort.
• What would you like from us to help you in the effort?
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GED®
Update
April 6, 2016
Lou Sager, Database Specialist/GED Administrator
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Two Additional Passing Levels
•GED® College Ready – new score level for ACE
CREDIT® Recommendation
–Provides an opportunity to bypass developmental
education and placement exams
•GED® College Ready + Credit – new level where
students may be eligible for up to 10 college
credit hours
–(3 Math, 3 Social Studies, 3 Science, 1
English/Humanities)
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WASHINGTON STATE’S
COMMITMENT TO CLOSING
THE GAP FOR OPPORTUNITY
YOUTH
A FIRST IN THE NATION
COMPREHENSIVE MODEL
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Building Bridges
Recommendations
1. Set an educational goal for youth and family
serving agencies and coordinate efforts to achieve it
2. Build local dropout prevention and intervention
systems and practices at every grade level.
3. Create a dropout retrieval system for 16–24 year
old youth who are not likely to return to high school.
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION
5/28/2016
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Open Doors
Individual Case
Management
Credit Recovery
Online
Alternative High
School
Comprehensive High
School
Running Start
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Current Status
Statewide average monthly enrollment
 2015-2016: 3,572- over 4,000 this month!
 2014-2015: 3,277
• 635 credentials earned
• 13,253.25 HS credits earned
• 16,582 College Credits earned
 2013-2014: 2,417
• 414 credentials earned
• 3,904.25 HS credits earned
• 12,065 College Credits earned
 2012-2013: 797
• 198 credentials earned
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Student
Eligibility
 Students must be at least 16 years old and less
than 21 years old by September 1 to be enrolled
in reengagement
 Additionally, students must meet credit
deficiency ratios Or obtain a waiver from a
district designated school personnel, the
juvenile justice system, or case manager from
the department of social and health services
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Student Completion
Students become ineligible for further
funding when they:
Earn an Associates Degree
Earn a high school diploma
Have turned 21 before September 1
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Who is doing the work
 93 school districts have been approved to
offer this programming
 4 typical models –
• District self operating
• Partnering with community organization
• Partnering with community/technical
college
• Partnering with multiple districts in a
consortium
 134 individual pathways/sites statewide
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Encourages Partnerships and
Collaboration
Community
and Technical
Colleges
Vocational
Skills Centers
Work Force
Agencies
Regional ESDs
Community
Based
Organizations
Private
Vendors
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Funding Follows the Student
Students receive full funding while showing academic progress up
to college level.
Enhanced funding for vocational/career technical education and
federal transitional and bilingual also follows students.
Special Education Services are the responsibility of the district and
the funding remains with the district as they serve the student
regardless of the program model.
Transitional Bilingual Instructional Program funds are available for
programs serving students who qualify
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Requirements to Claim Eligible
Students
Students and programs must meet three requirements to
continue to receive monthly funding
Minimum attendance period – Two hours of face-to-face
time with program staff for instruction, case management,
academic and/or career counseling
Weekly status checks – The program must attempt to
have communication with the students every week
Academic progress – Students must show academic
progress by the 4th count day of enrollment
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Case Management
A ratio not to exceed 1 fulltime case manager to
75 youth
Assist youth by connecting to resources and
remove barriers to success
Can provide academic as well as employment
support
Must have a bachelors degree or a minimum of
two years working with at risk youth
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Indicators of Academic Progress
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
Earns high school or college credit.
Passes one or more high school equivalency tests.
Makes a significant gain in core academic skill level as
measured by pre and post testing.
Successfully completes approved college readiness
training.
Successfully completes approved work readiness
training.
Successfully completes a work based learning
experience.
Enrolls in college course(s) other than Adult Basic Ed,
high school equivalency certificate, or ESL class for
the first time.
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Indicators of Academic Progress
continues
8. Successfully completes an ESL class
9. Successfully completes an ABE or high school equivalency
certificate coursework
10. Enrolls in progressively more difficult math or English
college courses
11. Passes one or more tests/benchmarks that satisfy State
Board graduation requirements
12. Successfully completes a grade level curriculum in a core
academic subject that does not qualify for High school
credit
13. Successfully completes a series of short term industry
certificates (40 hour min.)
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On-ramp to College or Career
Pathways
College
partners
hips:
GED plus
pathway
Workforc
e
program
s
Certificat
e
program
s
New options
for existing
partnerships
New
partnerships
that put
students in the
college
environment
Coordination
with adult high
school
completion
programs
Creative
10 week
on-ramp
to
employm
ent or
advanced
training in
partnershi
p with
colleges
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Longitudinal Study
The RCW governing Open Doors requires longitudinal
study for 5 years.
OSPI is working with the Education Research and Data
Center to align the cohort and data tracking for
compliance.
This longitudinal tracking will include:
•College enrollment and completion
•Workforce data such as wages and industry
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Challenges
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Aligning drop out prevention, intervention
and re-engagement efforts across OSPI, as
well as other state agencies, statewide
youth-serving organizations, and regional
and local education agencies.
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www.k12.wa.us/GATE/SupportingStudents/Student
Retrieval.aspx
Contact:
Laurie Shannon, Graduation Specialist
Laurie.Shannon@k12.wa.us
Rhett Nelson, Graduation Communications
Rhett.Nelson@k12.wa.us
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High School 21+:
Update
April 6, 2016
Troy Goracke, BEdA Program Administrator
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High School 21+ Participating Colleges Spring 2016
Bates Technical College
Peninsula College
Big Bend Community College
Pierce College – Fort Steilacoom
Cascadia College
Pierce College – Puyallup
Centralia College
Renton Technical College
Clark College
Seattle Central College
Clover Park Technical College
Shoreline Community College
Columbia Basin College
Skagit Valley College
Edmonds Community College
South Puget Sound Community College
Everett Community College
South Seattle College
Grays Harbor College
Spokane Community College
Green River College
Spokane Falls Community College
Highline College
Tacoma Community College
Lake Washington Institute of Technology
Walla Wall Community College
Lower Columbia College
Wenatchee Valley College
North Seattle College
Whatcom Community College
Olympic College
Yakima Valley Community College
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HS 21+ Implementation Results
2013-14
2014-15
2015-16
Total
Colleges
10
21
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Students
521
1,935
1,567
4,023
Diplomas
168
698
448
1,314
SAI Points
1,467
4,128
2,088
7,683
Level Gains
208
606
384
1,198
Significant Gains
391
1,207
730
2,328
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Date Accessed March 30, 2016
2015-16 Data Through Fall Quarter 2016
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HIGH SCHOOL 21+
COLLEGE &COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATION
PARTNERSHIPS
11 Colleges in King, Kitsap,
Snohomish, Skagit and
Whatcom Counties
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HS 21+ I-DEA EXPANSION COURSES
• Create online/flipped classroom high school
completion course for upper level ABE and ESL
• Courses will be open resource and available to all
colleges and CBO’s
• Also, selecting programs to pilot the curriculum
• First courses available for piloting in Fall 2016
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High School Credit
Federal Student Progression and SAI
April 6, 2016
Troy Goracke, BEdA Program Administrator
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THE DEVELOPMENT
• Proposed 2016-17 Assessment Policy
• ASE 1&2 can use earned HS credit:
 To demonstrate Federal Student Progression
 To earn SAI points
• Locally place students at ASE 1&2 using HS credit
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THE DEVELOPMENT
• This Option is open to all ABE funded HSC
programs, primarily HS 21+
• No CASAS Testing needed for ASE 1&2
with this option
• Still able to use CASAS for FSP and SAI at
all levels
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MOVING THE OPTION FORWARD
• Two possibilities being considered
• Possibility 1
Implement in PY 2016-17 with SAI scheme finalized
during the year based on data collected
• Possibility 2
Use PY 2016-17 to study the option and implement
in PY 2017-18
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MOVING THE OPTION FORWARD
Possibility 1
• Implement in PY 2016-17 for all colleges
• Research will finalize SAI scheme during the year
based on data collected
• Colleges selecting this option will not need to
CASAS test ASE 1 & 2, primarily HS 21+, students
for FSP or SAI
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MOVING THE OPTION FORWARD
Possibility 2
• Study the option in PY 2016-17 to identify valid and
reliable SAI awarding scheme
• Plan to run the study with 10 to 15 colleges
geographically distributed, both urban and rural,
large and small
• Study colleges will need to continue to CASAS test
during study to earn SAI
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MOVING THE OPTION FORWARD
• This is they way we are moving the only
question is with which Possibility
• We hope to have a final decision on which
Possibility we’ll pursue by end of April
• There will be a full update on the option, the
Possibility taken, and Progress made at June
Retreat
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I-BEST in the High School
- and I-BEST & Apprenticeships
Adult Education Advisory Council | TCC
06 April 2016
William S. Durden
Policy Associate, I-BEST
Basic Education for Adults
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
wdurden@sbctc.edu | 360.704.4368
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I-BEST in the High School

Retains the essential components of I-BEST:
 Contextualization
 Team Teaching
 Wraparound Support Services

Designed for students with junior standing interested in a
prof-tech career

Dual-credit:
 English and math aligned to state standards for high school
graduation
 Professional-technical content aligned to outcomes of CTC
program
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I-BEST and Apprenticeships
 Apprenticeship USA releasing $90 million in 2016 to
support investment in:
 States
 Industry
 Equity
 National Activities
 Successful past I-BEST Apprenticeship
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QUESTIONS & CONTACT INFO
William S. Durden
Policy Associate, I-BEST
WA State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
wdurden@sbctc.edu | 360.704.4368
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QUESTIONS?
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