School
Superintendents
Champions for
Children and
Public
Education
“The Superintendent is the voice for all the children
in the community, including the many children that
would have no voice if not for the Superintendent.
Today, more than ever, America’s Superintendents
have the awesome responsibility to protect public
education from the private and political interests
that regard our schools as investment opportunities
for corporate gains rather than fostering the
American tradition of an educated community that
is the core of our democratic process.”
American Public Education
is the Best Ever!
The dropout rate has been declining
since 1972
Status dropout rates of 16 through 24 year olds – Census Bureau
US Dept of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey
And high school completion rates have been
trending up.
PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS
THE HIGHEST HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATE IN DECADES
10
PROGRESS: RESULTS FOR STUDENTS
MORE HISPANIC STUDENTS ATTENDING COLLEGE
11
NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade
math have never been higher than
they are today!
NAEP scores in 4th and 8th grade
reading have never been higher
than they are today!
America's High School Graduates:
Results from the 2009 NAEP High
School Transcript Study
Graduates earn more credits and complete higher curriculum
levels
In 2009, graduates earned over three credits more than their
1990 counterparts, or about 400 additional hours of instruction
during their high school careers.
In 2009, a greater percentage of graduates completed higher
curriculum levels with greater course requirements than 1990 or
2005 graduates.
This report presents a longitudinal student‐level
analysis of charter school impacts on more than 70
percent of the students in charter schools in
the United States. The scope of the study makes it
the first national assessment of charter
school impacts
The group portrait shows wide variation in
performance. The study reveals that a decent
fraction of charter schools, 17 percent, provide
superior education opportunities for their students.
Nearly half of the charter schools nationwide have
results that are no different from the local
public school options and over a third, 37 percent,
deliver learning results that are significantly
worse than their student would have realized had
they remained in traditional public schools.
Poverty is a Reality
Not an Excuse
Poverty is the single greatest factor
limiting student achievement
Data Connecting Poverty and Student Achievement: 2013 NAEP Data
280
270
260
Score
250
Total Students
240
Eligible
Not Eligible
230
220
210
200
1-5%
6-10%
11-25%
26-34%
35-50%
51-75%
Percentage of students in school eligible for free/reduced-price lunch
More than 75%
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
MANY LOW-INCOME STUDENTS FAIL TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL
27
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
ONLY 29% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS GO TO COLLEGE
28
OUR UNFINISHED TASK:
ONLY 9% OF LOW-INCOME STUDENTS COMPLETE COLLEGE
29
Education is the key to
breaking out of the poverty
cycle
We are not falling
behind, we are
pulling apart.
So what do we
need to do?
Champions
for Children
uperintendents
Invest in the Young
Wrap Around Services
Educating the
total child. It’s
a community
effort.
.
Grass Root CounterAttack
Meeting the Challenges of Public Education
Any questions?
Dan Domenech
Executive Director
AASA: The School
Superintendents Association
1615 Duke St.
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 875- 0722
ddomenech@aasa.org