Kansas Leads the World in the
Success of Each Student.
Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education
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Postsecondary Evidence
90
80
80.6
80.7
80.6
79.3
77.2
70
69
68
67
64
60
63
50
40
30
29.4
29.1
28.1
29.1
28.2
20
10
0
2007
2008
Postsecondary Enrollment
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2009
Postsecondary Retention
2010
Postsecondary Remediation
2011
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From the first set of focus group responses, what
characteristics of success were most frequently cited?
COMMUNITY
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The business and industry focal groups cited non-academic
skills with greater frequency than the community groups:
BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY
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What Kansan’s want from their schools
Changes need
to be made to
address school
culture
New dynamic
roles for
counselor and
social workers
Kansas children
need quality
preschool
including all day
kindergarten
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Collaboration
between
schools and
businesses
Reorganize
schools around
students, not
the system
Community
service needs
to play a bigger
role
Student Success
Kansas needs 71% of workers to
have a post secondary certificate or
degree.
Approximately 36% need to be
bachelor degrees or higher
Approximately 35% need to have a
certificate or associate degree
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What Does a “Great Life” Look Like?
PURPOSE
SOCIAL
How you occupy
your time; liking
what you do each
day
Relationships and
love in your life
FINANCIAL
COMMUNITY
Engagement and
involvement in the
area where you live
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STATE
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
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Managing your
economic life to
reduce stress and
increase security
PHYSICAL
Good health and
enough energy to
get things done
daily
It’s How You Do It
32%
30%
Long-term project
taking a semester or
more to complete
6%
Internship
or job where
applied learning
20%
Extremely involved in
extracurricular
activities and
organizations
Of All Graduates Experienced All Three
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OF EDUCATION
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Lessons from Gallup Research
“Caring (not content) is King”
Mentors are needed
Excitement about the Future
Strengths, not Weaknesses
“Someone who
encourages my
development”
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DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION
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Long-term Projects
Project-based Learning
Work Experiences Connected to
Learning (Intern, Apprentice, etc.)
Deep, Lasting Engagement
“Do what I do
best every day”
A NEW Vision for Kansas….
Kansas leads the
world in the
success of each
student..
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Defining Success
A Successful Kansas High School Graduate has
the
• Academic preparation,
• Cognitive preparation,
• Technical skills,
• Employability skills and
• Civic engagement
to be successful in postsecondary education, in
the attainment of an industry recognized
certification or in the workforce, without the need
for remediation.
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Creating a Vision for Kansas – State Outcomes
 Kindergarten Readiness
 Individual Plan of Study Focused on Career
Interest
 High School Graduation Rates
 Post Secondary Completion/Attendance
 Social/Emotional Growth Measured Locally
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However, this is the percent of students who
GRADUATED from high school that went on to pursue
post secondary schooling. To get the effective post
secondary rate, we must subtract out those students
Remember…Kansas
needs
who did not graduate from high school.
The
area
represents
Percent
of 70-75%
students
Percent
of students
who
togreen
have
at
least
ofwho
Let’s
on
six
Percent
of
students
who
graduated
from high
in
thefocus
percent
of
the
started
one
year
earlier
in school
started
one
year
earlier
in
high
school
graduates
to
the Class of 2010:
years
after
high
graduating
Class
of 2010
secondary
education
post
secondary
education
obtainpost
post
secondary
80.0%
school
graduation
forthe
in Kansas
who
went
on
to
and
returned
somewhere
for
and
graduated
Added
together,
54.3%
of(most
credentials
tohave
fill
post
secondary
a second
likely
ainyear
certificate
orsecondary
associate
students
who
started
their
post
the pursue
Class
of
2010
available
jobs
our
state
Students
who
graduated,
went
to post
school
anddegree)
returned career
or graduated
in year two:
education.
secondary
either
graduated or
came
back
in
the
54.3%
second year.
Thus the effective post secondary rate is:
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43.4%
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