Nevada Dropout Prevention Summit November 8 th, 2010 Courageous
Conversations Today to Ensure a Better Tomorrow For Nevadas
Students
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You must maintain unwavering faith that you can and will
prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND at the same
time, have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your
current reality, whatever they might be. Jim Collins, Good to
Great
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The dropout issue is a national disgrace: 1.2 million students
dropout of school each year 7,000 teens become high school dropouts
every school day High correlation with being jobless, homeless
& in prison Earn $260,000 less than H.S. graduates over
lifetime Cost nation $209,000 each for healthcare, welfare and
crime We incur $1.5 billion in future losses every school day And
in the Silver State The dropout rate in Nevada is 24% higher than
the national average.
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Nevada is in crisis
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Nevada by the Numbers National foreclosure rate: 1 in 78 homes
Nevada foreclosure rate: 1 in 17 homes Nevadas budget deficit: $2.9
billion (42% of $7 billion budget) National unemployment rate: 10%
Nevadas unemployment rate: 15.2% (highest in country) Nevadans
looking for work: 195,000 reported; 220,000 estimated
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The state of education in Nevada is also in crisis
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State of Education in Nevada
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Nevada actually does worse in 8 th grade math with higher
income students than all states but HI and DC About a 30 point
difference in NAEP scores exist between NV and MA, KS, MN, NJ, and
TX. In science, only 1% of NV students are at the advanced
level.
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State of Education in Nevada Education Week Chance of Success
Nevada received the lowest score in the nation, almost 30 points
below MA. Factors include parent education, family income,
pre-school enrollment, NAEP scores, and employment.
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State of Education Chance of Success NV vs. US Averages 11%
lower in parent education 11% lower in parent language skills 19%
lower in preschool education 2 nd lowest % of young adults with
degree, 36.2% vs. 52.8% nationally
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It doesnt have to be this way Nevada has an opportunity
GAP
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Achievement GAP Data showing all children are learning at high
levels Data that shows where they are actually performing
Difference between:
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Opportunity GAP What Nevada could afford to spend on essential
government services What Nevada chooses to spend on essential
government services Difference between:
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According to The Wall Street Journal, Nevadas opportunity GAP
is the largest in the nation. Source: Wall Street Journal,
February, 2010
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State of Education in Nevada School funding Per pupil spending
in NV in 2006 was $7,213; 27% lower than the $9,963 U.S. Average.
Percent of taxable resources spent on education in NV is 2.8%; U.S.
is 3.7%. NV is 2 nd lowest in the nation. K-12 education took a
6.9% reduction after the special session last year.
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Nevada is at a crossroads 50 Percentage of students graduating
in Nevada 220,000 Number of students out of 440,000 who do not
reach graduation 50 Nevada's national ranking of college graduates
in four years 1 Nevada's national ranking in high school drop-outs
50 Nevada's national ranking in jobs available for college
graduates 3 Nevada's national ranking in employing high school
drop-outs 49 Nevada's national ranking in per pupil expenditure
according to the Wall Street Journal
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220,000 Nevadans looking for work 220,000 young Nevadans in
danger of not graduating In a state with only 58% of the population
with a high school diploma, there is a definitive link between
education and the economy.
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Whats the vision for Nevada? Vision is our preferred future.
Budgets and strategic plans are about choices for what we choose to
make a priority. Courage and resolve will be tested to make our
vision a reality.
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What choices will WE make TODAY
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To give THEM a better TOMORROW?
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How do we change the conversation in Nevada to start making
education a priority?
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It always starts with the moral imperative ! Educating all
students at high levels is the right thing to do!
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However, 70% of every community does not have children in our
schools. How do we get them to care?
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Show them there is an economic reason to improve
education.
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Nevadas Challenge The best economic stimulus package is a high
school diploma -Governor Bob Wise President Alliance for Excellent
Education
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Everyone agrees that Nevada needs to diversify its economy.
However, businesses will not come unless they can promise their
business leaders a quality work force and their workers a quality
educational system for children. Education is the Key to our
Economic Future
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In a poll ranking states attractiveness for new businesses, the
Wall Street Journal cited Nevada as 16 th in Tax Friendly Structure
50 th in Educational Quality & Funding Can we figure out why
businesses are not choosing to come?
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We have to get Nevadans to see investments in education, not
just because its the right thing to do for our children, but
because of the economic return on investment they can expect. Many
people are talking about why they dont want to raise revenue. Lets
get them talking about the revenue we are losing as a state by not
making education a priority. Education is the Key to our Economic
Future
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78% of Nevadas prison inmates do not have a high school
diploma. Nevada spends 15% more on incarceration than any other
state. What does this tell us about priorities?
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Estimated savings if all high schools students graduated $230
million saved in health care costs $25.8 million saved in college
remediation costs $78+ million impact each year for a 5% gain in
male graduation rate $5.2 billion in lost lifetime earnings for the
class of 2009 drop-outs
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Ron Emanuel stated, You cant let a good crisis go to waste. We
have to seize this opportunity to talk about serious educational
reform in Nevada.
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Pressures to Reform FEDERAL ESEA SIG Race To The Top NEVADA
COMMUNITY EXPECTATIONS ECONOMY NEVADA Blue Ribbon Task Force
Waiting for Superman
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Two Approaches to Reform in Nevada
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Nevadas Promise Nevada has 436,000 students who are depending
on us to deliver Nevadas Promise: Every school will be led by an
effective principal. Every classroom will be led by an effective
teacher. Every student will graduate.
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Nevadas Promise Objectives By 2014, Nevadas Promise calls for
(data based on 2009 results ): Increasing the graduation rate to
85% Reducing the achievement gap by 50% Increasing graduates
enrolling in post-secondary instructions by 50% Increasing the
percentage of students proficient or advanced on the NAEP
fourth-grade mathematics and reading
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Nevadas Promise Five Core Reform Areas Nevada's Promise
addresses broad-based reform through five core reform areas:
Adopting a common set of college and career-readiness standards and
an assessment system to measure success in learning those
standards. Establishing data systems that measure student growth
and success, and inform teachers and principals about how they can
improve instruction. Recruiting, developing, rewarding and
retaining great teachers and principals, especially where they are
needed most. Turning around the lowest-achieving schools. Creating
a high-quality plan that offers a rigorous course of study to
prepare more students for advanced study and careers in
mathematics, the sciences, technology and engineering (STEM).
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To make Nevadas Promise a reality, the task force has focused
on three areas: Communications Governance Legislation
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Communications
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Governance
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Nevadas Promise Adopt alternative routes to licensure for
teachers and administrators. Include student achievement in teacher
and administrator evaluations. Replace existing binary evaluation
system for teachers and administrators with a four-tiered structure
(highly effective, effective, minimally effective and ineffective).
Assure equitable distribution of talented teachers and
administrators. Review the delivery of professional development to
align with goals and requirements. Provide a pathway for exit for
struggling teachers and administrators that fail to improve.
Establish the Nevada Charter School Institute and clear the path
for participation by qualified charter schools. Legislative Actions
Required for Reform
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Nevadas Promise Administrative Actions Required for Reform
Adopt the Common Core State Standards. Create a seamless, on-demand
longitudinal data system that fosters district collaboration, links
K-12 to higher education, tracks students as they progress through
the system and provides data for classroom instruction and
accountability reporting. Create a Teachers and Leaders Council
within the existing Nevada Department of Education infrastructure
to design a uniform state-wide evaluation process for teachers and
administrators and coordinate adoption. Design and implement new
statewide professional development initiatives and strategies based
on data to support struggling teachers and administrators. Create a
plan and structure to advance STEM education. Provide higher
education programs of teacher preparation in areas of critical
need, such as the STEM disciplines, the teaching of English as a
second language and special education.
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We encourage you to join our committed effort and to express
your support as we introduce innovative solutions for public
education reform in our state. Dan Klaich and Elaine Wynn
Strategic Goals Recruit and Support Highly Effective Personnel
Goal 2 Engage Families and Community Partners Goal 3 Value and
Strengthen a Positive, Self- Renewing Culture Goal 4 Align
Performance Management Systems Goal 5 Provide Continuous Academic
Success for Every Student Goal 1
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Graduation Rate Gains: 2006 to 2010
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School by School Breakdown of 2009 (blue) and 2010 (yellow)
Graduation Rates
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What will it take to improve the quality of education in
Nevada?
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First We will need to have courageous conversations about
race
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Blueprint for Student Success While maintaining rigorous
academic standards, every child in the District will graduate
career and/or college ready. Does every mean all? What does it mean
to be career and/or college ready? Who is graduating? Who is
not?
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Second We need to ensure that all decisions are made in the
best interest of all children, And all means all
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Challenging the Status Quo As educators, we must: Make sure the
answer to the question, Why are we doing things this way? is not
Because weve always done it that way but rather Because its the
best way to ensure quality teaching, learning, and whats best for
kids.
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Key to School Reform Inspiring, excellent teacher in every
classroom Excellent principal in every school Quality support staff
in each site Engaged parents and community Positive, safe, and
engaging learning environments
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Students in Dallas Gain More in Math with Effective Teachers:
One Year Growth From 3 rd -4 th Grade Source: Heather Jordan,
Robert Mendro, and Dash Weerasinghe, The Effects of Teachers on
Longitudinal Student Achievement, 1997.
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Cumulative Teacher Effects On Students Math Scores in Dallas
(Grades 3-5) Source: Heather Jordan, Robert Mendro, and Dash
Weerasinghe, The Effects of Teachers on Longitudinal Student
Achievement, 1997. Beginning Grade 3 Percentile Rank= 55 Beginning
Grade 3 Percentile Rank= 57
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If all means all, then We must stop giving our children who
come to school with less, less at school as well.
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More Classes in High-Poverty, High-Minority Schools Taught By
Out-of-Field Teachers *Teachers lacking a college major or minor in
the field. Data for secondary-level core academic classes. Source:
Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Pennsylvania. Original analysis
for the Ed Trust of 1999-2000 Schools and Staffing Survey. High
poverty Low povertyHigh minority Low minority Note: High Poverty
school-50% or more of the students are eligible for free/reduced
price lunch. Low-poverty school -15% or fewer of the students are
eligible for free/reduced price lunch. High-minority school - 50%
or more of the students are nonwhite. Low-minority school- 15% or
fewer of the students are nonwhite.
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Poor and Minority Students Get More Inexperienced* Teachers
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, Monitoring
Quality: An Indicators Report, December 2000. *Teachers with 3 or
fewer years of experience. High poverty Low poverty High minority
Low minority Note: High poverty refers to the top quartile of
schools with students eligible for free/reduced price lunch. Low
poverty- bottom quartile of schools with students eligible for
free/reduced price lunch. High minority-top quartile; those schools
with the highest concentrations of minority students. Low
minority-bottom quartile of schools with the lowest concentrations
of minority students
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Third We need to align our resources so we make the saying It
takes a village to educate a child a reality.
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Groups and Committees Partnering with School Districts in
Nevada to Assist with Graduation Improvement 10,000 Kids, Inc. 100
Black Men AARP After-School All Stars Alcoa Foundation AmeriCorps
VISTA Americas Promise Alliance Anderson Business Partners Andre
Agassi Boys and Girls Club Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation
Applied Analysis AT T Foundation/ National Council for Community
and Education Partnerships Bank of America BEST Coalition Big
Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Nevada Boys & Girls Clubs of
Las Vegas Boys & Girls Clubs of Truckee Meadows Building Hope
Nevada Carson City School District CCSN Foundation Central City
Church/JHB International Childrens Cabinet Churchill Community
Coalition Churchill County Juvenile Probation Churchill County
School District City of Henderson City of Las Vegas City of North
Las Vegas City of Reno Clark County Clark County Department of
Family Services Clark County Department of Juvenile Justice
Services Clark County Department of Social Services Computer Corps
Courtney Childrens Foundation Council for Educational Excellence
Douglas County School District Education Alliance of Washoe County
Education Excellence and Equity Elko County School District ESG
Construction Consultants Family and Child Treatment Center of
Southern Nevada Forum for a Common Agenda Goshen Coalition Great
Basin College Helping Kids Clinic HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. I Have a
Dream Foundation Imagine Marketing of Nevada International Game
Technology J & A Contracting, Inc. UNR Deans Future Scholars
Urban Education Consulting USA Funds USAA Savings Bank U.S.
Representative Jon Porter Communities in Schools of Nevada
Community Services Agency and Development Corporation Vegas PBS
Victory Missionary Baptist Church Washoe County Commission Washoe
County Department of Juvenile Services Washoe County School
District Wells Fargo Western Nevada College Youth Transition
Funders Group c/o Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
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Jaynes Corporation Job Opportunities in Nevada Join Together
Northern Nevada KLAS TV Channel 8/ Landmark Foundation Krump
Foundation KVBC TV Channel 3 Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Las
Vegas Clark County Urban League Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department Las Vegas Natural History Museum Las Vegas Review
Journal Newspapers in Education Lionel Sawyer and Collins Lyon
County School District Mandalay Resort Group Meadowwood Mall LLC
Mentor Links Mentor Match MGM MIRAGE Mrs. Nevada Nell J. Redfield
Foundation Nevada Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs Nevada
Community Foundation Nevada Department of Education Nevada DETR
(Dept. of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation) Nevada Mining
Association Nevada Partners, Inc. Nevada Partnership for Homeless
Youth Nevada Policy Research Institute Nevada Power Company Nevada
Professionals Empowering Parents Nevada PTA Nevada State
Legislature Nevada State Assemblyman Joseph Hogan Nevada State
College Nevada State Education Association Nevada State Gear Up
Nevada State Senator Steven Horsford Nevada State SHRM Council
Nevada Volunteers Nevada Youth Alliance Nevada Youth Empowerment
Project Nevadans for Quality Education NV Energy Nye County School
District Omidyar Network Olive Crest Pearson Education Pershing
Broadcasting Company Pershing County School District Pinpoint
Publications Prevent Child Abuse Nevada Protocol Etiquette School
of Southern Nevada Raising Nevada Rites of Passage Ritter
Charitable Trust Senator Harry Reids Office Senator John Ensigns
Office Silver State Schools Credit Union Social Entrepreneurs, Inc.
Southern Nevada Area Health Education Center Southern Nevada Health
District Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition Southern
Nevada Workforce Investment Board Southwest USA Bank Spread the
Word Nevada: Kids to Kids Stand Tall Dont Fall State Board of
Education State Farm State of Nevada Office of the Governor The
Public Education Foundation in Clark County The Rape Crisis Center
The Shade Tree The View TRENDZ United Way of Northern Nevada United
Way of Southern Nevada University Medical Center Family Resource
Center University of Nevada Las Vegas UNLV Center for Academic
Enrichment University of Nevada Reno UNR Cooperative Extension
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Fourth Everyone says we should run our schools like a business.
What if we start running them like a medical profession?
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Armando is a Third Grade Student at Elmcrest ES. He scored at
the Approaches Standard level on the Reading CRT (Scale Score =
240). Maryssa is a Fifth Grade Student at Donner Springs ES. She
scored at the Approaches Standard level on the Writing Assessment,
getting an overall score of 11. Dominic is an Eighth Grade Student
at Swope MS. He scored at the Approaches Standard level on the Math
CRT (Scale Score = 226).
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Graduation Rate (Varies with Students Proficiency Level on One
Eighth Grade Test) Exceeds Standard 89% Meets Standard 76%
Approaches Standard 38% Emerging 10%
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The OBJECTIVE identifies what the target is for this student.
This could be formative or summative. The SMART goal is Specific
Measurable Attainable Result Oriented Time Sensitive What evidence
will we use to evaluate how we are meeting this childs needs. These
ideas are a result of biweekly intervention meetings.
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Nevada is in crisis, and it is a dark time for the Silver
State, but education can be the light at the end of the tunnel. We
are all Nevadans, and our roots are as a frontier state. Pioneers
may not know exactly where they are going, but they know they must
move toward a better tomorrow. It will require vision,
prioritization, courage, and resolve.
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Lets make this our defining moment. Its the right thing to do
for our state. Its the right thing to do for our children.
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Every child, by name and face, to graduation We can make it
happen!
