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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Texas State University- San Marcos, a member of The Texas State University System. BUILDING BRIDGES TO SUCCESS: STRENGTHENING POSTSECONDARY TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS IN ADULT EDUCATION

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Page 1: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Texas State University-San Marcos, a member of The

Texas State University System.

BUILDING BRIDGES TO SUCCESS: STRENGTHENING POSTSECONDARY

TRANSITION FOR STUDENTS IN ADULT EDUCATION

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SESSION OVERVIEW¨ Texas Adult Education Content

Standards (TAECS)¨ Texas College & Career Readiness

Standards(CCRS)

¨ General Differences ¨ Reading Content Standards¨ Group Activity: Writing & Math¨ Group Share¨ Wrap Up

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Texas Adult Education Content

Standards

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TEXAS ADULT EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS

Phase I: January – August, 2004 Conducted a survey of adult

education teachers and administrators

Presented the findings to a taskforce of adult education practitioners from across the state

Phase II: September, 2004 – June, 2005

Adopted standards. Formed writing teams.

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Phase III: July, 2005 - June, 2006 Developed benchmarks Conducted controlled field test Conducted external reviews Collected and analyzed data from

the controlled field test Modified benchmarks Aligned reading/writing

benchmarks to ESL learner needs

TEXAS ADULT EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS

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TEXAS ADULT EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDSPhase IV: July, 2006 - June, 2007 Selected statewide field test participants. Conducted standards specialist workshop. Conducted professional development for field

test participants. Implemented statewide field test, analyzed

data, and modified benchmarks. Recruited additional standards specialists. Compiled learning activities. Conducted refresher standards specialist

training. Held statewide conference to unveil standards

and benchmarks. Training/Implementation within programs:

Fall, 2007

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TEXAS ADULT EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS

ABE/ASE ESLRead with Understanding Speak so others can Understand

Convey Ideas in Writing Listen Actively

Use Math to Solve Problems and Communicate

Read with Understanding

Convey ideas in Writing

These standards include components, benchmarks, strands and examples of activities that teachers may use.

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TEXAS ADULT EDUCATION CONTENT STANDARDS

Content Standards describe what learners should know and be able to do within a specific content area.

Benchmarks reflect exit abilities, NRS levels reflect entrance abilities.

Each level builds with increasing degrees of complexity and decreasing levels of teacher guidance

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TEXAS COLLEGE AND CAREER READINESS

STANDARDS

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TEXAS COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS STANDARDS 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Special Session, House

Bill 1, the“Advancement of College Readiness in Curriculum.”

Texas Education CodeSection 28.008 reads “to increase the number of

students who are collegeand career ready when they graduate high school.”

(2006) These standards specify what students must know and be able

to do to succeedin entry-level courses at postsecondary institutions in Texas.

The legislation required the Texas Education Agency (TEA)and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)

to establish Vertical Teams (VTs) to develop College and Career Readiness Standards (CCRS) in the areas of English/language arts, mathematics,

science, and social studies. Vertical Teams were composed of secondary and

postsecondary faculty. Adopted by THECB in January, 2008

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TEXAS COLLEGE & CAREER READINESS STANDARDS

Science Standards

English/Language Arts Standards

Mathematics Standards

Cross-Disciplinary Standards

Social Studies Standards

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CROSS DISCIPLINARY STANDARDSCDS are divided into two main groups, namely the Key Cognitive skills

and the Foundational skills. Each group of skills has a number of learned behaviors that teachers should seek to develop in students

with the expectation that students demonstrate them upon completion.

KEY COGNTIVE SKILLS FOUNDATIONAL SKILLS Intellectual curiosity Reading across the curriculum

Reasoning Writing across the curriculum

Problem solving Research across the curriculum

Academic behaviors Use of data

Work habits Technology

Academic integrity

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GENERAL DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN STANDARDS

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

They differ in their focus:•On basic academic survival skills •On academic preparation

They vary in the content detail that they provide:

•Contain minimal detailed content •Contain detailed descriptions of the standards and the skills expected

They define the quality of their graduates or products differently:

•Focus on GED completion •Focus on college expectations

The way they are organized differs :

•Are progressively arranged, moving the learner through a series of advancing skills through levels

•Present related but specific skills each of which must be mastered by students

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THE READING STANDARDS

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

A. Locate explicit textual information and draw complex inferences, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across texts of varying lengths

Read with Understanding for ABE/ASE•Determine the purpose of reading•Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose•Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

1. Use effective reading strategies to determine a written work’s purpose and intended audience

1.6. Determine the appropriate purpose for reading a variety of materials

9. Identify and analyze the audience, purpose, and message of an informational or persuasive text

Example: Reading information about college financial aid, reading newspaper conflicting editorials

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Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

A. Locate explicit textual information and draw complex inferences, analyze, and evaluate the information within and across texts of varying lengths

Read with Understanding for ABE/ASE• Determine the purpose of reading• Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose• Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

3. Identify explicit and implicit textual information including main ideas and author’s purpose

4.6. Identify both directly stated and implied information using variety of strategies to guide reading of long and varied texts and graphic sources (e.g., recognize bias and propaganda

4. Draw and support complex inferences from text to summarize, draw conclusions, and distinguish facts from simple assertions and opinions

Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

B. Understand new vocabulary and concepts and use them accurately in reading, speaking, and writing

Read with Understanding for ABE/ASE•Determine the purpose of reading• Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose• Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

1. Identify new words and concepts acquired through study of their relationships to other words and concepts

3.6. Demonstrate familiarity with specialized content vocabulary in complex documents and literature (e.g., science, social studies, and literature)

2. Apply knowledge of roots and affixes to new infer the meanings of new words

3. Use reference guides to confirm the meanings of new words or concepts

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

A. Understand new vocabulary and concepts and use them accurately in reading, speaking, and writing

Read with Understanding for ABE/ASE• Determine the purpose of reading• Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose• Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

A.11. Identify, analyze, and evaluate similarities and differences in how multiple texts present information, argue a position, or relate a theme

6.6. Gain underlying meaning of specialized text using a wide range of strategies such as recognizing unstated assumptions, applying relevant information to multiple scenarios, summarizing, synthesizing information from multiple texts, and interpreting figurative language

C. Describe, analyze, and evaluate information within and across literary and other texts from a variety of cultures and historical periods

C.1. Read a wide variety of texts from American, European, and world literatures

C.2. Analyze themes, structures, and elements of myths, traditional narratives, and classical and contemporary literature

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

C. Describe, analyze, and evaluate information within and across literary and other texts from a variety of cultures and historical periods

C.3. Analyze works of literature for what they suggest about the historical period and cultural contexts in which they were written

C.4. Analyze and compare the use of language in literary works from a variety of world cultures

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

The Cross Disciplinary Standards

A. Reading across the curriculum

Read with Understanding for ABE/ASE•Determine the purpose of reading•Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose•Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

A.1. Use effective prereading strategies 5.6. Independently monitor and build comprehension strategies with a variety of texts

A.4. Identify the key information and supporting details

A.7. Adapt reading strategies according to structure of texts

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Texas Adult Education Content StandardsTexas College and Career

Readiness StandardsTexas Adult Education Content

StandardsRead with Understanding for ABE/ASE•Determine the purpose of reading•Select reading strategies appropriate for the purpose•Monitor comprehension and adjust reading strategies• Analyze information and reflect on underlying meaning• Integrate new understanding with prior knowledge to address reading purpose

2.6. Recognize and interpret terms, signs, symbols and abbreviations independently. (terms, signs, symbols)

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

The Cross Disciplinary Standards

A. Reading across the curriculum

A.2. use a variety of strategies to understand the meanings of new words

A.5. analyze textual information critically

A.6. annotate, summarize, paraphrase, and outline texts when appropriate

A.7. Adapt reading strategies according to structure of texts

A.8. connects reading to historical and current events and personal interest

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Differences between Texas Adult Ed. Content Standards and Texas College and Career Readiness Standards

Texas College & Career Readiness Standards

Texas Adult Education Content Standards

The Cross Disciplinary Standards D. Expected Academic Behaviors

D.1. Self-monitor learning needs and seek assistance when needed

D.2. Use study habits necessary to manage academic pursuits and requirements

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GROUP ACTIVITYLet’s look at the Math and Writing

Standards

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QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

Ideas

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Transition Project at

Texas State University – San Marcos In Collaboration with

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)

Dr. Emily Miller Payne, Director of The Education Institute (TEI)

Mary Helen Martinez, Transition Project DirectorDr. Lewis Madhlangobe, Transition Project

Research SpecialistJonna Beck, Graduate Student-Research Assistant

Andrew Besa, Graduate Student –Research Assistant

http://www.tei.education.txstate.edu/transitions

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB)

Dr. Tamara Clunis, Director Developmental and Adult Basic

Education College Readiness Initiatives

http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Texas College & Career Readiness

Standards