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2010 Graduation Requirements Meeting

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Presenter Materials

  • Opening Plenary [1] (PPT)
  • Ed Trust West-  Opportunity Audit Presentation [2] (PDF)
  • Developing System Incentives- Rewarding Schools and Districts [3] (PPT)
  • College Summit- Building College-Ready Culture [4] (PPT)
  • PTA- Engaging Parents to Support a College & Career Ready Agenda [5] (PPT)

Twenty-two state teams participated in Achieve’s convening on Supporting College-and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements on June 17-18, 2010. The agenda was designed to spark conversations that explore critical topics such as communications strategies, developing and sustaining community and district support, implementing math pathways pivoting off of the common core standards, and establishing higher education incentives and policies to support the new graduation requirements. We were pleased to engage several close partner organizations including, America’s Promise, College Summit, Complete College America, Education Trust, Education Trust- West, and Jobs for the Future.

Tab 1: Meeting Materials

  • Agenda [6]
  • Table of Content [7]
  • Speaker Bios [8]

Tab 2: State Advocacy, Including State Specific PPTs and Fact Sheets

  • The Value of College- and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements in Your State: Talking Point [9]s [9]
  • The Value of College- and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements in Your State: PPT [10]
  • State-Specific Fact Sheets on Graduation Requirements [11]
  • Don't Stall Progress on Education Reform [12]
  • Protect Michigan's Tough New Math Requirement [13]
  • Nurturing College-Going Culture a Big Task [14]
  • Diploma Project Will Change Schools for Better Math for All, Even if They Don’t Go to College Right Away [15]
  • Many Mass. Graduates Unprepared for College [16]

Tab 3:  Communication Tools

  • Key Steps to Building a Communications Strategy [17]
  • Communicating Internally and Externally [18]
  • Audience Mapping: The Why, How and What to Look For [19]
  • Sample Key Three Messages Template [20]
  • College- and Career-Ready Communications & Outreach Plan Template [21]
  • "Do's and Don'ts" for Advocating College and Career Readiness [22]

Tab 4: Transition Planning

  • Change is Coming: 2010 Political Transitions and the ADP Network [23]
  • Strategies for Political Transition Planning [24]
  • Ensuring Sustainability of Education Reform Agenda during a Gubernatorial Campaign [MBRT [25]] [26]

Tab 5: Reinforcing Policies

  • Core-Plus: Building on College and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements [27]
  • Strategies for K-12 and Postsecondary Alignment [28]
  • Strategies for K-12 and Workforce Alignment [29]  
  • Incorporating College- and Career-Readiness in High School Accountability Systems [30]
  • Improving Graduation Rates: Data Driven Dropout Prevention [31]
  • Understanding Georgia's Graduation Coach Initiative [32]
  • Sample State Strategies to Support Students to Reach College-and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements [33]

Tab 6: Math Course Taking

  • The Model Course Pathways in Mathematics [34]
  • Math at Work Summary [35]
  • All Students Need Advanced Math [36]
  • Advanced Math Equals Career Readiness [37]
  • Advanced Math: Closing the Equity Gap [38]
  • Americans Need Advanced Math to Stay Globally Competitive [39]
  • The Value of the Fourth Year of Mathematics [40]
  • Math's Double Standard [41] and
  • Exposing the Myth: Advanced Math Does Not Increase Drop Out Rates [42]

Tab 7: CTE & STEM

  • Connecting Career and Technical Education with the College and Career Readiness Agenda [43]
  • Approaches to Integrating Academic and Technical Studies [44]
  • Snapshot of University of California "A-G" Approval Process for CTE Courses [45]
  • Strategies for Leveraging STEM in Support of College- and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements [46]
  • EdVention: The Dayton Region's Portfolio Approach to STEM Education [47]
  • Career and Technical Programs of Study - A Design Framework [48]

Tab 8: Resources

  • Achieve Resources [49]
  • Non-Achieve College- and Career-Ready Graduation Requirements Resources [50]
  • National Education Surveys [51]

Tab 9: Partner Resources

  • Jobs for the Future: On Ramp to College [52]
  • The Education Trust-West: A Case Study: Preparing Students for College and Career [53]
  • The Education Trust-West: Educational Opportunity Audit Report [54]
  • America's Promise: GradNation Mobilizing America to End the Dropout Crisis [55]
  • Complete College America: Essential Steps for States Overview [56]
  • PTA: National Standards for Family-School Partnerships [57]
  • The Data Quality Campaign: Measuring the Education Pipeline: Common Data Elements Indicating Readiness, Transition and Success [58]

Source URL: http://www.achieve.org/2010-graduation-requirements-meeting

Links:
[1] http://www.achieve.org/files/OpeningPlenary.ppt
[2] http://www.achieve.org/files/EdTrustWest-OpportunityAuditPresentation.pdf
[3] http://www.achieve.org/files/DevelopingSystemIncentives-RewardingSchoolsandDistricts.ppt
[4] http://www.achieve.org/files/CollegeSummit-BuildingCollege-ReadyCulture.ppt
[5] http://www.achieve.org/files/PTA-EngagingParentstoSupportaCollege&CareerReadyAgenda.ppt
[6] http://www.achieve.org/files/Agenda.pdf
[7] http://www.achieve.org/files/TableofContents.pdf
[8] http://www.achieve.org/files/SpeakerBios.pdf
[9] http://www.achieve.org/files/TheValueofCCRGraduationRequirements-TalkingPoints.pdf
[10] http://www.achieve.org/state-graduation-requirements-ppts-june-2010
[11] http://www.achieve.org/state-graduation-requirements-fact-sheets-june-2010
[12] http://www.achieve.org/files/Don%27tStallProgressonEducationReform.pdf
[13] http://www.achieve.org/files/ProtectMichigan%27sToughNewMathRequirement.pdf
[14] http://www.achieve.org/files/NurturingCollege-GoingCultureaBigTask.pdf
[15] http://www.achieve.org/files/DiplomaProjectWillChangeSchoolsforBetter.pdf
[16] http://www.achieve.org/files/ManyMass.GraduatesUnpreparedforCollege.pdf
[17] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/KeySteps.pdf
[18] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/CommunicatingInternally-Then-Externally.pdf
[19] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/AudienceMapping.pdf
[20] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/SampleKeyThreeMessages.pdf
[21] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/CCR-Communications-Plan-Template-2011.pdf
[22] http://www.achieve.org/files/Do%27sandDon%27tsforAdvocatingCollege-andCareer-ReadyGraduationRequirements.pdf
[23] http://www.achieve.org/files/ChangeisComing2010PoliticalTransitionsandtheADPNetwork.pdf
[24] http://www.achieve.org/files/StrategiesforPoliticalTransitionPlanning.pdf
[25] http://www.achieve.org/files/EnsuringSustainabilityofEducationReformAgendaduringaGubernatorialCampaign[MBRT].pdf
[26] http://www.achieve.org/files/EnsuringSustainabilityofEducationReformAgendaduringaGubernatorialCampaign%5BMBRT%5D.pdf
[27] http://www.achieve.org/files/Core-PlusBuildingonCollegeandCareer-ReadyGraduationRequirements.pdf
[28] http://www.achieve.org/files/StrategiesforK-12andPostsecondaryAlignment.pdf
[29] http://www.achieve.org/files/StrategiesforK-12andWorkforceAlignment.pdf
[30] http://www.achieve.org/files/IncorporatingCollege-andCareer-ReadinessinHighSchoolAccountabilitySystems.pdf
[31] http://www.achieve.org/files/ImprovingGraduationRates-DataDrivenDropoutPrevention.pdf
[32] http://www.achieve.org/files/UnderstandingGeorgia'sGraduationCoachInitiative.pdf
[33] http://www.achieve.org/files/SampleStateStrategiestoSupportStudentstoReachCollege-andCareer-ReadyGraduationRequirements.pdf
[34] http://www.achieve.org/files/TheModelCoursePathwaysinMathematics.pdf
[35] http://www.achieve.org/files/MathatWork-Summary.pdf
[36] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheet-All%20StudentsNeedAdvancedMath.pdf
[37] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheet-CareerReadiness.pdf
[38] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheet-Equity.pdf
[39] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheet-GloballyCompetitive.pdf
[40] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheet-FourthYear.pdf
[41] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheetDoubleStandard.pdf
[42] http://www.futurereadyproject.org/sites/frp/files/Achieve-MathWorks-FactSheetExposingtheMyth.pdf
[43] http://www.achieve.org/files/ConnectingCareerandTechnicalEducationwiththeCollegeandCareerReadinessAgenda.pdf
[44] http://www.achieve.org/files/ApproachestoIntegratingAcademicandTechnicalStudies.pdf
[45] http://www.achieve.org/files/SnapshotofUniversityofCaliforniaA-GApprovalProcessforCTECourses.pdf
[46] http://www.achieve.org/files/StrategiesforLeveragingSTEMinSupportofCollege-andCareer-ReadyGraduationRequirements.pdf
[47] http://www.achieve.org/files/EdVentionTheDaytonRegion'sPortfolioApproachtoSTEMEducation.pdf
[48] http://www.achieve.org/files/CareerandTechnicalProgramsofStudy-ADesignFramework.pdf
[49] http://www.achieve.org/achieve-resources-handout
[50] http://www.achieve.org/files/Non-AchieveCollege-andCareer-ReadyGraduationRequirementsResources.pdf
[51] http://www.achieve.org/files/NationalEducationSurveys.pdf
[52] http://www.achieve.org/files/JobsfortheFutureOnRamptoCollege.pdf
[53] http://www.achieve.org/files/TheEducationTrust-WestACaseStudyPreparingStudentsforCollegeandCareer.pdf
[54] http://www.achieve.org/files/TheEducationTrust-WestEducationalOpportunityAuditReport.pdf
[55] http://www.achieve.org/files/America'sPromise-GradNationMobilizingAmericatoEndtheDropoutCrisis.pdf
[56] http://www.achieve.org/files/CompleteCollegeAmericaEssentialStepsforStatesOverview.pdf
[57] http://www.achieve.org/files/PTANationalStandardsforFamily-SchoolPartnerships.pdf
[58] http://www.achieve.org/files/TheDataQualityCampaignMeasuringtheEducationPipelineCommonDataElementsIndicatingReadiness,TransitionandSuccess.pdf