Dr. Tamara Worner Mathematics Department Wayne State College

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1 Dr. Tamara Worner Mathematics Department Wayne State College TRANSITION TO COLLEGE OR CAREER ARE STUDENTS PREPARED?

2 What are Standards? Why Standards? What are our Assumptions?

3 What are Standards? A floor the bare minimum What every high school student should know? A ceiling this is top What is expected of students going on to college? Going on to the workplace? A hindrance to teaching and learning A help to teaching and learning

4 Our goal is to ensure that all our students are career and college ready when they graduate from high school State of Schools Report

5 Transition to College or Career What are your Expectations for High Seniors? Topics? Courses? Experiences?

6 READY FOR COLLEGE?

7 Readiness for College Math 64.3% of Wayne State s freshman class in 2008 placed into a college level math course 17.4% needed one course to prepare them for college level math 11.2% needed two courses to prepare them for college level math 71%needed 7.1% three courses to prepare them for college level math

8 Elementary Education Majors An Example Add, subtract, multiply and divide integers MA a Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions MA a and MA a Add, subtract, multiply pyand divide decimals MA 4.1.3b, MA c, None for dividing two decimals

9 ATTITUDE Just tell me what to write down Just tell me EXACTLY what is going to be on the test Just tell me what the next step is Just tell me where the next hoop is I have to jump through is

10 How do WE know Standards d make a difference?

11 Mathematics GraduationRequirements Requirements Years Districts Percent age % % %

12 Mathematics Requirements Changed Over Time

13 Obama s speech on education to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on March 10, 2009 So let's challenge our states let's challenge our states to adopt world class standards that will bring our curriculums to the 21st century. Today's system of 50 different sets of benchmarks for academic success means 4th grade readers in Mississippi are scoring nearly 70 points lower than students in Wyoming and they're getting the same grade. Eight of our states are setting their standards so low that their students may end up on par with roughly the bottom 40 percent of the world. That's inexcusable. That's why I'm calling on states that are setting their standards far below where they ought to be to stop low balling expectations for our kids. The solution to low test scores is not lowering standards it's tougher, clearer standards. Full text available at of obama speech oneducation.html

14 Common Core Standards 49 states are participating in a conversation around Common Core standards for Language Arts and Mathematics K 12 set of standards to be released for review by end of year All states encouraged to adopt

15 3 2 1 Countdown Math Standards Rigorous Enough? 3 Ideas or insights you have 2 Questions or issues you still have 1 Action you will take immediately

16 NCLB Nebraska Children Learn Best

17 Keep Informed Mathematics: ne html Standards: Assessment: