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Shifting Focus to College and Career Readiness in Michigan K-12 Education for 2014

In December 2010, Michigan initiated a pivotal transformation in K-12 education, prioritizing college and career readiness. This shift aligns with the Common Core State Standards, defining essential skills for students from grades K-12. By 2014-2015, new assessment systems aim to accurately measure readiness without remediation. The adoption of enhanced cut scores will redefine performance expectations, albeit potentially resulting in temporary declines in proficiency measures. The ultimate goal is to equip students with the necessary skills for success in post-secondary education and technical careers.

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Shifting Focus to College and Career Readiness in Michigan K-12 Education for 2014

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  1. Preparing for 2014: A Fundamental Shift Toward College and Career Readiness as the Focus of Michigan K-12 Education December 2010

  2. 2. Common Core of [K-12]State [Content] Standards (Common Core) • Common standards in K-12 representing… • Grade 12 • What students should know and be able to do in order to be successful without remediation in college or technical career training • Grades K-11 • What students should know and be able to do in each grade in order to be on track to achieve the grade 12 content standards • Done primarily through metanalysis

  3. Common Core Adoption http://www.corestandards.org/

  4. Common Core Adoption + = anticipated to adopt by end of 2011 – = declined to adopt + + + + – + – – – – http://www.corestandards.org/

  5. Common AssessmentState Consortia • The consortia: • SMARTER/Balanced • 31 states • 17 Governing states (including Michigan) • Computer Adaptive Testing (CAT) beginning in 2014-2015 • PARCC • 26 states • 11 Governing states • Computer Based Testing (CBT) beginning in 2014-15 • Large difference in CBT and CAT

  6. PARCC Membership http://www.fldoe.org/parcc/

  7. Smarter/Balanced Assessment Consortium Membership http://www.k12.wa.us/smarter/

  8. Smarter/Balanced Consortium Purpose/Product Schematic

  9. 4. Common College & Career Readiness Performance Expectations • Cut Scores • College and Career Ready for grade 11 • On track to college and career ready in lower grades • Represents a major change • MME cut scores were adopted in 2006 knowing they did not represent college and career readiness, but basic skills • Asked to return later to adjust the MME cut scores upward to represent college and career readiness • MEAP cut scores will also need to be adjusted upward

  10. 4. Common College & Career Readiness Performance Expectations • This means considerable changes • Current Cut Scores (or performance expectations) • Students have mastered basic skills • Based on federal and state statute • Enhanced Cut Scores • Need to redefine basic high school skills to mean students are ready for success in college and technical career training without remediation by the end of K-12 education • Need to redefine basic elementary and middle schools skills to mean students are on track to becoming college and career ready by the end of K-12 education

  11. 4. Common College & Career Readiness Performance Expectations • This means considerable changes • Will result in temporary drops in percent proficient measures • E.g. New York and Tennessee • Some schools saw drops as large as 60% • Most schools saw smaller, but still significant, drops • Likely to be similar in Michigan • A new focus for K-12 education in Michigan: college and career readiness as the ultimate goal of K-12 Michigan education • Will likely happen in 2014-15 with the first implementation of the new common assessments, if not earlier

  12. Contact Information • Joseph Martineau, Ph.D. • Director of Assessment & Accountability • Michigan Department of Education • martineauj@michigan.gov • 517-241-4710

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