EdReady MontanaXLi 2014

March 27, 2014

Ryan Schrenk, Ed. D

Ryan Schrenk, Dad to Justin and Ian

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EdReady Montana Program Manager

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Employee #3 at MTDA

MTDA

• 2009 Legislature

• Serve K12 Students in Montana through Public Schools

• Governing Board

• Director (CEO) Curriculum Director (Vice CEO)

• Montana licensed teachers

• Core subjects, dual credit enrichment

Montana Teachers & Montana Students

Creating online learning solutions that are uniquely ours!

Only SVS on University Campus

Opens Partnerships

Encourages Research

Helps Address Transition from K12 to Higher Ed!

Partners in MTDA Creation and Governance

MTDA Core Programming 2010-2013

Original Credit

Connect Credit

Recovery

Middle School MLS

Early Demand and Success

http://kpk12.com/

MTDA Core Programming 2014

Original Credit

Connect Credit

Recovery

Middle School MLS

MDPLN, “The Network”

EdReady

We Get To Are Expected To Address Solve Big Problems in Education

Understand Continuum of Distance Ed + OER + MTDA +

Funding Source + Blended Learning + Montana Centric

+ DevEd + Retention + Graduation Matters + Expertise

+ Individualized Education + Personalized Learning

Paths + Research + Scalable Roll Out

Secondary Ed + Higher Ed + Proven Partnerships

+ Need It NOW! = EdReady Montana?

Why NROC?

• Longtime member (MI &MT) of NROC Advisors

• NROC Is member driven

• Algebra an Open Course and Developmental Math Project

• Bringing EdReady to Montana!

http://nrocmath.org/

Complete College America Stats & Recs

http://www.completecollege.org/docs/Time_Is_the_Enemy_Summary.pdf

Time is the enemy

http://www.completecollege.org/docs/Time_Is_the_Enemy_Summary.pdf

Gates Foundation Recommendations

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Gates Foundation Recommendations

http://www.gatesfoundation.org/

Potential Use Cases

• Montana University System UM, MSU, Colleges (4 and 2 Year)

• High Schools and Middle Schools, Alternative Education Programs

• Adult Learning Centers (Workforce Development)

• Military, Incarcerated, Adult Basic Ed. and more

EdReady Is…• Aimed at math (and later English) readiness.

• Uses NROC’s Dev Math as a base: http://nrocmath.org/cms/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/DevMath_catalog_r101712.pdf (19 Units/59 Topics)

EdReady Montana Is…

Standardized Public Goals… Plus…

EdReady Montana Is…

Customized Assessments and Goals for Montana!

Pilot Testing Results 2013

Developed by NROC

Phase 1 Pilot in these states – Montana (4 schools), Oregon, Minnesota, North

Carolina and Kentucky

Funded by a Gates Foundation Grant

Pilot Testing Results 2013

Office of Student Success

University of Montana

Summer 2013 Students in Dev Level Math

3 points or lower on ALEKS test

Worked With Math Professors to Identify Units and Topics to Study (set goals)

Student Takes Assigned Assessments

Questions Answered or Skipped

Student Completes Assessment

Can start/continue assessments,

study goals or re-take assessments

Overview of Results

Detailed Study Plan

Dev Math Study Resource Only

Initially

Could Use More Options Later

Flow of the Dev Math Topic of Study

UM Pilot Results

Zero Points

Better, 6

1 Point Better, 26

2 Points Better, 10

3 Points Better, 1

43 Participated

Zero Points Better 1 Point Better 2 Points Better 3 Points Better

Saving Time and Money

• 43 students skipped 49 courses

• Total of 151 credits were “skipped”

• …adding up to estimated $31,000 tuition/fees!

Results After Enrollment?

• 37 of the pilot participants enrolled in a mathematics course in the Fall 2014 term

• 91% successfully completed their course

• Average mathematics grade for these students: B-

• UM Freshman overall average mathematics grade: C+

Comments and Advantages

• Program was easy to use

• It made a difference

• I would recommend to others

• Allows us to know where students are at and what to focus on

Challenges and Lessons

• How to fund it for Montana secondary and post-secondary students

• Integration and implementation at K-12 level

• Students saw it as “extra” work

• Teachers may see it as the same without personal assistance or changes to blended learning approach

• How to work with teachers and staff to implement

• How to measure success and support state-wide implementation

Brand New Utah STEM Action Center Pilot Results• Grade 10 students using EdReady made five times the

progress expected in an entire academic year with just 3 months of use (EdReady N=206).

http://activelearninglab.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/STEM-AC-Pilot-Findings_2_23_2014.pdf

EdReady Montana – 1st in the Nation to see and use EdReady – Public release in

coming week!• Funded by Dennis and Phyllis Washington Foundation

• All 7th graders to College Students in Montana are allowed to sign up

• Charges paid for access for 3 years to get project off ground

• First Higher Ed Programs Ready in Summer 2014

• K12 Field Testing Spring 2014 and Full Access Fall 2014

• Dev English Piloting in Spring 2015/Roll out and expansion after that

• Managed By MTDA

How to find out more• Contact Ryan Schrenk, EdReady Montana Project Manager

• Or Bob Currie, MTDA Executive Director

• 406-243-4619

• ryan.schrenk@montanadigitalacademy.org

• robert.currie@montanadigitalacademy.org

• Watch our website (coming soon) at http://edreadymontana.org

• Watch for more coming soon as we continue to partner with your school/campus!

…or will soon!