Kentucky Path to College: A Bridging Research to Practice Event

7/30/2019 Kentucky Path to College: A Bridging Research to Practice Event

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BRIDGING RESEARCHTOPRACTICE:

HELPING STUDENTS NAVIGATE

THE PATHTO COLLEGEOCTOBER 23, 2012


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HELPING STUDENTS NAVIGATETHE PATHTO COLLEGE

Prepare StudentsAcademically

Assess and Intervene

Foster College

Aspirations

Assist with College

Entry-Students

-Familieshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bA9wGhtzcgY
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EVENT OBJECTIVES

Participants will

Understand the Practice Guiderecommendations and how they work together

to create a college-going culture in schools, with

emphasis on state-specific needs

Apply research recommendations in the contextof their own school environment, drawing on

information presented in the Practice Guide and

by the expert practitioners

Formulate next steps of a college readiness

action plan based on IES Practice Guide and

suggested recommendations


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Quick Write:

Who or what was the drivingforce that most contributed to

your college readiness?

What specifically did thatcontribution look like?


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Senate Bill 1 (passed by the KY legislature in 2009)

requires a concerted effort K-16 to ensure that

students graduate from high school and are college-

ready.

It specifies that all secondary schools:a. a. implement the Common Core State Standards,

b. b. offer accelerated learning via some combination of

Advanced Placement, Dual Credit and International

Baccalaureate programs,c. c. increase student advisement, and

d. d. make available credit recovery and transition courses to

keep students on track for college.


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EPAS SUMMARY 2011

# of

Students

Percent Meeting Benchmark

English Math Reading Science

EXPLORE 48,250 58.9% 32.2% 39.3% 13.9%

PLAN 49,827 59.8% 24.7% 43.2% 16.0%

ACT 44,053 49.5% 23.8% 35.3% 15.8%


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WHATIS A PRACTICE GUIDE?

Through the U.S. Department of Education, the Institute of Education Sciences(IES) publishes a series of Practice Guides developed by panelists of educationexperts.

Practice Guides provide practical and actionable recommendations for dealingwith a variety of issues and initiatives in education.

These guides provide advice to educators about ways to deal with frequently

encountered problems in education These guides bring the best available evidence and expertise to bear on systemic

educational challenges that cannot be addressed by any single approach

They feature a list of recommendations Specific and Actionableeducators can implement in their classrooms and schools;

Coherentnot just a laundry list of ideas; recommendations fit together in a system of

initiatives that reinforce each other; and Evidence-basedconnected to the quality of the evidence supporting them.


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WHAT CANA PRACTICE GUIDE BE USED FOR?

Organize discussions about improving education

Plan and implement solutions to problems

o Develop practice and policy alternatives

o Implementation

o Strategies to carry out recommendations

o Examples to put recommendations in context

o Common problems teachers and administrators may encounter, and

approaches for managing them


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LEVELSOF EVIDENCE

How to interpret a positive association between a recommended

intervention and a good educational outcome?

Criteria for categorizing evidence

o Causality (internal validity)

o Do results support the conclusion that an intervention causes

an outcome?o Problems: reverse/joint causality, unobserved factors

o Generality (external validity)

o Can results be generalized to other groups?

o Problems: non-representative samples, self-selection

Key issuedevelop comparison groups that are as similar aspossible to the group getting the intervention


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LEVELSOF EVIDENCE (CONTINUED)

Strong

Evidence supports both causality and generality Types of studies

Well-designed randomized-control trials (RCTs)

Regression discontinuity

Moderate Evidence supports either causality or generality, but not both

Types of studies Lower-quality RCTs,

Quasi-experimental or strong correlational studies that control for (e.g.) self-selection or reverse causality

Low Evidence supports an association, but neither causality nor generality

Expert opinion based on direct evidence that does not meet the criteriaof moderate or strong


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AVAILABLE IES PRACTICEGUIDE TOPICS

Developing Effective Fractions Instruction for K-8

Improving Reading Comprehension in K-3

Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional DecisionMaking

Helping Students Navigate the Path to College: What High SchoolsCan Do

Structuring Out-of-School Time to Improve Academic Achievement

Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response toIntervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools

Reducing Behavior Problems in the Elementary School Classroom

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/
http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/publications/practiceguides/


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REL APPALACHIA RESOURCES

Online Resources Website: www.RELAppalachia.org

IES REL Website: ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs

Monthly newsletter: [email protected] (Subject: Subscribe)

Dr. Rob Muller, Director Regional Ed LabAppalachia

Vice President and Director of CNA Education

[email protected]
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Frames your thinking

Specific examples


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http://dww.ed.gov/Increasing-Postsecondary-Access/topic/?T_ID=32

Q & A with Dr. William Tierney




Foster College

Aspirations

Assist with College

Entry-Students

-Families
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PROFESSIONAL READING

Helping Students Navigate the Path

to College: What High Schools Can

Do

Overview (page 5) Scope of the Practice Guide

(pages 7-10)

Practice Guide Checklist (page11)


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TEXT CODING

As you read, look for and mark:

Ideas that frame your thinking about ensuring collegereadiness

Specific examples of practices you could implement

= Connections to efforts you currently have in place

Be prepared to share your thinking with peers.


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GIVEONE, GET ONE

Find a partner.

Share a connection you made in

the reading that relates to a

current college readiness effort

in your building or district.Explain the specifics of that effort.

Find another partner.

Your goal is to get three new

ideas to strengthen college-

readiness work in your building.


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TABLE TALK

In school/ district

teams, share promising

practices learned from

your conversation with

others.


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SELF-ASSESS/ SHARE/ COMPAREComprehensive Planning Template, Part I


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GETTING SMARTER ABOUT WHAT WORKS

Identify which of the research recommendations

your team needs to study more carefully.

Divide and conquer the section(s) of the Practice

Guide that corresponds with your need to know.Text code as you read so you dont lose any

important ideas.

Discuss in your table group.


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VIEWFROMTHE FIELD


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TABLE TALK

What ideas resonated with you

most?

What promising practices

make sense for your school/district?

What current systems or

structures might need

rethinking (or replacing) toimprove your college

readiness efforts?

TABLE TALK


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PLANNINGComprehensive Planning Template, Part II


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Foster College

Aspirations

Assist with College

Entry-Students

-Families
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Y3W: SYNTHESIS

What THREE words will you take fromtoday that will significantly impact

college readiness efforts in your school

or district?


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NEXT STEPS & ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Stakeholder Feedback Survey

Event Materials and Presentations:

http://www.relappalachia.org/events-2/bridge-

eventsPractice Guide

http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide.aspx

?sid=11

Doing What Works

http://dww.ed.gov/Increasing-Postsecondary-

Access/topic/?T_ID=32
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