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State Consortium forBOARD EXAMINATION
SYSTEMS
SHEEO MEETING
August 2010
The States
• Arizona• Connecticut• Kentucky• Maine• Massachusetts• Mississippi
ALL GOVERNING STATES
• New Hampshire• New Mexico• New York• Pennsylvania• Rhode Island• Vermont
SCOBES
A not-for-profit organization
dedicated to the use of board examination systems
—the world’s best instructional systems—in America’s high schools
Board Exam Systems
A sound core programof courses defining what it means to be an educated person
High quality exams derived from the curriculum using
multiple assessment methods
Thoughtfully constructed course
designs capturedin a syllabus
Quality teacher training
matched to the course syllabi
Why Board Exams?
• Best global research shows that board exam systems key to success of world’s best performing systems for ALL students
• Why? Because they provide the support students must have to succeed
• Crucially important for low-performing schools and students
The Move-On-When-Ready Plan
Upper Div’n(AP, IB, A Levels)
Work
12
16
18
Lower Division Exam SystemCore Curriculum, Syllabi, Exams,
Teacher Training, All Set to Int’l Standards
2 yr Open Admissions Instns
4 Year Selective Institutions
22
4 yr
Graduate Education
Board Exams: Some Examples
College Board APs
Cambridge International Exams
ACT QualityCore
Edexcel
International Baccalaureate
Lower Division Ready Now
• ACT QualityCore
• Cambridge International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) Exams
• Edexcel IGCSE Exams
Lower Division: A Closer Look
• Not elite programs
• But designed to prepare students for elite programs
• Can get students college-ready by 16
• Many bright students are dropping out because they are bored
• But give less-prepared students until 18
• Help targeted to students weak points in grades 11 and 12 can make all the difference
Upper Division Ready Now
• ACT QualityCore• Cambridge AICE Exams• College Board Advanced Placement• Edexcel A-level version• International Baccalaureate
College-Ready:What we Mean
• We will embrace the Common Core State Standards
• But they are not performance standards• We are doing the research needed to
find out what level of literacy is needed to succeed in 2-year and 4-year open admission colleges
• Elements of the research design• Will use the results to set the pass
points on the lower-division exams
College-Ready:Who Will Do It
• Our TAC: Pellegrino, Everson, Bond, Daro, Duran, Hermon, Haertel, Linn, Snow, Wiliam
• Our Higher Education Advisory Committee: Broad, Chair, (see next slide)
• The SCOBES Board of Trustees
Higher Education Advisory Committee
• Molly Broad, ACE, Chair• Paul Lingefelter, SHEEO’s• George Boggs, AACC• Mary Marcy, Bard College at Simon’s Rock• Rufus Glasper, Maricopa Community College, AZ• Michael Meoti, Commissioner of Higher Ed, CT• Robert King, KY Council on Postsecondary Ed• Selma Botman, President, Univ. of Southern
Maine• Aundrea Kelley, Deputy Comm’r, P-16 Policy
Higher Education Advisory Committee
• Andy Mullins, Exec Ass’t to Chancellor, Ole’ Miss
• Kathryn Dodge, Exec Dir, NH Posts’y Ed Comm’n
• Deborah Grossman-Garber, Assoc Comm’r, RIBoard of Gov’s for Higher ED
• Viola Florez, NM Cabinet Sec’y for Higher Ed• Timothy Donovan, Chancellor, VT State Colleges• Alexandra Logue, University Provost, CUNY• Karen Stout, President, Montgomery County
Community College
Our Career and Technical Education Plan
• Building a strong career and technical education curriculum using the world’s best courses and exams
• Collaborating with the Council of Chief State School Officers, the US Chamber of Commerce, the Southern Education
Our STEM Plan
• Collaboration with Michael Crow and Arizona State University
• Select one or more rigorous STEM programs from the world’s best suppliers of courses and examinations
• Make sure they are endorsed by leading higher education institutions in the states
• Offer them to high schools and high school students in the member states
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