Florida’s Race to the Top R e d a c t e d

2 Florida’s Courage to Reform School and district grades A – F Differentiated Accountability High School Grades –50% on test / 50% on access to rigor, college readiness, graduation rate Internationally benchmarked curriculum standards Choice and charter options –137,918 students in 410 charter schools –154,125 course enrollments in Florida Virtual School Statewide Longitudinal Data System Long-standing pay for performance

3 School Board Members Governor’s RTTT Working Group Mission Teachers Collaborative, open, and transparent review of the State’s Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) required for the RTTT grant. Composition Chair: Alberto Carvalho, Superintendent, Miami-Dade County Superintendents Business & Community Activists State Legislators Parents Outcome Revised and strengthened MOU that passed with unanimous consent. Also recommended establishment of diversely composed Task Force to monitor implementation of RTTT grant.

4 Florida’s Commitment to Reform 85 letters of support 96% of LEAs signed MOU –93% students –94% students in poverty –94% schools 79% districts’ local unions signed on

5 An investment in human capital will improve student achievement. Teachers and leaders must be: Well-selected Well-prepared Well-supported Well-respected Held Accountable Florida’s RTTT Theory of Action

6 Progress Toward Florida’s Goals

7 Graduation Rate/College Enrollment/ College Credit Earned Class of 2005 Of every 100 high school freshmen in : Fifty-nine eventually graduated from high school. Of the 59 students who graduated, 34 (or 58%) went on to college within two years of high school graduation. Of the 34 students who went on to college, 22 (or 63%) earned at least a year’s worth of college credit within two years of enrollment in college.

8 Graduation Rate/College Enrollment/ College Credit Earned Class of 2015 GOAL: Of every 100 high school freshmen in : Eighty-five will graduate from high school in Of the 85 students who graduate, 63 (or 74%) will go on to college by Of the 63 students who went on to college, 44 (or 70%) will earn at least a year’s worth of college credit by 2019.

9 Growth in the Number of AP Exam Takers Florida vs. the Nation, 1999 to 2009 Disaggregated by Race FL US

10 Growth in AP Participation and Performance Florida vs. the Nation, 1999 to 2009 FLUSFLUS

11 Florida’s NAEP Achievement to 2009 and Goals to 2015 Percentage of Students Scoring At or Above Proficient

12 Florida’s 2015 NAEP Goals Compared to the 2009 Performance of Florida and the Top Performing States Percentage of Students Scoring At or Above Proficient

13 Florida’s Achievement Gap and Goals to 2015 NAEP Grade 4 Reading Percentage of Students Scoring At or Above Proficient

14 Florida’s Timeline is Integrated

15 Florida’s Timeline is Actionable

16 Florida Will Sustain Reform: Race to the Top Becomes the New Way of Work Use grant to develop systems and tools to build capacity Require district plans to address sustainability and alignment/reallocation of existing funds Collaborate with other states for economy of scale Use monitoring and project management Redefine new compensation system within existing resources

17 Florida Is a Good Investment: Florida Will Deliver!

18 Union Commitment For Phase 1, 8% of local unions signed on (5 LEAs) For Phase 2, 79% of local unions signed on (54 LEAs) These 54 districts: –Serve 84% of FL students (2,211,703) –Employ 84% of FL instructional staff (159,729)

19 Broad Union Support

20 LEA Commitment

21 Where we were On the verge financial insolvency At impasse with all labor unions Low community approval rating Unaligned & unsustainable school reform initiatives Where we are Strongest financial posture in over a decade No teacher has been laid-off Improved credit rating Signed contracts & improved relationships with labor unions Exceptional Board and community relationships Partnered with union to transform lowest performing schools, demonstrated by higher student achievement Drastically improved academic results FCAT: Growth outpaced State, and in Math matched State average despite much poorer and diverse student population NAEP: Outperformed large district peers in both Math and Reading, including highest Hispanic scores nationwide

22 NAEP 8 th Grade Reading Scores Miami-Dade’s NAEP TUDA scores are higher than peer Districts across the board

23 Where we are going A united and collaborative strategy focused on the core elements of human capital: Create a more robust and comprehensive data system to drive instruction and inform personnel decisions Develop human capital at administrative and teacher level to sustain and accelerate student achievement Refine compensation system to reflect and reward demonstrably effective performance Teacher Effectiveness Principal Effectiveness Compensation Systems R e d a c t e d

24 Florida Is a Good Investment: Florida Will Deliver!