1. Kansas Leads the World in the Success of Each Student.
Dr. Randy Watson, Kansas Commissioner of Education

2. Kansas leads the world in the success of each student
A NEW Vision for Kansas ...
Kansas leads the world in the success of each student
KANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION |

3. ACT and ACT WorkKeys
 The Kansas Legislature appropriated funds for a statewide contract to provide one free ACT assessment and one free WorkKeys suite of assessments to all high school juniors and any seniors who haven’t had the opportunity to take them. A student may complete one or both of the assessments. ACT and WorkKeys are not required assessments.

4. ACT and ACT WorkKeys Test Dates
The ACT: Taken on Paper
Initial test date: Feb. 20, 2019 Makeup (absences only): April 2, 2019 Accommodations testing window: Feb. 20-March 6, 2019 Makeup accommodations testing window (absences only): April 2-April 8, 2019
The ACT: Taken Online
Online testing window: February 20 – February 28, 2019 (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday)
The WorkKeys: Taken on paper
Initial test date: Feb. 21, 2019
Makeup test date (absences only): April 3, 2019
Accommodations testing window: Feb. 21-March 7, 2019  

5. 17%
91%
31%
28%
31%

6. Business - Sales, managers, accountants Machining
Health Care
Teaching
IT – Software developers
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Energy - Lineman
Health Care
Teaching
IT – Software developers
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Energy - Lineman
Health Care
Engineering
IT – Software developers
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Truck Drivers
Health Care
Teaching Ag
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Machining
Health Care
Teaching Ag
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Energy - Lineman
Health Care
Teaching
Engineering
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Aircraft machining
Health Care
Teaching
Engineering
Business - Sales, managers, accountants
Aircraft machining

7. Business Entrepreneurship and Management 115 Marketing 106
Pathway Name
Count
Family, Community & Consumer Services
236
Construction & Design
230
Business Finance
194
AV Communications
187
Web & Digital Communications
180
Comprehensive Agriculture Science Pathway
170
Power, Structural, & Technical Systems
Visual Arts Pathway
133
Restaurant and Event Management
131
Manufacturing
116
Business Entrepreneurship and Management
115
Marketing
106
Health Science
103
Teaching/Training
Engineering & Applied Mathematics 82
Early Childhood Development & Services 77
Mobile Equipment Maintenance Pathway 63
Programming & Software Development 54
BioChemistry 47
Plant Systems Pathway
BioMedical 46

8. Microsoft research on next several slides…

9. Research from Microsoft…
“The ways people interact, socialize, and work are shifting rapidly. By the time the kindergartners of today become the graduates of 2030, the world will be vastly different from anything previous generations have experienced.”

10. Research from Microsoft…
A dominant theme of our findings is a need for greater student-centricity and a heightened focus on learners. The students we surveyed were clear: they want to develop the skills to navigate their own learning—to explore and make choices that unlock their curiosity and potential. And they want teachers who know and understand them as individuals to help guide them on their educational journey.

11. Research from Microsoft…
"Personalized learning, optimized and scaled by technology, will play a critical role in shifting from an education model driven by standardized courses and curricula to a student-centered model customized to individual needs with a greater emphasis on social-emotional skills. Tools that support personalized learning approaches will elevate, rather than diminish, the critical role of the teacher. Indeed, teaching, as a profession is projected to grow by 3 to 9 percent in the next decade. But teaching will shift to more of a coaching model, as technology advances allow teachers to spend less time on routine tasks and give them new ways to understand and interact with their students."

12. Research from Microsoft…
“Our research also indicates new thinking and practices are needed to ensure students develop both the cognitive and social-emotional skills necessary to succeed in their personal and professional lives. While the class of 2030 will need deeper cognitive skills in priority areas such as creativity and problem solving, social-emotional skills such as relationship building, self-awareness, and self-recognition will be increasingly important, since they not only support academic learning but also promote well-being.”

13. Is Social-Emotional Growth just an add-on?
“The strongest signal from our study was the need for teachers, schools, and school leaders to help students develop stronger social-emotional skills. While not new in education, these skills are newly important and are taking center stage alongside cognitive skills and content knowledge in the classroom and in the workforce.”

14. Change structures to do both!
“Studies show social and emotional competencies can increase cognitive skills, measured by academic achievement tests, by up to 11 percent. In fact, student mindsets are twice as predictive of a student’s academic achievement than their home environment or demographic, according to a McKinsey analysis.”

15. What Leaders must do NOW!
“Will need to prioritize social-emotional skills and personalized learning approaches high on their agendas, clarify standards and expectations, and determine how to measure their benefits. The promise of these approaches to build social capital and meet the needs of a dynamic workforce are critical to the function of schooling. In order to scale success, system leaders must provide opportunities for school leaders and their teachers to explore current and emerging technologies and the role they play in developing social-emotional skills and personalized learning. In essence they must ‘redesign’ the current system.”

16. 89% #1 Time to Redesign Schools! BUSINESSES NEED STUDENTS NEED
SKILLED TALENT
Employability skills
executives:
of all first-time
hires who lose their job do so
because of a lack of employability skills
89%
SKILLED TRADE WORKERS:
hardest jobs to fill #1

17. HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES LACKING…
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Verbal Communication %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Information Technology Applications %
Written Communication %
Diversity %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction … 42.5%
Creativity/Innovation %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

18. TWO YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING…
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Verbal Communication %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Written Communication %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Information Technology Applications %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction %
Diversity %
Creativity/Innovation %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

19. FOUR YEAR COLLEGE GRADUATES LACKING…
Verbal Communication %
Teamwork/Collaboration %
Professionalism/Work Ethic %
Written Communication %
Critical Thinking/Problem Solving %
Ethics/Social Responsibility %
Leadership %
Information Technology Applications %
Creativity/Innovation %
Lifelong Learning/Self-Direction %
Consolidated Survey of Corporate America

20. Kansans Can Competencies
Gaumer Erickson, A.S., Soukup, J.H., & Noonan, P. (2013). College & Career Competency Wheel. Lawrence, KS: University of Kansas, Center for Research on Learning. Derived in part from Pellegrino, J.W., & Hilton, M.L. (Eds.). (2012). Education for Life and Work: Developing Transferable Knowledge and Skills in the 21st Century. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.

21. Recognition

23. Risk Factors Cumulative Poverty Chronic Absenteeism Mobility
Risk Factors that influence success
Cumulative Poverty
Chronic Absenteeism
Mobility
Disabled Student Population

25. Districts that outperform their predictive rate above .40 effect size.
Commissioner Award
Districts that outperform their predictive rate above .40 effect size.

26. KANSAN CAN RECOGNITION
Diamond
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Copper

27. GOLD SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL Gold KINDERGARTEN READINESS
INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY
PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
State Assessments 75% at Levels 3/4
ACT
Employability - WorkKeys
Technical Skills
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GRADUATION RATE
95%+
POSTSECONDARY
Effective Rate 70%+

28. GOLD Sample District SILVER COPPER BRONZE Not recognized
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL
GOLD
KINDERGARTEN READINESS
INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY
Not recognized
PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
COPPER
BRONZE
SILVER
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GRADUATION RATE
POSTSECONDARY
EFFECTIVENESS

29. Prepared for High School Graduation
GOLD
75%+ Levels 3/4
SILVER
60 – 74% Levels 3/4
BRONZE
50 – 59% Levels 3/4
COPPER
35.5 – 49% Levels 3/4

30. High School Graduation
GOLD
95%+
SILVER
93 – 94.9%
BRONZE
90 – 92.9%
COPPER
87.5 – 89%

31. Post Secondary Effectiveness
GOLD
70%+
SILVER
60 – 60.9%
BRONZE
50 – 59.9%
COPPER
46.2 – 49%

34. Kansas School Redesign Principles
Student Success Skills
Family, Business, and
Community Partnerships
There is an integrated approach to develop student social-emotional learning.
Partnerships are based on mutually beneficial relationships and collaboration.
Personalized Learning
Real World Application
Teachers support students
to have choice over their time,
place, pace and path.
Project-based learning, internships, and civic engagement makes learning relevant.

35. Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas
Today’s students are the future workforce and future leaders of Kansas. Kansans Can achieve anything and, together, Kansans Can lead the world in the success of each student.