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. 91%
17%
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

10. Recognition

11. GOLD SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL Gold KINDERGARTEN READINESS
INDIVIDUAL PLANS OF STUDY
PREPARED FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
State Assessments 75% at Levels 3/4
ACT 24+
Employability - WorkKeys 50% Gold 100% Silver
Technical Skills
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
GRADUATION RATE
95%+
POSTSECONDARY
Effective Rate 75%+

12. 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

13. Changing face of employment
“99% of jobs created since the Great Recession have gone to workers with some type of post secondary education or training.”

14. Time to Redesign Schools!
WHAT SKILLS DO BUSINESS & INDUSTRY SAY ARE LACKING IN HIGH SCHOOL, TWO-YEAR and FOUR-YEAR COLLEGE PROGRAM GRADUATES?

15. Gaumer Erickson, A. S. , Soukup, J. H. , & Noonan, P. (2013)
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.

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

22. 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.