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The Education Pipeline Is Leaking: 

The Education Pipeline Is Leaking For every TEN students who start high school… SEVEN will graduate from high school on-time FOUR will go straight to college TWO will complete an AA or BA degree within six years

The High Cost of Indiana Dropouts: 

The High Cost of Indiana Dropouts The annual costs associated with just one cohort of dropouts in Indiana is $62.5 million, or $3,067 per dropout. Over a lifetime of 50 years, one year's dropouts will cost the state $3.1 billion in lost tax revenue, Medicaid costs and incarceration. If the 385,000 adult high school dropouts in Indiana had obtained a diploma, annual earnings in the state would be 4.4 billion higher. Source: Gottlob, Brian J. The High Cost of Failing to Reform Public Education in Indiana. October 2006,

Key Areas of Progress in Indiana: 

Key Areas of Progress in Indiana Rigorous and consistent academic standards Core 40 graduation requirements Aligned assessment and accountability system with end-of-course assessments in development First steps to prevent & recover dropouts (‘03, ‘05, ‘06 legis) Political, educational, and civic leadership for education reform

A Three Point Action Plan: 

A Three Point Action Plan State accountability for graduation rates as well as high standards Significant interventions in high schools losing the most students Capacity to create and support education options that help youth succeed in school and transition to college

Moving the Dual Agenda of High Standards and High Grad Rates: 

Moving the Dual Agenda of High Standards and High Grad Rates Attention to dual agenda should remain a top priority for the Roundtable, General Assembly, P-16 education and business leaders The state has taken the first steps to prevent dropouts Work ahead requires: Focus across the education pipeline Partnering with districts with the highest concentration of struggling students Monitoring implementation and results and adjusting policy accordingly

The Payoff: 

The Payoff Success in stemming the dropout rate will produce long-term cost benefits for the state and an improved economy and quality of life.

A Three Point Action Plan: #1: Count and Account for All Students: 

A Three Point Action Plan: #1: Count and Account for All Students Fully develop and fund EOC assessments throughout grades 9-12 to ensure that Core 40 standards raise achievement and readiness Align and streamline high school and higher ed testing Make Core 40 success rates, ECA achievement rates and high school graduation rates primary indicators in accountability Invest in a longitudinal data system to analyze and share data on student progress

#2: Identify High Schools Losing the Most Students for Immediate Intervention: 

#2: Identify High Schools Losing the Most Students for Immediate Intervention Hold high schools accountable for graduation rates; schools serving returning dropouts may require a different definition of ‘on-time’ graduation Use robust data analyses, including on-track indicators, in designing and improving turn-around efforts Enhance state capacity to intervene in chronically underperforming high schools

#3: Create New Pathways to High School Graduation for Struggling Students: 

#3: Create New Pathways to High School Graduation for Struggling Students Conduct strategic assessment to clarify scope of demand for new options and best approaches to increase supply Improve and expand alternative schools and career and technical programs and leverage charter options to address immediate gap caused by raising dropout age to 18 and to ensure more pathways over time Create a public/private school innovation fund to support the spread of instructional practices and schools models with track record of success

Partnering with Districts: 

Partnering with Districts To increase effectiveness, as state moves forward it should partner with school corporations serving the highest numbers of struggling youth State should assess impact of policy on the ground and adjust accordingly To support efforts on the ground state should consider policies such as: progress measures for schools serving large numbers of off-track youth and assessing and improving alternative education

Leadership to Move Forward: 

Leadership to Move Forward Sustained political, education and civic leadership a key ingredient in state’s success with first phase of education reform Education Roundtable and P-16 Plan for Improving Student Achievement provides leadership and platform for continued education reform efforts Work ahead requires: Focus across the education pipeline from early childhood education through college entry and retention Partnering with the school systems with the highest concentration of struggling students Monitoring implementation and results and adjusting policy accordingly