Los Angeles Unified School District

COORDINATOR/COUNSELOR/GUIDANCE STAFF SUPPORT

“College and Career Readiness Support”

LAUSD, CDE and College Board

LA Chamber of CommerceFebruary 7, 2014

In 1954, Ruby Bridges Deserved a Rigorous and

High Quality Education. In 2014, Each & Everyone of LAUSD Students Deserves The

Same!

What Role is The College Board Taking To Address Issues of Access

and Equity in Promoting a College and Career Readiness Pathway

For All Students?

www.collegeboard.com

SpringBoard® ELA and Mathematics

PSAT/NMSQT®

AP Potential™

College Visits

SAT®

AP® Courses

College Admission

ReadiStep™

CollegeEd®

Sixth Grade

The Path to College Readiness

rSAT & rPSAT & revised AP

4 or More Campaign

Accuplacer

CLEP

Hoxby Research

Professional Development

Young Men of Color Research™

CAPE 1&2, Google AP STEM and Dell AP STEM

Research access & equity

College Board Support Access & Equity

US Dept. of Ed & 50 States

Providing Access and Equity

In 1979, High-Income Students College Attendance Rates

Source: NCES, The Condition of Education 2010 (Table A-20-1) and The Condition of Education 2011 (Table A-21-1). Additional Source: The Education Trust, 2012.

63%

In 2009, Low-Income Students College Attendance Rates

Source: NCES, The Condition of Education 2010 (Table A-20-1) and The Condition of Education 2011 (Table A-21-1). Additional Source Educational Trust, 2012.

54%

Program Partners and Roles:

Google

• $5 million grant to DonorsChoose.org and the College Board

• Global Impact Awards

DonorsChoose.org

• Started 500 AP STEM courses

• Teachers used DonorsChoose.org platform to request AP textbooks and classroom materials

The College Board

• Assisted in the implementation of the program

• Focus on underrepresented and female students

• Acts as primary contact for schools and teachers for training and support

GOOGLE/COLLEGE BOARD AP STEM PROJECT

Benefits for the School

START-UP FUNDING FOR NEW AP STEM COURSES

Course Total

Biology $7,840

Chemistry $9,000

Environmental Science $7,100

Physics B $8,000

Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism $6,100

Physics C: Mechanics $6,100

Calculus AB $3,200

Calculus BC $3,200

Computer Science A $1,200

Statistics $3,200

Program Partners and Roles:

Google

• $1.2 million grant to DonorsChoose.org and the College Board

• To promote new AP courses

DonorsChoose.org

• Start 80 NEW AP courses

• Teachers used DonorsChoose.org platform to request AP summer training, classroom materials from $1,200-9,000 per classroom and incentives for teachers ($100 per qualifying score)

The College Board

• Assisted in the implementation of the program

• Focus on underrepresented students

• Acts as primary contact for schools and teachers for training and support

DELL/COLLEGE BOARD AP PROJECT

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Rigorous Courses Can Open The Door To Academic Success!

Partner Talk

What factors do you use in recommending a student to enroll in an AP course?

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What factors do you use in recommending a student to enroll in an AP course?

Source: 2012 AP Participation Survey: 13,262 respondents

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PSAT (.56 correlation) stronger correlation than cumulative GPA (.28 correlation)

PSAT (.56 correlation) stronger correlation than relevant course grades (.25 correlation)

A Deeper Look

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1. Stand out in the college admission process

2. Earn academic scholarships and awards from colleges and universities

3. Save time and money once they get to college, providing them with more study options and allowing them to move directly into upper-level courses in their field of interest

4. Earn AP Scholar Awards, an academic distinction granted each September by the College Board to students with exemplary AP Exam scores

Can Taking AP Courses Help Students Get Into College?

“One of the best standard predictors of academic success at Harvard

University is performance on Advanced Placement Examinations.”

William Fitzsimmons, Dean of Admissions & Financial Aid, Harvard University

The Challenge: Equitable Access to AP Courses

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Asian

42%58%

White

62%38%

Hispanic/Latino

70%30%

Black/African American

80%20%

Took Recommended AP Did Not Take Recommended AP

How Does Promoting Rigor Support the LAUSD Strategic Plan?

1. To provide access and equity for all students

2. To help 100% of LAUSD students graduate

from high school and succeed in college

3. To eliminate gaps between underrepresented

and low-income students thus promoting

proficiency

for all

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What Resources are Available for

Guidance Staff?

AP PotentialOverview

1. AP Potential is a free, web-based toolthat allows schools to generate rostersof students who are likely to score a “3”or higher on a given AP® Exam

2. Research based with strong correlations between ReadiStep and PSAT/NMSQT® scores and AP Exam results

3. AP Potential is designed to help you increase access to AP and to ensure that no student who has the chance of succeeding in AP is overlooked

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AP Potential Identifies Students Who Can Be Successful in 25 of the 34 AP

Courses

http://collegeboard.org/appotential

My AP Potential

Report legend See shading of the step icons Choosing a major shows students which courses are related to majors.

Ideal scenario

Students can see if their school likely offers a course (based on AP exams given last year)

AP PotentialExpectancy Tables

Expectancy Tables

See the scores that correlate to probabilities of success in AP Biology.

E.g. students who score 114 in Critical Reading and Math have 60% chance or greater of earning 3 or better in AP Biology.

Step 1 of 4Select the

PSAT/NMSQT administration year for which you’d like to generate a roster.

AP PotentialSelect PSAT/NMSQT Administration Year

Step 2 of 4If you chose to

generate your roster manually, you’ll continue onto Step 2:

Select the AP courses you’d like to identify students for.

AP PotentialSelect Subjects

Step 3 of 4Choose a grade

level and define your pool.

AP PotentialSelect Pool

AP PotentialStudent Roster

Step 4 of 4

Read the instructions for using the roster and see your list

of students at the bottom of the screen.

AP

Export data into an Excel spreadsheet to make it easy to read and use.

Create letters to parents. AP Potential provides sample letters in English and Spanish.

TIP

TIP

Potential Tips

My College QuickStartNew in 2012!

Connect to thePossibilities

– Major a student chose

– Related majors– Related careers

My Major & Career Matches

Research Majors

– Description of majors

– Courses students can take in high school to prepare

– Courses they can expect to take in college

– Jobs students can expect with different degree levels

My Major & Career Matches

Start the College Search– Starter list of

colleges– Criteria to

customize search

My College Matches

Get the Facts– Full college

profiles– Cost and

financial aid

My College Matches

My College QuickStart Tips

Arrange for a computer lab session to introduce students

to My College QuickStart

Use free lesson plans to guide students through structured activities

TIP

TIP

TIP

Check out the demo for educators http://professionals.collegeboard.com/k-12/prepare/quickstart

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Belief System: Open Access

NO CHILD wanting to take rigorous classes and willing to work hard should be left out!

Group Passed Exam Took, Did Not Pass

Took AP course, No Exam

African American

28% 22% 16%

Hispanic 28% 12% 10%

White 33% 22% 20%

Low Income 26% 17% 12%

Non-Low Income 34% 23% 19%

Students in AP Graduate From College at Higher Rates Than Non-AP Students

Source: Chrys Dougherty, Lynn Mellor, and Shuling Jian, The Relationship Between Advanced Placement and College Graduation (National Center for Educational

Accountability, 2006)

Credit and Placement for Qualifying AP Scores

94% of four-year U.S. colleges and universities grant credit or advanced placement. Policies vary widely between (and sometimes within) institutions.

For more information: www.collegeboard.com/ap/creditpolicy

SAMPLE Source: University of Florida (http://www.registrar.ufl.edu/catalog/policies/advisingcreditap.html)

Institutions Participating in AP CollegeComparability Studies

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Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed

until it is faced!

James Baldwin, Poet/Playwright

Expanding access to more schools is needed, but if every school with an existing

AP program focused on finding its own “missing students,” we could almost entirely eliminate participation gaps.

Christina Theokas and Reid Saaris. “Finding America’s Missing AP and IB Students.” The Education Trust: Shattering

Expectation Series, June 2013

Expanding AP Access and Opportunity

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Promoting Academic SuccessRemember, You Hold The Key!

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Developing a Sense of Urgency!

“Many things we need can wait, the child cannot. Now is the time his

bones are being developed. To him, we cannot say, tomorrow.

His name is today.”

Gabriella Mistral, Chilean Poet

Thank You!Coordinators,

Counselors, Testing Coordinators, You

ROCK!

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Questions

Don Mitchell Senior Educational Manager College BoardPhone: 213-416-2122Cell: 213-514-4027E-mail: dmitchell@collegeboard.org