Kentucky P-16 Council

AGENDA

I. Roll Call

II. Approval of March 23, 2005 Minutes

III. Chair’s Report and announcement of newly appointed P-16 Council members– Dr. Richard Freed, Chair

IV. Action: Election of new Chair
Recommendation:
The staff recommends that a representative of the Kentucky Board of Education be nominated to serve as chair of the P-16 Council July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2006.
Background:
At the April 1999 joint meeting of the Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Board of Education, members decided that the chair of the P-16 Council would alternate annually between the CPE and the KBE.

V. Remarks from the Cabinet Secretary – Virginia Fox, Secretary, Education Cabinet

VI. Roundtable Discussion (Follow-up from March 23, 2005 P-16 Council):

Topic 1: Preparing Students to Compete in a 21st Century Economy: Redesigning the Kentucky High School

A. The Power of Rigorous Standards – the Foundation of the System - One of the key agreements from the previous roundtable discussion was the power of standards and the importance of standards as the core of the P-16 Council’s current work. Thus, the focus of discussion in this section will center on standards, their development, and their relationship to assessment. Kentucky’s participation in the American Diploma Project yielded nationally developed benchmarks of postsecondary and skilled workforce expectations in English and mathematics. Dr. Kaye Forgione, Senior Associate for Mathematics, Achieve, Inc. (which oversaw the ADP and directs the ADP Network) will present a preliminary analysis of Kentucky’s standards documents requested at the March 23, 2005 P-16 Council meeting.

· How can Kentucky’s K-12 and postsecondary sectors use this analysis to assist in creating standards that are aligned?
· How do we bring standards together with assessment?
· How do we align the two systems? How do the KCCT and the ACT relate?
o ACT and the Public Postsecondary Placement Policies – Dr. Skip Kifer, University of Kentucky
Additional supporting document (Dr. Jim Applegate, Council on Postsecondary Education) (Requires Free Adobe Reader download)
o The Importance of Kentucky’s Statewide Public Postsecondary Placement Policy – Dr. Gail Wells, Northern Kentucky University
o Studies Addressing the Relationship between CATS and the ACT (Requires Free Adobe Reader download) – Milt Koger, Emily Dickinson - HumRRO
o Preparing All Students for Postsecondary Education: Another State’s Experience—Dr. Delores Mize, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
o Clarification of the Math Differences in Kentucky – Dr. Bill Bush, University of Louisville
· What should a predictive assessment of success in postsecondary look like?
· Should the cost of an assessment system that addresses both K-12 and postsecondary needs be funded by contributions form both agencies?

B. The Relationship of Colleges of Education to the P-16 Council – A concern has been raised that warrants further discussion about the depiction of Colleges of Education in the conversations around standards and rigor at the last P-16 Council meeting. It was also noted that of all the stakeholders represented on the P-16 Council, there was not specific representation of the Colleges of Education, despite the interest and expertise they could lend to the discussion, and the importance of their role as producers of K-12 teachers.

LUNCH (Reconvene in approximately one hour)

Topic 2: Local P-16 Issues

A. Local P-16 Network Report: Discussion of Local P-16 Councils Work Plan and Staffing Guide – Elizabeth Jefferson, Local P-16 Council Representative

The local P-16 Council Network has identified the need for staffing to provide a central focus and continuity for their work and has brought forward a proposal for funding to address those staffing needs. Central to this conversation will be a discussion of how to most effectively use the funding to focus the work and advance the agenda.
· What were initially envisioned as roles and responsibilities of local P-16 Councils? How has that changed as local councils have evolved? Why?
· What are the local P-16 councils identifying through their work or envisioning as promising practices? What are the roles that the state wants to encourage the local P-16 councils to play in advancing that work locally? How can that be accomplished through the funding proposal on the table? What are the priorities that should be addressed with the funding?
· What is the role that the statewide P-16 council should play in advancing that agenda? What should be the relationship of the local P-16 Councils to the state P-16 Council?
· How should we measure the effectiveness of both the local and state P-16 Councils? What are the types of accomplishments that would provide evidence that time and funding has been appropriately spent?

B. Progress Reports of Local P-16 Councils

· Representatives of several local councils will share their missions, accomplishments, challenges, and next steps

Adjournment (approximately 3:00 p.m.)

Next Meeting Dates:
September 6, 2006 – CPE Offices, Capital Center Drive, Conference Room A
December 14, 2006 – CPE Offices, Capital Center Drive, Conference Room A
March and June 2006 dates - TBA