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Signs of Life in the Signs of Life in the American High SchoolAmerican High School
April 23, 2004April 23, 2004
Dr. Willard R. DaggettDr. Willard R. DaggettInternational Center for Leadership in Education International Center for Leadership in Education
Archived Information
Rigor/Relevance - All
Why
Do We Need
to Change
Schools?
What
Needs to
Be Done?
How
Do We Do
It?
Picture: Richard Clark
Number Crunching Information Processing Power
Moore’s Law
Computer Megabytes Cost Cost Per
Megabyte
1992 IBM
Compaq 2 $3 – 4K $1.5 – 2K
2003 Dell
Gateway 256 $1 – 1.3K $4 - $5
2012 ? 16,384 $3 - 400 $0.02
Skills GapSkills Gap
Rigor/Relevance - All
Why
Do We Need
to Change
Schools?
What
Needs to
Be Done?
How
Do We Do
It?
Grade EquivalentGrade Equivalent
Semantic DifficultySemantic Difficulty
Syntactic ComplexitySyntactic Complexity
Lexile FrameworkLexile Framework
Semantic DifficultySemantic Difficulty
Syntactic ComplexitySyntactic Complexity
Lexile Literature1500 - On Ancient Medicine1400 - The Scarlet Letter1300 - Brown vs. Board of Ed.1200 - War and Peace1100 - Pride and Prejudice1000 - Black Beauty 900 - Tom Swift in the Land of Wonders 800 - The Adventures of Pinocchio 700 - Bunnicula: A Rabbit Tale of Mystery 600 - A Baby Sister for Frances 500 - The Magic School Bus Inside the Earth 400 - Frog and Toad are Friends 300 - Clifford’s Manners
Lexile Texts1500 - The Making of Memory: From Molecules to Mind;
Doubleday1400 - Philosophical Essays; Hackett Publishing1300 - Psychology: An Introduction; Prentice Hall1200 - Business; Prentice Hall1100 - America: Pathways to Present; Prentice Hall1000 - Writing and Grammar Gold Level; Prentice Hall 900 - World Cultures: A Global Mosaic; Prentice Hall 800 - Word 97; Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 700 - World Explorer: The U.S. & Canada; Prentice Hall 600 - Science (Grade 4); Addison-Wesley 500 - People and Places; Silver Burdett Ginn 400 - Imagine That!; Scholastic Inc. 300 - My World; Harcourt Brace
Personal Use
Aetna Health Care Discount Form (1360)Medical Insurance Benefit Package (1280)Application for Student Loan (1270)Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260) Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170)Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150)G.M. Protection Plan (1150)CD DVD Player Instructions (1080)
NewspapersReuters (1440)NY Times (1380)Washington Post (1350)Wall Street Journal (1320)Chicago Tribune (1310)Associated Press (1310)USA Today (1200)
16 Career ClustersDepartment of Education
Agriculture and Natural Resources Arts, Audiovisual Technology, and Communications
Business and Administration Architecture and Construction
Education and Training Finance
Health Science Hospitality and Tourism
Human Services Information Technology
Law and Public Safety Manufacturing
Government and Public Administration
Retail, Wholesale, and Service
Scientific Research and Engineering Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics
Reading RequirementsReading RequirementsFindingsFindings
Entry-levelEntry-level Highest in 6/16Highest in 6/16 Second Highest in 7/16Second Highest in 7/16
Consistent Across CountryConsistent Across Country
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 850-930
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 940-1090
Entry Level
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1000-1140
Human ServicesHuman Services
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1390
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1250-1340
Entry Level
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1350
ConstructionConstruction
Advanced
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1310-1440
Intermediate
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1280-1310
Entry Level
Lexile Reading Level Range: 1280-1330
ManufacturingManufacturing
Reading Comparison – High School
Students
Classroom Materials
Personal Use
Newspapers Career
Clusters 75th %
1600
x
1500
x
1400
x x
x x
x x x
x x x x x
1300
x x x
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1200
x
x x x
1100
1000 Grade 11 & 12
Grade
11 & 12
Student
Text
Post School Responsibility
HowHow PersonalizedPersonalized
AcademiesAcademies Small Learning CommunitiesSmall Learning Communities
Laser-like Focus on RigorLaser-like Focus on Rigor ApplicationApplication
Application ModelApplication Model1.1. Knowledge in one disciplineKnowledge in one discipline
2. Application within discipline2. Application within discipline3. Application across 3. Application across
disciplinesdisciplines4. Application to real-world 4. Application to real-world
predictable situationspredictable situations5. Application to real-world 5. Application to real-world
unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations
HowHow PersonalizedPersonalized
AcademiesAcademies Small Learning CommunitiesSmall Learning Communities
Laser-like Focus on RigorLaser-like Focus on Rigor ApplicationApplication Framework Framework
Rigor/Relevance Rigor/Relevance FrameworkFramework
1.1. AwarenessAwareness2.2. Comprehension Comprehension 3.3. ApplicationApplication4.4. AnalysisAnalysis5.5. Synthesis Synthesis 6.6. EvaluationEvaluation
Knowledge TaxonomyKnowledge Taxonomy
Application ModelApplication Model1.1. Knowledge in one disciplineKnowledge in one discipline
2. Application within discipline2. Application within discipline3. Application across 3. Application across
disciplinesdisciplines4. Application to real-world 4. Application to real-world
predictable situationspredictable situations5. Application to real-world 5. Application to real-world
unpredictable situationsunpredictable situations
1 2 3 4 5
ApplicationApplication
KnowledgeKnowledge
1
2
3
4
5
6
Rigor/Relevance FrameworkRigor/Relevance Framework
Levels
C D
A B 1 2 3 4 5
456
321
Bloom’s
Application
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Why
Do We Need
to Change
Schools?
What
Needs to
Be Done?
How
Do We Do
It?
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