Access & Participation Committee
Membership
Co-Chairs |
Organization |
Committee Members |
Organization |
Joe Peterson |
USOE |
Gary Wixom |
USHE |
Judy Park |
USOE |
Dawn Stevenson |
USOE |
Charge
The Access and Participation Committee is designed to increase access to post-secondary education from secondary and to establish processes that facilitate their transition. Specifically, this group is expected to:
- Increase the participation rate of students moving from high school to college
- Provide information to students at all levels detailing the advantages of post-secondary work
- Work with other established committees to review the alignment of curriculum and testing
- Provide financial aid, scholarships, and other incentives designed to move students directly from high school to college and disseminate the information to the K-l2 population
- Develop a plan for the 2008-2009 year that could be presented to the K-l6 Alliance Board
Tough Choices/Tough Times Charges
- Make much more efficient use of available resources
- Create personal competitiveness accounts – A GI Bill for our times
2008 Report
The Access, Participation, and Assessment subcommittee has been working on two goals. The first is to develop strategies and processes for increasing post-secondary participation rates. The second is to explore early access post-secondary opportunities. Additionally, the subcommittee plans to review assessment requirements and tools to increase access and participation.
Currently, the committee is working on the following with respect to those goals:
- Examine Participation Data
- Who are the students and where do they go after graduation?
- The common identifier will help provide better data
- Concurrent enrollment data
- Address Testing Comparison and Analysis*
- High school completion assessment
- College readiness
- Is there a test that does both?
- Complete Other Tasks
- Analyze various college placement tests and their usage
- Provide a correlation of the ACT and CRT
*Several of these tasks are being addressed by the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Testing