©2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. A Look Inside Five of the World’s Highest-Performing Systems Presented by: Dr. Jim Mahoney & Dr. Judy VanVoorhis

©2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved.

A Look Inside Five of the World’s Highest-Performing Systems

Presented by: Dr. Jim Mahoney & Dr. Judy VanVoorhis

June 19, 2013J.B. McCoy Community Center for the Arts, New Albany, Ohio



Learning Objectives

• Learn about Battelle for Kids’ Global Education Study and the six drivers of student success we uncovered.

• Learn about the Global Education Study LumiBook to continue the conversation.

www.schoolimprovement.com/battelle-for-kids-lumibook/


Global Education Study, Spring 2012

• Why did we go?• Where did we go?• Who went?• Who did we meet & what did we observe?• What did we learn?


Why Did We Go?

• To discover why and how these school systems had more than five rises in student performance for more than five years (most had 10+ yrs.) on international tests (e.g., PISA, TIMSS, NAEP, PIRLS).


Where Did We Go?

Finland, Hong Kong, Long Beach, Ontario, and Singapore


5 Teams of 34 Participants From:• American Public Charter Schools• Battelle for Kids• Buckeye Association of School Administrators• Business (Columbus Partnership; Gallup)• Foundations• Higher Education (Inter-University and College of Educ. Deans)• Ohio Association of School Business Officials • Ohio Federation of Teachers & Ohio Education Association• Ohio School Boards Association• The Ohio Grantmakers Forum

Who Went?


Who Did We Meet? What Did We Observe?

• Interviewed leaders, teachers, students, and others to explore how these districts consistently rank at the top in terms of quality, equity, and productivity of all children.

• Observed 5 of the12 highest-performing systems, schools, and classrooms in action.


6 Key Drivers of Student Success

What Did We Learn?


Six Drivers of Student Success

1. Early learning.

2. Personalize student learning and pathways.

3. Focus on learning.

4. Teacher selectivity, quality, and growth.

5. Link education to the economy.

6. Cultural expectation of value.


What’s at the Heart of This Systemic Approach to Each Driver?


Focus• The individual needs of every child.• Strong early childhood diagnosis with

personalized intervention for all PreK12 students.

• Attention to system-wide teaching and learning focus on literacy and numeracy.


Focus

• Global and 21st-century attention in college and career pathways.

• High expectations, teacher selection, preparation, and growth.


Alignment

• Set the right direction with a consistent long-term strategy.

• Common, rigorous curriculum for all.• Failure is not an option.• Align the education system to the

supply/demand needs of the economy so that each student has a clear career path.


Alignment• Assessments for improvement vs.

judgment. • Highly effective teaching.• Equity in educational opportunity and

funding.• Aligned community communications

and supports.


Feedback• Assess samples populations for

improvement purposes.• Teacher preparation provides intense

feedback and coaching.• The role of a teacher is to assess the

needs of students in all areas.


Feedback• Students learn to assess and reflect on

their own learning.• Ministries of Education, economy, higher

education, and political organizations meet frequently with real-time feedback so that educational adjustments are made to align to economic need.


A Foundation for Collaboration, Sharing, and Action

Articles, resources, & videos for educators

Group discussions to inform future work


Global Education Summit


Global Education Summit

• Watch Educators from These School Systems Share Their Drivers of Student Success.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgGxoG2EYuY


Our Approach: Before and During the TripsBefore the trips 1. Book study as a team.2. Conversations with students and others from each system.

During the trips1. Common questions for teachers, principals, administrators,

and students.2. Interviews with Ministers of education, business and

government partners, higher education, and unions. 3. Observations of classrooms and schools.


Our Approach: After the Trips

1. GES teams met to discuss observations and identify common drivers of success.

2. Shared findings with participating school systems. 3. Leaders from school systems invited to present at

Global Education Summit about drivers most critical to their success. Attendees asked to record questions and comments.


A Collaborative Approach• BFKGlobal Learning™ Collaborative comprised of leaders

from the five systems, Battelle for Kids, and others formed to continue regular conversations about strategies and opportunities to increase student success.

• Monograph, video, resources, and feedback from attendees turned into a LumiBook (launched April 2013): http://www.schoolimprovement.com/battelle-for-kids-lumibook/



About the Global Education Study LumiBook

• Engage in an interactive, cloud-based e-reading platform that fosters collaboration in an online community centered around the Global Education Study.

• Develop new ideas with the authors who can instantly update the LumiBook to incorporate new ideas.

• Use social media tools to add commentary to sentences and paragraphs and view comments left by others and the author.

• Become part of an active community discussing ways to increase student success!


The Global Education Study LumiBook


Keep the Conversation Going

• Email questions and feedback to [email protected]

• Share ideas on Twitter@BattelleforKids (#bfkglobaled) or www.facebook.com/BattelleforKids.org

• Visit www.BattelleforKids.org/go/global

• Engage in conversation with others around the world through the free, online LumiBook at: http://www.schoolimprovement.com/battelle-for-kids-lumibook/


Thank you for joining us today.

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©2013, Battelle for Kids. All Rights Reserved. A Look Inside Five of the World’s Highest-Performing Systems Presented by: Dr. Jim Mahoney & Dr. Judy VanVoorhis