A Value Chain that

Starts in Preschool

US Department of Education

Listening and Learning About Early Learning

April 23, 2010

Jerry D. WeastSuperintendent of Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

2009

38.1% WHITE

23.2% AFRICAN AMERICAN

15.6% ASIAN AMERICAN

22.7% HISPANIC

MCPS Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Group, 1970 – 2009

54,048

32,883

22,177

32,236

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1998

28,768

2009

41,464

44.1PERCENT

MCPS Free and Reduced-Price Meals

MCPS ESOL

1998

8,689

2009

17,664

103PERCENT

A Tale of Two Counties

Red Zone

66Green Zone

65

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131 Elementary Schools

Stages of ChangeAn Organizational Maturity Model

Establish meaningful

expectations

Innovate and monitor

React

Align people, systems, structures

Identify existing conditions

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From Gotcha’ to intentional

results

It’s the culture!

Barriers and blind spots

A North Star

Random acts “Butterflies and Bunnies”

EFFECT ON PERFORMANCE

+

–

DESIRED STATE

Stages of ChangeAn Organizational Maturity Model

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No Child Left Behind

+ –

80% College Ready

+ +

Pre-No Child Left Behind

– –

Typical Mission and

Vision Statements

– +

CLE

AR

COMPELLING

Early Success Performance Plan

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Standards Based Curriculum

Professional Development Diagnostic

Assessments

Extended Learning Opportunities

Instructional Management

System

Smaller Class SizesParent Involvement

Full-Day Kindergarten

Success for Every Student

AP Participation and PerformanceNational, Maryland, and MCPS Class of 2009

26.5%

40.0%

64.4%

0%

40%

80%

US Maryland MCPS

Public School Students, Class of 2009

15.9%

24.8%

48.7%

0%

40%

80%

US Maryland MCPS

Percent Taking an AP Exam Percent of AP Exams with

Score of 3 or Higher

Public School Students, Class of 2009

SAT Participation and PerformanceNational and Maryland Class of 2009, MCPS Class of 2010 Projected

36%

58%67%

0%

40%

80%

US Maryland MCPS

(2009)

1493 14781651

0

900

1800

US Maryland MCPS

Percent Taking the SAT Mean Combined SAT Score

(Projected

2010)

(Projected

2010)(2009)(2009)(2009)

MCPS Graduates Who Earned a 4-Year College Degree, 2001-2004

March 2010Montgomery County Public Schools

Percentage of AP Exams Scoring 3 or Higher

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All Students - 2009

The Montgomery County Public Schools StoryHarvard Education Press 2009

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