1. Navigating Waves of Change: Driving Academic Improvement in Northern Kentucky in Challenging Times Scholastic Inc. March 2011

3. Executive Summary Educational Attainment Pipeline Students entering grade 9 proficient in reading and math High school graduates prepared for post-secondary success Enrolled in college Complete college

4. Education Pipeline Challenge Source: National Center on Education and the Economy

5. Educational Attainment Analysis

6. Educational Attainment Source: ACS Data

7. Educational Attainment for Adults 25+ Years of Age in 2009 Source: ACS Data

8. Source: US Census

9. Educational Attainment Source: Brookings

10. Graduation Source: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Graduation Rates Six-Year Graduation Rates of Bachelor's Students - 2008

11. Educational Attainment Challenge Source: ACS 2009 KY State data

12. High School Completion Challenge

13. Demographic Analysis

15. Northern KY Enrollment Challenge

16. Northern KY Enrollment Challenge

17. Poverty in Northern KY Source: ACS

18. Poverty in Northern KY Source: ACS

19. Poverty in Northern KY Source: ACS

20. Under 18 Poverty in 2009 Source: US Census and SAIPE

21. Poverty Challenge for Children Source: Brookings Institution KY = 25.6% in 2009

22. Household Languages for Children Source: ACS

23. Economic Analysis

25. Employment Challenge Source: BLS

26. Employment Loss in Recession Source: Brookings Institution

27. Gender and Employment Source: Brookings

28. Employment and Education Source: Brookings Institution 2010

29. Employment Loss in Recession

30. Employment and Education Source: Brookings

31. Source: Brookings Institution

32. KY State Economic Forecast Source: Moody’s Economy.com July 2010 Report

33. KY State Economic Forecast Source: Moody’s Economy.com July 2010 Report

36. March 2011 Economic Report

37. March 2011 Economic Report

38. March 2011 Economic Report

39. March 2011 Economic Report

40. Academic Analysis

42. Combined Reading Challenge

43. Combined Reading Challenge

44. Reading Challenge

45. 2005-06 Lexile Framework ® for Reading Study Summary of Text Lexile Measures 600 800 1000 1400 1600 1200 Text Lexile Measure (L) High School Literature College Literature High School Textbooks College Textbooks Military Personal Use Entry-Level Occupations SAT 1, ACT, AP* * Source of National Test Data: MetaMetrics Interquartile Ranges Shown (25% - 75%)

46. Combined Math Challenge

47. Combined Math Challenge

48. Recommended Actions

51. Tiered Reading and Math Instruction Tier 1: Core instruction Tier 2: Intervention for students 1+ years below grade level Tier 3: Intensive intervention in foundation skills

52. Sam Howe Vice President Academic Planning & Analysis [email_address]