# Presentation: 521163

##  GEAR UP

- NASSFA Conference
- Maureen McLaughlin
- 		Deputy Assistant Secretary
- 		Office of Post Secondary Education
- 		JULY 9, 2000

## College Going Is Higher Than Ever But GAPS REMAIN

- Approximately 40% of students in the top income quartile graduate with a four year degree, compared with 6% of students in the lowest income quartile.
- Majority students are considerably more likely to receive a degree than African American and Hispanic students.

## What Accounts for College Success?

- A high quality, intensive academic  high school curriculum.
- The higher the level of mathematics studied in high school the greater the chances of completing a bachelor’s degree.
- Financial assistance --grants, scholarships, loans and work study jobs -- to pay for postsecondary education is necessary
- Source: Answers in the Tool Box (1999)

- Source: Answers in the Tool Box (1999)

## What Accounts For The Gaps?

- Low income and minority high school graduates are not as well prepared in general, and a significant percentage of those who do enroll in four year institutions may lack the academic tools required to succeed

## Too Few 17 Year-Olds Demonstrate Strong Reading Skills

**	****	****	****African American ****	****Latino****	**** ****	****White**
**Learn from Specialized****	**** ****2%****	****	**** 2%****	****	**** 8%**
**Materials****   **
**Understand Complicated****	****17****	****	****27****	****	****50**
**Information**
**Make Generalizations****	****61****	****	****69****	****	****88**
**Partial Skills****	****	****	****92****	****	****93****	****	****99**

- 1998 by The Education Trust, Inc.

**Source:** US Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. *NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress*. (p. 161) Washington, DC:  US                                                                                                                               Department of Education,  July 1994.

## African American and Latino 12th Graders Read at Same Levels as White 8th Graders

- 1998 by The Education Trust, Inc.

**African American and Latino 12th Graders Read at Same Levels as White 8th Graders**

## A Rigorous Math Curriculum Improves Scores For All Students

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**A Rigorous Math Curriculum Improves Scores For All Students**

**Source:** National Assessment of Educational Progress, 1992 Mathematics Trend Assessment, National Center for Education Statistics. *NAEP 1992 Trends in Academic Progress*  (p 113). Washington, DC: US Department of Education. 1994

## Many Freshmen Must Take Remedial Courses 1995

**Many Freshmen Must Take Remedial Courses 1995**

- 1998 by The Education Trust, Inc.

**Source:** US Department of Education Condition of Education 1997, p. 102

## Failure of Remedial Classes 

- If a student has to take a remedial reading class in college, the chances of graduating with a baccalaureate degree are extremely low.

- How Can We Change This Outcome?

## Provide A Rigorous High School Curriculum to All Students

- The composite of high school curriculum, test scores, and class rank produces a much steeper curve toward a bachelor’s degree than does socioeconomic status.
- Students from the lowest two SES quintiles who are also in the highest academic resources quintile earn bachelor’s degrees at a higher rate than students from the top SES quintile.

## Establish Explicit Goals

- Communicate and implement high expectations for all students.
- Provide early intervention when students are not achieving up to expectations.
- Offer scholarships as incentives and rewards for students to succeed in school.
- Eliminate the need for remedial coursework for recent high school graduates in college.
- Graduate better prepared teachers.

**Notes:**
Developing consensus on the goals of the K-16 partnership is an initial step that provides a vision and direction for the statewide activities. 

## Create A K-16 FRAMEWORK

- All students will achieve at high levels
- Our educational systems will enable this to occur
- Barriers to student transitions should be identified and eliminated
- Traditional educational boundaries should be reevaluated
- An action plan should be implemented to help students meet their highest educational goals

- SHEEO, 1999.

## GEAR UP

- GEAR UP is based On “REAL Partnerships”  that include  students,  parents, schools,  postsecondary institutions, states, communities and business.

## Long Term Goals of GEAR UP

- Increase the  Number of Low-income Students Who are Prepared to Go to College and Succeed.
- Strengthen Curriculum Offered to Low -Income Students
- Develop Effective and Lasting Partnerships
- Provide Scholarships and other financial aid to low-income students.

## GEAR UP FUNDING

**FY 1999                    $120 million                $120 million                    450,000**

**FY 2000                    $200 million                $  47 million                    766,829**

**FY 2001                    $325 million                $ 91.9 million****	****        1,411,000**
- (President’s Request)

- _                 __**Total Funding         Funding for New Grants       Number Students Served**_

## Funding Comparison Years

## Map of FY 1999 Grants

## DEVELOPMENT OF GEAR UP REGULATIONS

**First  Year Regulation Published          ****	****3/22/99**** **

**For Second and Subsequent Years:**** **

**- Negotiated Rulemaking****	****	**

- - **NPR Published****	****	****	****       12/20/99**

- - **Comments Received (163)****	****	****         2/10/00**

- - **Final Regulation Published****	****	****         4/27/00**

## GEAR UP SCHOLARSHIP PROVISIONS

- Amount of Scholarships
- Priority for Pell Grant Recipients
- GEAR UP Scholarships to Supplement other Aid
- Applies Only to Institution Accepting GEAR Up Scholarships

## Rafael Ramirez

- WEBSITE AND EMAIL
- INFORMATION

**U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION**
**ROOM 6100**
**1990 K STREET NW**
**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20006**

**Rafael Ramirez**
**Interim Director**
**http://www.ed.gov/gearup**
**email: gearup@ed.gov**
**(202) 502-7676**

## Thank You!!!

- Maureen_McLaughlin@ED.GOV