Alaska

College and Career Ready Definitions: 
Alaska has not adopted or made available a definition of college and career readiness.
Accountability Metrics: 
  • Student achievement status on state tests
  •  Student growth on state tests
  • Attendance rate
  • Four-year graduation rate
  • Additional graduation rates (five or more years
  • Performance on college entry exams such as SAT, ACT, ACCUPLACER, or COMPASS
  • Career preparedness participation, including completing career and technical education classes or WorkKeys assessments and participating in job training
  • Career preparedness performance, including earning credentials or certificates, performance on WorkKeys, and grades in career and technical education courses

Source: Center for American Progress. (2016). Explore the Data for ‘Making the Grade’. Retrieved from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education/news/2016/05/19/137455...

College and Career Ready Reporting Metrics: 
State School Report Card1
Alaska Developmental Profile2
Statistics and Reports3
Carl D. Perkins Reports5
Youth Risk Behavior Survey4
 
• High School Graduation Qualifying Examination scores1
• NAEP1
• Students attending preschool2
• Developmental profile (kindergarten readiness)2
         o Approaches to leaning
         o Cognition and general knowledge
• CTE participation1
• WorkKeys scores3
• CTE concentrators5
• Students reaching targeted level of CTE skill attainment
• Students completing
• Students graduating
• Students entering postsecondary education or advanced training, military service, or employment within two quarters following graduation
• Retention rate/dropout rate1
• Average volunteer hours per week1
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey4
• Developmental profile (kindergarten readiness)2
         o Physical well-being, health, and motor development
         o Social and emotional development
• Percentage diploma waivers1
 
 
Source: 
1. Alaska Department of Education & Early Development. (2016). Alaska state report card to the public. Retrieved from https://education.alaska.gov/reportcardtothepublic/
2. Alaska Department of Education & Early Development. (2014). Alaska developmental profile: 2013–2014 suppressed. Retrieved from http://education.alaska.gov/tls/assessment/results/2014/13-14schoolwide_...
3. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. (2016). Statistics and reports. Retrieved from http://eed.state.ak.us/stats/
4. Alaska Department of Health and Social Services. (2015). Alaska Youth Risk Behavior Survey results. Retrieved from http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/Chronic/Pages/yrbs/yrbsresults.aspx
5. Alaska Department of Education & Early Development. (2016). Carl Perkins IV career tech education (CTE) public reports. Retrieved from https://education.alaska.gov/tls/CTE/perkins/public/
 

 

Dual Enrollment and Early College High School: 

Dual Enrollment and Articulation
Alaska does not have state policy in place that allows students to earn dual credit, although dual credit is offered on an institutional basis (Education Commission of the States, 2015).

Early College High School
The Center for Native Education has partnered with an institution of higher education to provide one early college high school program as part of the Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI). More information about schools participating in ECHSI is available at the ECHSI website.

Citations:

Jobs for the Future. (n.d.). Schools. Retrieved from http://www.jff.org/initiatives/early-college-designs/schools

Education Commission of the States. (2015). Dual enrollment – all state profiles. Retrieved from http://ecs.force.com/mbdata/mbprofallRT?Rep=DE14A

Career Pathways: 

Alaska implements programs of study aligned with the following 13 Career Clusters:

  • Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources
  • Architecture & Construction 
  • Arts, A/V Technology & Communications
  • Business, Management & Administration
  • Education & Training
  • Health Science
  • Hospitality & Tourism
  • Information Technology
  • Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security
  • Manufacturing
  • Marketing
  • Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
  • Transportation, Distribution & Logistics

Citations:

National Association of State Directors of Career Technical Education Consortium. (n.d.). Alaska [Interactive map of state CTE profiles]. Retrieved from http://www.careertech.org/Alaska

Career Exploration and Career Plans: 

In 2010, Alaska mandated that all students in Grades 6–12 have a Personal Learning and Career Plan (PLCP) (U.S. Department of Labor, 2013). The Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education and the Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development have partnered to create a state resource on career planning available to all Alaska residents. PLCPs are designed to be used in student conferences to help students, educators, and family members keep track of student academic and career goals and needs. PLPCs are to be updated annually.

Citations:

U.S. Department of Labor. (2013). Individualized learning plans across the U.S. Retrieved from

http://www.dol.gov/odep/ilp/map/#AK

Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education. (2015). PLCP - Personal Learning & Career Plans. Retrieved from http://acpe.alaska.gov/PLANNING/Education_Planning/AKCIS/New_for_2014

Alaska Department of Education & Early Development. (2010). Alaska Career and Technical Education Plan: A call to action. Retrieved from https://education.alaska.gov/tls/CTE/docs/cteplan/CTE_State_Plan.pdfAlaska Commission on Postsecondary Education (n.d.). AKCIS login. Retrieved from http://acpe.alaska.gov/PLANNING/Education_Planning/AKCIS

Alignment Between High School Graduation and State College Admission Requirements: 

High School and College Alignment

Subject

High School Graduation Requirements

College Admission Requirements

English Credits:

4.0

None specified (N/S)

Mathematics Credits:

2.0

N/S

Social Studies Credits:

3.0 (including Alaska history [0.5])

N/S

Science Credits:

2.0

N/S

Foreign Language Credits:

N/S

N/S

Arts Credits:

N/S

N/S

Additional Credits:

10.0 (health/physical education [1.0] and electives [9.0])

N/S

Total Credits:

21.0

N/S

Tests:

Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Examination

Alaska High School Graduation Qualifying Examination, Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT), or ACT®

Source:

Alaska Department of Education and Early Development

University of Alaska Anchorage

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Early Warning Systems: 
Alaska may have a state-specific Early Warning System, but the system is not publicly available.