New York State STW Summary can be found here: http://stw.ed.gov/states/ecs/NY.htm Education reform in New York has been largely directed by the 1991 Board of Regents document, A New Compact for Learning and a 1992 governor's task force report, Education That Works: Creating Career Pathways for New York State Youth. Date sent: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 11:08:20 -0500 To: joaneb001@aol.com From: sleeper@warwick.net (by way of Fred Battey ) Subject: NY STW Dear All: Below is a very quick look at NY State's STW Summary. New York State has been on the band wagon from the VERY beginning and has been a major push in this program. Here are just 2 little nuggets for your reading pleasure. If you notice it started in 1991, was approved and legislated in 1993. If you read the two excerpts below you will find that this is planned for national distribution, will require, and they are working, on National testing criteria, and it will/does include ALL up to age 24. Now how many other states have the same thing? Sincerely yours, Sleeper ................. This section below tell how it came about. .............. Education reform in New York has been largely directed by the 1991 Board of Regents document, A New Compact for Learning and a 1992 governor's task force report, Education That Works: Creating Career Pathways for New York State Youth. ................ This next section here 'tells' who is in charge of curriculum in our local schools, colleges and workplaces. ........................ Career Major Panels, consisting of representatives from business, secondary and postsecondary education, apprenticeships and vocational rehabilitation, are being developed in six areas: business/information systems; health services; engineering/technologies; human and public services; natural and agricultural sciences; and arts/humanities. (SEE THIS:) Panels are responsible for monitoring the development of national skill standards and identifying instructional models and postsecondary linkages. .............. This next section concerns colleges and teachers. This verifies what Barbara in Oregon was telling people. The colleges are being realigned for school to work standards. Also, have you noticed all the data collection required? .............................. Higher Education The school-based learning activities are being expanded to include curriculum and staff development activities aimed at integrating college entrance competencies. A College Transition Course is being pilot-tested in 15 schools by the State University of New York (SUNY). The course is designed to facilitate the transition of students into the postsecondary environment. SUNY is coordinating a statewide task force that is developing and testing an Alternative Transcript to credential non-traditional student achievement. This will enable colleges to effectively evaluate the skills attained from work experiences and vocationally oriented high school programs. Models for including a School-to-Work component in the postsecondary teacher preparation sources are being developed, tested and evaluated by Syracuse University, Office of Professional Development. The University will work cooperatively with LeMoyne College and the State University Colleges at Cortland and Oswego. Evaluation Under the direction of the State Education Department, the Westchester Institute for Human Services Research will conduct an evaluation of the statewide School-to-Work system. The evaluation will examine both the system and student results which have occurred through implementing the statewide system. Highlights of the evaluation include the development of an Indicator System to guide the collection and analysis of system and student data from multiple quantitative and qualitative data sources, and a 12th Grade Cohort Study which will compare data from 2,000 students participating in School-to-Work activities against data reported on a national sample of 12th graders through the National Educational Longitudinal Study. ................... The rest of the summary is just as bad. I highly recommend that everyone hit their states STW site and read up on their states summary for a quick look at how it was and will be continued. Sincerely yours, Sleeper