Last Updated on Tuesday, December 19, 2006 at 12:56 PM
The 10 Goals for Minority Student Achievement were developed in October 2000 by the Minority Student Achievement Task Force. The task force represented a diverse group of individuals who diligently worked together for more than four months to reach consensus on the goals below.
The Goals help implement and make a reality that ALL CHILDREN CAN LEARN. The goals also help improve achievement of African-American students across the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Goal 1
ALL students in the Commonwealth; regardless of race, gender, ethnic background or socio-economic status, will have access to a rigorous curriculum and have support systems in place to ensure success in a rigorous curriculum.
Goal 2
Kentucky's educational accountability system will include/involve all stakeholders and provide incentives to ensure minority achievement.
Goal 3
Minority students are recognized as high achieving learners.
Goal 4
Communities will have opportunities, motivations, and tools to develop and face issues of race and achievement. A community is defined by the following subgroups: school board, staff, students, parents, business leaders, religious leaders, and adult members of the community without school-age children.
Goal 5
ALL districts and schools will develop environments that result in respect of cultural and socio-economic differences.
Goal 6
Students, teachers, counselors, administrators and parents must have a belief in high expectations for ALL students.
Goal 7
Expand the knowledge and skills of the teaching force to reach minority students in ways to best ensure high achievement for all students.
Goal 8
Kentucky educators will effectively use data to improve the educational achievement for all students.
Goal 9
Believing that all students can learn and that there are "NO EXCUSES," educators will take ownership to ensure that ALL students are challenged and motivated to achieve at high levels.
Goal 10
Because it is important that all students benefit from diverse experiences and that our schools represent the richness of America's cultural diversity, all districts will show annually an increase in the diversity of staff and, by 2004, staff in all school districts will be in proportion with the number of minorities within the student population.