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Kevin Forgard

Views: Getting Serious About College Readiness - Inside Higher Ed - 0 views

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readiness standards state based program

shared by Kevin Forgard on 29 May 09 - Cached
  • A handful of states have taken action toward improving college readiness -- notably Arkansas, California, Indiana, Georgia, Kentucky and Texas, all of which have at least established specific state policy agendas for dealing with the problem
  • There is simply not the critical convergence of thinking around various elements of the readiness challenge that is necessary for all interests to establish or commit to a bold action agenda.
  • n other words, frequently the most difficult task is defining the problem clearly and in such ways that all of the key parties embrace the definition. The solutions are more apparent when the definition is clarified.
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  • Improving college readiness depends on strengthening high school graduation requirements and diplomas, but states and higher education systems cannot delay dealing with the readiness problem until these graduation requirements rise to meet college-readiness standards
  • We must specify what readiness means in those essential skills that every person needs to learn further in school and at work -- reading, writing and math.
  • Sixth, postsecondary education and the public schools need to recognize that meeting the college-readiness challenge will center on setting specific, measurable performance standards in key learning skills and having more students achieve them.
  • uniformly communicating them to all high schools in a state.
  • College readiness will be improved only when high school classroom teachers receive clear and concise signals about standards, backed by all of postsecondary education in their state
  • Kevin Forgard on 29 May 09
     
    D. Spence article on CR
  • Kevin Forgard on 29 May 09
     
    David Spence article succiently summarizing the issue and providing state policy suggestions. Good to use as a comparative framework
Kevin Forgard

Improving Academic Preparation for College: What We Know and How State and Federal Poli... - 0 views

www.americanprogress.org/...academic_preparation.html

readiness reports state policy

shared by Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09 - No Cached
  • Jay Greene
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      Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09
       
      See Green and Winters (2005)
  • Are strong academics enough? What role do financial and social capital play? How can federal and state policy help promote academic rigor and student preparation
  • This report draws on this analysis to outline a more expansive role for federal and state policy to improve preparation and readiness
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  • This paper reviews the research and makes the case for a definition that includes academic rigor, grades, specific academic skills that students will need to be successful in a college-level course, and “college knowledge”—knowledge about how to apply, enroll, and succeed in a college environment.
  • Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09
     
    Report on ways to prepare HS students for college
Kevin Forgard

Claiming Common Ground: State Policymaking for Improving College Readiness and Success - 0 views

www.highereducation.org/...index.shtml

readiness state prescriptions

shared by Kevin Forgard on 06 May 09 - Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 06 May 09
     
    Helps further define the concept of CR within the context of state education policy
Kevin Forgard

THECB > Texas College and Career Readiness Standards - 0 views

www.thecb.state.tx.us/...TCRS.cfm

readiness state based program

shared by Kevin Forgard on 04 May 09 - Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 04 May 09
     
    Texas college readiness initiatives
Kevin Forgard

Welcome to IDEAL-NM - Home - 0 views

www.ideal-nm.org

curriculum e-learning K-16 alignment dual enrollment state based program New Mexico

shared by Kevin Forgard on 10 Sep 09 - Cached
  • Blackboard Inc. has been selected for the IDEAL-NM project as the state supported P-20+ Learning Management System (LMS). This means that all districts and higher education institutions will have access to the same technology tools to use, develop, migrate, share, and offer online courses. The cost savings and benefits associated with this contract are significant.
  • Kevin Forgard on 10 Sep 09
     
    Example of offering dual enrollment and other course content through e-learning practice.
Kevin Forgard

THECB: Home - 0 views

www.thecb.state.tx.us

readiness Texas state based program THECB

shared by Kevin Forgard on 15 Jun 09 - Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 15 Jun 09
     
    Texas higher education coordinating board
Kevin Forgard

Early Assessment Program | Academic Affairs - 0 views

www.calstate.edu/eap

assessment state state based program EAP

shared by Kevin Forgard on 20 May 09 - No Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 20 May 09
     
    California's Early Assessment Program (EAP) - an assessment tool to diagnos CR in 11th grade
Kevin Forgard

States, Schools, And Colleges: Policies to Improve Student Readiness for College and St... - 0 views

www.highereducation.org/...index.shtml

readiness report K-16 alignment

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  • Kevin Forgard on 08 Jan 10
     
    Report compiling essays from leading researchers on college readiness.
anonymous

Education Week: Executive Summary - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...34exec.h28.html

readiness

shared by anonymous on 09 Jun 09 - Cached
  • state data systems that can help keep track of students and provide information on their academic progress in high school and at postsecondary institutions.
  • We profile a Baltimore high school serving low-income students that is enthusiastically embracing a college-readiness mission, with the help of a local nonprofit group that provides assistance through a paid college counselor.
Yan Suo

High Schools That Work - 0 views

www.state.nj.us/...hstw

NJ

shared by Yan Suo on 06 Jul 09 - Cached
  • STW seeks to advance the mathematics, science, communications, problem-solving and technical achievement of students by providing a framework of goals, key practices and key conditions for accelerating learning and setting higher standards.
Yan Suo

New York State Regents : Designed For K-16 Governance But Fails Over Time To Perform at... - 0 views

collegepuzzle.stanford.edu/?p=271

New York assessment

shared by Yan Suo on 29 Jun 09 - Cached
  • educational governance body in the nation.
  • the Regents Exams.
  • end-of-course-based exams was a factor in university admission and financial aid eligibility
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  • provide high school students information about postsecondary academic content standards.
  • The Regents exams
  • Moreover, CUNY, uses the K-12 Regents exams as its own placement exam, a policy that can reduce remediation by sending clear signals about college standards to high school students.
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