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Yan Suo

College-readiness Performance Assessment System | EPIC Online - 0 views

www.epiconline.org/cpas

assessment admission readiness

shared by Yan Suo on 28 May 09 - No Cached
  • assessment designed to track the development of the Key Cognitive Strategies (KCS) or thinking skills necessary for college-readiness and success.
  • measure the KCS through rich performance tasks that teachers embed within existing curricula
  • interconnected dimensions: content knowledge and KCS.
  • Yan Suo on 28 May 09
     
    C-PAS is designed to simultaneously track the development of student Key Cognitive Strategies and student content knowledge.
Yan Suo

Expecting Excellence:What Makes a Student College Ready? - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...udent_College_Ready%C2%A2.aspx

college preparedness

shared by Yan Suo on 21 May 09 - Cached
  • Learning from Best-Practice High Schools
    • Yan Suo
      Yan Suo on 21 May 09
       
      how to they help students prepare for college and make the transition successful.
  • engaged in a range of practices designed to create a college-going culture.
    • Yan Suo
      Yan Suo on 21 May 09
       
      1. Automatically enroll students in CR program. 2. Post college acceptance letters prominently. 3. Award ceremonies focuse on students' academic accomplishments. 4. Require students to apply to at least one college. 5. Faculty advisors meet with students regularly to review grades, discuss course selection, develop strategies to overcome learning obstacles. 6. College counselor work with students, providing technical support related to college application, choice and financial aid. 7. Arrange multiple visits to college campuses. 8. Senior seminars (financial aid applications, encouragement and support)
  • Principle 2: Align the Core Academic Program with College Readiness Standards
    • Yan Suo
      Yan Suo on 21 May 09
       
      1. Align course expectations, assignments, goals, and activities vertically across grades 9-12, using a set of college readiness standards as the reference point. 2. Require all students at a given grade level in a given subject to complete a common performance task (particularly important in schools with diverse students populations)
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  • Principle 3: Teach Key Self-Management Skills
    • Yan Suo
      Yan Suo on 21 May 09
       
      strategies and programs: collect, orgnize, and retain factual information; take better notes; time management; work in teams; reflect on the quality of work. e.g. students assemble work samples regularly->self-assess their performance using scoring guide->assess work and set goals with advisor and parents.
  • Principle 4: Prepare Students for the Complexity of Applying to College
    • Yan Suo
      Yan Suo on 21 May 09
       
      1. Provide college information to students repeatedly and systematically during all four years of high school. 2. Require all students to take one or more college readiness tests. student advisors helped students interpret the results. 3. Extensive programs: financial aid program, visitation programs, dual enrollment courses.
  • Principle 1: Create and Maintain a College-Going Culture
  • Yan Suo on 21 May 09
     
    Focus on four components of CR, learning from some best-practice high schools on students preparation for college and making their transition successful.
Yan Suo

College Scholarships - How to Develop a Scholarship Strategy - 0 views

www.collegeboard.com/...21403.html

CR-Parent

shared by Yan Suo on 23 Sep 09 - Cached
  • academic, extracurricular, and career plans
  • brainstorm thoroughly—the more personal characteristics your child discovers, the more scholarships she could potentially apply for.
  • Do I want to participate in a competition? If so, what are my talents and interests? What subject do I plan to major in? What career do I plan to pursue? Do I want to apply for all types of aid or only scholarships?
Kevin Forgard

Workforce Strategy Center - 0 views

www.workforcestrategy.org

career pathways pathways readiness

shared by Kevin Forgard on 15 Jul 09 - Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 15 Jul 09
     
    Website about career pathways initiative and model
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