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Resources on College and Career Readiness (CCR) Act Pilot, including Conley's Comprehensive Model. These resources are on the site for Office of Community College Research and Leadership at the College of Education, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reports on the Illinois College and Career Readiness Act and other resources available on the site.

Study of select Woodrow Wilson Foundation and Middle College National Consortium Early Colleges and how high school and college partners strive to align secondary and post-secondary standards with college readiness.

By David T. Conley, prepared for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation by EPIC (Educational Policy Improvement Center), March 2007. Includes four in comprehensive definition of college readinessGoal is to provide a standard,operational definition of college readiness. (PDF)

Title: Reaching the Goal:  The Applicability and Importance of the Common Core State Standards to College and Career Readiness.Source: EPIC Educational Policy Improvement CenterAuthors: David Conley et al A new analysis from Educational Policy improvement Center (EPIC) indicates that mastering the Common Core Standards have the baseline knowledge and skills necessary for college work.

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) "is an elementary through postsecondary college readiness system that is designed to increase schoolwide learning and performance." According to their website, AVID began in 1980 at Clairemont High School and now serves "over 400,000 students in nearly 4,500 elementary and secondary schools in 47 states, the District of Columbia and across 16 countries/territories.

These publications, authored by David T. Conley, all look at issues relating to college and career readiness. CEPR is located at the University of Oregon.

Research & Reports page. Available resources include: research reports, tools, newsletters and policy briefs related to education reform and workforce development at local, state and federal levels.

In pre-Jam materials, participants recommended these specific publications: Nodine, T. (2009). Innovations in college readiness: How early colleges are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success. Washington, D.C. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Education & Jobs for the Future and Hoffman, N., & Vargas, J. (2010). A policymaker's guide to early college designs: Expanding a strategy for achieving college readiness for all.

Isn't this what MCHS and ECHS do with their students to ensure college readiness and success? Excerpt: "Some institutions do require students to participate in specific programs-and they've seen positive results. For instance, Brazosport College, in Lake Jackson, Tex., began to require first-time students to take a student-success course in 2007. It teaches time-management skills and proper study habits. As a result, the fall-to-spring retention rate for students who completed the course jumped to 89 percent, compared with the baseline rate of 66 percent. Those students passed remedial courses at a higher rate than before, and as a result were more likely to stay enrolled in college, the report says."

By David T. Conley, published by Jossey-Bass, 2005. From summary: Describes many of the problems facing ill prepared college-bound students and outlines potential actions that should enable more students to go on to postsecondary education and do well in entry-level college courses.

Interesting approach by PARCC on through-course assessments for K-12 students with particular significance for HS students as they assess how college ready they are, how they are growing content and skills to analyze, understand the content and apply, and how through-course assessments drive interventions, classroom practice, and support needed for teachers to understand CCSS and help their students to achieve them. Really like logic model on p 17. How does this, should this, could this affect MCNC's epi modeling? I-Lab practicum?

Paper examines the mismatch between high school preparation and college expectations; how high schools should prepare students for college success.

From the overview, "The Texas High School Project (THSP) is a unique public-private alliance dedicated to significantly improving the postsecondary readiness of low-income students with a focus on students in low-performing schools." Early college high schools are one of their focus areas.

The Gates Foundation has a global reach, with focuses on global health, poverty & development, education & information and special projects. In the U.S., they work in both "college-ready" education and post-secondary education.

A network of professionals from non-profit and campus-based college prep programs, university admissions and financial aid offices, and the School District of Philadelphia. The aim of this group is to increase the number of Philadelphia high school students who are college-ready, matriculate and graduate from post-secondary institutions.

A series of 4 books by Jim Burke, published by Scholastic, 2009.

Burke's work was mentioned as supporting design of a course to boost college readiness.

College Board ACCUPLACER tests provide students with useful information about academic skills in math, English, and reading. Resource for students from The College Board

Schools are using Accuplacer as early as 9th grade to better prepare their students for meaningful high school work that will get them ready for college.

By John Dewey, published in 1921.

Ed Ingman posted that Dewey's idea of "the end in mind" is relevant to Conley's work on college readiness.

By David T. Conley, published in Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL) - Illinois, Update Newsletter, spring 2009, 20(2). This article was one of the assigned readings for MCNC's Principals and Directors meeting, Feb 2010.

Students at risk of dropping out have shown great capacity. See a news report about Challenge Early College High School and how it has helped to retain students at risk of dropping out.

Describes important elements in developing a systematic method for high schools to collect and use college proficiency information to make strategic decisions in preparing students for post-secondary success.\n\n