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Kevin Forgard

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

  • 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
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    D. Spence article on CR
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    David Spence article succiently summarizing the issue and providing state policy suggestions. Good to use as a comparative framework
Kevin Forgard

Early Assessment Program | Academic Affairs - 0 views

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    California's Early Assessment Program (EAP) - an assessment tool to diagnos CR in 11th grade
Kevin Forgard

THECB > Texas College and Career Readiness Standards - 0 views

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    Texas college readiness initiatives
Kevin Forgard

Welcome to IDEAL-NM - Home - 0 views

  • 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.
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    Example of offering dual enrollment and other course content through e-learning practice.
Kevin Forgard

THECB: Home - 0 views

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    Texas higher education coordinating board
Kevin Forgard

MNADE: Minnesota Association For Developmental Education - 0 views

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    CR within the context of developmental education. Found in "Building Bridges" article
Kevin Forgard

High School Standards and Expectations for College and the Workplace - 0 views

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    Report by REL and IES developing readiness standards
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