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Yan Suo

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

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college preparedness

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  • 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.
Kevin Forgard

Defining college readiness from the inside out: first-generation college student perspe... - 0 views

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readiness nontraditional student research

shared by Kevin Forgard on 05 May 09 - Cached
  • , access to college is problematic for nontraditional or high-risk students. This situation is due to issues of academic, social, and economic readiness (Hoyt, 1999: Valadez, 1993).
  • This study explored the nature of college readiness from the perspectives of first-generation college students.
  • (a) What does it mean to be ready for college? (b) What do successful nontraditional students bring to their college experiences that contribute to their success? (c) How can nontraditional learners be seen to have strengths and not just deficits? and (d) How are students prepared or not prepared for college in ways not measured by standardized tests?
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  • Developmental education courses at community colleges help to provide underprepared students with math, reading and English, and study skills to succeed in college. Research findings from studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of such programs are predominately positive (Amey & Long, 1998; Hennessey, 1990; Hoyt, 1999; Kraska, Nadelman, Maner, & McCormick, 1990; Napoli & Hiltner, 1993)
  • Kevin Forgard on 05 May 09
     
    Artilce helping define what college readiness means within the context of first-generation college students.
  • Kevin Forgard on 05 May 09
     
    Readiness within the context of non-traditional students. Further establishes Conley framework
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
Yan Suo

A Middle School Parent's College Prep Guide - Planning for college - 0 views

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CR-Parent

shared by Yan Suo on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • parents should start planning for college no later than middle school. Their reasoning is simple:
Kevin Forgard

There's More to College than Just Getting In - 1 views

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readiness research solution

shared by Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09 - No Cached
  • So why are so many students faltering on the way to a college degree? A number of studies have found that taking challenging courses in high school and performing well in them are important predictors of college readiness and completion. Other research finds that students also need “college knowledge” to know how to function in a higher education institution—for instance, how to enroll, how to apply for financial aid, and how to get extra help if they need it.
  • Fast Track to College proposal
  • Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09
     
    Artilce summarizing the issue of CR
  • Kevin Forgard on 28 May 09
     
    From the Center for American Progress
Kevin Forgard

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

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readiness reports state policy

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  • Jay Greene
    • Kevin Forgard
      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
Yan Suo

GuideForParents.com | A FREE College Guide for Parents - Sourcebooks College - 1 views

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CR-Parent

shared by Yan Suo on 01 Oct 09 - Cached
  • Do you have any advice on where to start with the college search and application process?
  • Where can I find help with application essays?
  • How can I look for colleges that fit my needs and style?
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  • What are the basics I should know about Financial Aid?
Kevin Forgard

Wiley InterScience :: JOURNALS :: New Directions for Community Colleges - 0 views

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readiness research K-16 alignment landscape community college journal

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  • Kevin Forgard on 01 Oct 09
     
    New Directions for Community Colleges issue 145 (Spring 2009) discusses the college ready landscape through this series of articles.
Kevin Forgard

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

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readiness report K-16 alignment

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

Education Sector: Research and Reports: College- and Career-Ready - 0 views

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readiness research report K-16 alignment Adelman

shared by Kevin Forgard on 19 Jan 10 - Cached
  • Kevin Forgard on 19 Jan 10
     
    Recent report on how to make better use of tracking data to determine high school's college readiness effectiveness. Of note, the report mentions that current NCLB standards are poor predictors of college success. The report notes that schools that failed NCLB benchmarks graduated students who went on to earn high GPA and return for a second year in college. This is in contrast to schools who passed NCLB benchmarks, but scored low on GPA and 2nd year return rates. The video linked on this site summarizes the report's data.
Kevin Forgard

Op-Ed Contributor - Five Ways to Fix America's Schools - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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nytimes

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  • The biggest improvement we can make in higher education is to produce more qualified applicants. Half of the freshmen at community colleges and a third of freshmen at four-year colleges matriculate with academic skills in at least one subject too weak to allow them to do college work. Unsurprisingly, the average college graduation rates even at four-year institutions are less than 60 percent.
Yan Suo

AEI - Papers - 0 views

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aei college graduation rates report research

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  • Yan Suo on 05 Jun 09
     
    Report on the college graduation rates. Can be used to exemplify the K-12/college disconnect from the college perspective
Kevin Forgard

Education Working Paper 3 | Public High School Graduation and College Readiness Rates i... - 0 views

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readiness at-risk

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  • Our calculation of high school graduation rates demonstrates that the public school system is not only losing 30% of all its students before graduation, it also loses disproportionately more black and Hispanic students than white and Asian students.
  • Based on the overall findings of our study, we conclude that by far the most important reason black and Hispanic students are underrepresented in college is the failure of the K-12 education system to prepare them for college, rather than insufficient financial aid or inadequate affirmative action policies
  • Kevin Forgard on 05 May 09
     
    Research focused on readines issues demonstrates that HS need to do more to prepare learners for college, espcially minority students.
Kevin Forgard

MPR: Minnesota colleges reach out to younger students - 0 views

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readiness student

shared by Kevin Forgard on 04 May 09 - Cached
  • The message: you can go to college, but you need to start planning for it now.
  • The purpose of the U's effort is to raise interest in higher education among younger students, as well as low income students and students of color, groups who remain under represented on college campuses.
  • Kevin Forgard on 04 May 09
     
    NPR Minnesota story on methods of communicating and reaching HS students on college through the use of theatre
Kevin Forgard

Pathways to College Network - 0 views

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readiness first generation college

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  • Kevin Forgard on 04 May 09
     
    Pathways to college network is a collection of materials on college readiness
Kevin Forgard

College Board Standards for College Success - 0 views

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readiness college board standards

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  • Kevin Forgard on 12 May 09
     
    College Board standards listed by discipline
Kevin Forgard

College Tools for Schools: Home - 0 views

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college readiness

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  • Kevin Forgard on 07 Dec 09
     
    California's college readiness operations
Kevin Forgard

The Virtual College Fair - 0 views

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college fair virtual

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  • Kevin Forgard on 03 Dec 09
     
    Website that offers virtual college fairs
Kevin Forgard

College Readiness for ALL Toolbox - 0 views

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change management pathways change tools

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  • Kevin Forgard on 05 May 09
     
    Pathways to college netwwork's implementation model to prepare education system for college readiness
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