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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

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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.
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    Report on ways to prepare HS students for college
Kevin Forgard

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

www.insidehighered.com/...spence

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
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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

10 Ideas to Ensure College Readiness in the No Child Left Behind & Higher Education Act... - 0 views

www.newamerica.net/...t_behind_higher_education_acts

readiness report policy

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    Article posing suggestions on how to improve CR
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Educational Policy Institute - 0 views

www.educationalpolicy.org/default.htm

research reports education

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    Educational Policy Institute is led by Swail, who has done extensive research in early outreach programs. Worth considering as a way to add to the CR definition.
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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    Report compiling essays from leading researchers on college readiness.
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

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  • 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.
Kevin Forgard

Thomas B. Fordham Institute - The Education Gadfly - 0 views

www.fordhaminstitute.org/...index.cfm

readiness policy obstacles

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  • Obstacles on the route from high school to college
  • Kevin Forgard on 23 Jun 09
     
    Article summarizing the issue of CR through a summary of implementation obstacles and proposed solutions
Kevin Forgard

ECS Education Policy Issue Site: P-16 - 0 views

www.ecs.org/...issue.asp

K-16 alignment article database

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  • Kevin Forgard on 12 Jun 09
     
    Website containing many articles on the CR issue
Kevin Forgard

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

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

readiness state prescriptions

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    Helps further define the concept of CR within the context of state education policy
Kevin Forgard

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

www.manhattan-institute.org/...ewp_03.htm

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

Center for Educational Policy Research - Home Page - 0 views

s4s.org

readiness Conley

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    Article database
Kevin Forgard

Measures that Matter | Achieve.org - 0 views

www.achieve.org/measuresthatmatter

achieve.org assessment readiness

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  • Kevin Forgard on 20 May 09
     
    Reports from Achieve on how to measure college readiness - focused on the state policy level
Kevin Forgard

Center for Educational Policy Research - Home Page - 0 views

cepr.uoregon.edu

readiness standards Conley

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    University of Oregon and Conley's US DOE funded stuides
Kevin Forgard

Bridging the Gap | The New America Foundation - 0 views

www.newamerica.net/...bridging_gap

report

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    Report - Bridging the Gap: How to Stregthen the Pk-16 Pipeline to Improve College Readiness
Kevin Forgard

Council of Chief State School Officers - 0 views

www.ccsso.org

Education standards policy assessment

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    The common corp of standards focusing on K-12. Good info on assessments and p-16 alignment.
Kevin Forgard

MDRC - Building Knowledge to Improve Social Policy - 0 views

www.mdrc.org

research MDRC organizations

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  • Kevin Forgard on 13 May 09
     
    Group that has researched college readiness. Need to examine website more closely
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