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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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Bridging the Gap | The New America Foundation - 0 views

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    Report - Bridging the Gap: How to Stregthen the Pk-16 Pipeline to Improve College Readiness
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Consortium on Chicago School Research - 0 views

ccsr.uchicago.edu/...page.php report 9th grade Math readiness
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    Report - College Preparatory Curriculum for All: Consequences of 9th grade course...
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Consortium on Chicago School Research - 0 views

ccsr.uchicago.edu/...publications.php report
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    Report - From High Schools to the Future: Making Hard Work Pay Off
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Consortium on Chicago School Research - 0 views

ccsr.uchicago.edu/...publications.php report CPS
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    Report - From High School to the Future: Pothols on the Road to College
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There's More to College than Just Getting In - 1 views

www.americanprogress.org/...finishing_college.html readiness research solution
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  • 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
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    Artilce summarizing the issue of CR
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    From the Center for American Progress
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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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  • Jay Greene
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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
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College-readiness Performance Assessment System | EPIC Online - 0 views

www.epiconline.org/cpas assessment admission readiness
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  • 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.
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    C-PAS is designed to simultaneously track the development of student Key Cognitive Strategies and student content knowledge.
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Mod 4: Teacher Verification - 0 views

pass.ous.edu/?id=mod4_overview admission assessment readiness
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    PASS, teacher verification.
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Increasing access to college : extending possibilities for all students [WorldCat.org] - 0 views

www.worldcat.org/0791453642 readiness at-risk programs book
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    Wordcat info on a book about improving CR for at-risk learners

Oregon-PASS - 0 views

pass.ous.edu admission assessment
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GRASP - Group for Research and Assessment of Student Potential at Michigan State Univer... - 0 views

www.iopsych.msu.edu/...index.htm readiness assessment biodata GRASP
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  • 12 dimension taxonomy [A1] of student performance
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    Research based list of a 'taxonomy of student performance'
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    Of note is the 12 dimenstion taxonomy of student performance - a set of student standards to gauge
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GRASP - Group for Research and Assessment of Student Potential at Michigan State Univer... - 0 views

www.iopsych.msu.edu/cbstudy assessment readiness GRASP biodata
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    Research on developing a CR metic to assess CR
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Tying Education To Future Goals May Boost Grades More Than Helping With Homework - 0 views

www.sciencedaily.com/...090519134711.htm middleschool achievement readiness reports
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    Artilce from Jerry citing a study by Hill et al. on parents involvement in school
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The Case for Working With Your Hands - NYTimes.com - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...24labor-t.html pathways
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    Artilce discussing and justifying a trade based career track. It is based from the book 'Shop Class as Soulcraft'
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Secondary Education in Oregon and Ireland: An Overview - 0 views

www.epiconline.org/...IAHERO%20paper_final.pdf Secondary Education Key_Cognitive_Strategies assessment
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    Compare the secondary educational system between Oregon and Ireland.
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Expecting Excellence:What Makes a Student College Ready? - 0 views

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  • Learning from Best-Practice High Schools
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      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.
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      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
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      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
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      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
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      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
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    Focus on four components of CR, learning from some best-practice high schools on students preparation for college and making their transition successful.
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AFT - Publications - America Educator - Spring 2008 - There's a Hole in State Standards - 0 views

www.aft.org/...newteacher.htm standards teacher readiness
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    Article explaining the need for instructional support in implementing CR standards
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High Schools That Work - 0 views

www.sreb.org/...08V01LostInTransition.asp other programs
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    SREB website on transition programs
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SpringBoard - 0 views

professionals.collegeboard.com/...springboard other programs
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    A for-profit CR program
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