Posts Tagged ‘College Readiness’
Trends & Indicators: College Readiness
by Journal Staff
August 19, 2012
Updated August 2012
The enigmatic term "college readiness" is increasingly used in education and policy environments across the country. While school-university partnerships, school-community initiatives and state and federal legislation have shown promise in preparing students for college study, a common definition of the term remains elusive, and many students are still underprepared for college-level coursework. For ...
Read MoreBoys and Girls: Join the Club
by Lou D’Allesandro of N.H. and Michael Wool and Mary Alice McKenzie of Vt.
June 18, 2012
Club members receiving homework help in Burlington, Vt.
Boys & Girls Clubs of America count 4,000 community-based clubs serving more than 4 million young people through membership and community outreach. They provide a safe place to spend time during non-school hours and the summer as an alternative to the streets or being home alone—a place ...
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Multiple Pathways for All Students
by Lee Anna Stirling
January 3, 2012
Maine has been focusing on the importance of postsecondary training. As the Maine Department of Education’s Pre-K-16 Task Force noted: “To guarantee a more promising future for Maine youth and to ensure economic vitality in our state, we need to dramatically increase the number of citizens with either an associate or a baccalaureate degree.”
Maine’s Skowhegan ...
Read MoreTags: College Readiness, Maine, Multiple Pathway, Nellie Mae Education Foundation, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Skowhegan Area High School, Somerset Career and Technical Center | No Comments
Mass. Forum to Ask What Is Meant by “College and Career Readiness”
by John O. Harney
June 6, 2011
The Rennie Center for Education Research & Policy and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education will hold a forum on "Defining and Assessing College and Career Readiness" on Tuesday June 14, at 8:30 a.m. at the Seaport World Trade Center Boston.
"While the goal of the previous Massachusetts State Curriculum Frameworks was to ensure students’ ...
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Trends & Indicators 2010: College Readiness
by Daren Follweiler
June 21, 2010
Fewer than half of New England students who finish high school have completed the necessary courses and mastered the skills to be considered “college ready.” But New England states perform above the national norm on most indicators of college readiness. In Massachusetts, a new “Vision Project” has five goals: increase the rate of high school graduates ... Read MoreTags: College Readiness, Trends & Indicators, Trends & Indicators 2010 | 1 Comment
The High School to College Transition: Minding the Gap
by Deborah Hirsch
June 4, 2010
The value of a college degree is well documented. College graduates earn at least 60% more than high school graduates. Beyond the economic value, college graduates show higher rates of civic participation, engage in volunteer work and even have a much higher likelihood of being “happy,” according to a 2005 survey by the Pew Research ...
Read MoreTags: City University of New York, College of Professional Studies, College Readiness, Deborah Hirsch, high school performance, Iowa State University, Mount Ida College, Northeastern University, Pew Research Center, Posse Foundation, Syracuse University, Vincent Tinto | No Comments
More on the Core
by Monnica Chan
July 24, 2013
From a higher education perspective, new "Common Core" standards could improve student college-readiness levels, reduce institutional remediation rates and close education gaps in and between states.
By 2014-15, many K-12 education systems should be able to adopt new state assessments after working to implement new state standards for student learning in English Language Arts and Mathematics. ...
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