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9780470257913

College and Career Ready: Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School

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  • ISBN13:

    9780470257913

  • ISBN10:

    0470257911

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2010-02-01
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Summary

Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and workCollege and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high schools are doing. Includes clear guidelines for high school faculty to adapt their programs of instruction in the direction of enhanced college/career readiness Provides practical strategies for improving students' content knowledge and academic behaviors Offers examples of best practices and research-based recommendations for changeThe book considers the impact of behavioral issues-such as time management and study habits-as well as academic skills on college readiness.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. vii
Acknowledgmentsp. xiii
About the Authorp. xv
Introductionp. 1
Should and Can Today's High Schools Prepare Ail Students for College and Careers?
College Ready and Work Ready: One and the Same?
The New Challenge
What We Mean by "Ready for College and Careers"
Redefining College and Career Readiness
The Four Key Dimensions of College and Career Readinessp. 19
General Elements of a More Comprehensive Definition of College and Career Readiness
Current Means to Determine College and Career Readiness
An Examination of the Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness
Differences Between High School and College Courses
Operational Examples of College Readiness
Ways to Develop Key Cognitive Strategies and Key Content Knowledgep. 53
Focusing on the "Big Ideas"
Aligning Courses and Expectations Between High School and College
Formative Assessment for College Readiness
Ways to Develop Self-Management Skills and "College Knowledge"p. 72
Elements of Self-Management
"College Knowledge"-Contextual Skills and Awareness
Key Principles of College and Career Readinessp. 104
Create and Maintain a College-Going Culture in the School
Create a Core Academic Program Aligned with and Leading to College Readiness by the End of Twelfth Grade
Teach Key Self-Management Skills and Academic Behaviors and Expect Students to Use Them
Make College and Careers Real by Helping Students Manage the Complexity of Preparing for and Applying to Postsecondary Education
Create Assignments and Grading Policies That More Closely Approximate College Expectations Each Successive Year of High School
Make the Senior Year Meaningful and Appropriately Challenging
Build Partnerships with and Connections to Postsecondary Programs and Institutions
Case Studies of Schools That Succeedp. 133
Alternative School: University Park Campus School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Magnet School: Fenway High School, Boston, Massachusetts
Comprehensive High School: Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado
Charter School: Minnesota New Country School, Henderson, Minnesota
Early College High School: Manhattan Hunter Science High School, New York, New York
Comprehensive High School: Garland High School, Garland, Texas
Magnet School: Polytech High School, Woodside, Delaware
Private School: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, Illinois
Putting It All Togetherp. 176
Develop a Profile of the School's College Readiness Capacity
Identify Outcome Measures of Success
Assess the District Capacity to Support Improvements
Institute Specific Programs to Address the Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness
Institute Professional Development to Support College Readiness
Recognize the Importance of Culture and Change Culture
Gauge the Progress of Changes in the High School
What Are the Effects on Student Performance in College?
Steps on the Road to Readiness
Steps High Schools Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Readyp. 205
Small Schools and High School Conversions
Career Academies
Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs
Early College High Schools
Dual Credit
Learning from the New Models
Steps States Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Readyp. 219
State Actions to Date
Examples of State Actions
State College Readiness Standards: The Example of Texas
Clear Messages States Can Send to the Secondary System
Clear Messages States Can Send to Their Postsecondary Systems
Concluding Observations
Afterwordp. 265
Two Examples of Tasks That Develop and Assess Key Cognitive Strategiesp. 269
Example Items from the School Diagnosticp. 303
Resource Listp. 307
Indexp. 311
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