High School Students Taking More Math and Science Courses
High school students are taking more science and math courses now compared with 1990, according to the new Condition of Education report. Read Full Post >
All Blog Posts With college and career readiness Tag or Category
May 23, 2013
May 21, 2013
ACT Bestows Honors for College- and Career-Readiness Efforts
ACT names four recipients of its first College and Career Readiness Awards at a gala Tuesday night. Read Full Post >
May 16, 2013
Counseling High School Freshmen Can Influence College-Going Rates
A new report encourages counselors to talk to high school freshmen about college. Read Full Post >
May 08, 2013
New Approach to College Prep for Low-Income Students Called For
Federal college-preparation programs for disadvantaged students are criticized for their lack of evidence on impact in a new policy brief. Read Full Post >
May 06, 2013
Skills From High School Don't Match College Demands
Expectations for first-year community college students are very low, and math requirements often don't match the kind of skills needed in most careers, says a new report. Read Full Post >
May 06, 2013
Will a Year's Delay Save the Common Core? A Response to Weingarten's Proposal
Teachers - and union leaders -- may feel as if they should get on board, to try to steer this process. However, I think this is a ship of doom for our schools. I think its effect will be twofold. It will create a smoother, wider, more easily standardized market for curriculum and technology. This will, in turn, promote the standardization of curriculum and instruction, and further de-professionalize teaching. The assessments will reinforce this, by tying teachers closer to more frequent timelines and benchmark assessments, which will be, in many places, tied to teacher evaluations. And the widespread failures of public schools will be used to further "disrupt the public school monopoly," spurring further expansion of vouchers and charters and private schools. Read Full Post >
May 04, 2013
Early-College-Readiness Assessments for High School Students Growing
Thirty-eight states assess juniors for college readiness, and 21 offer structured interventions to get high school students up to speed for crediting-bearing postsecondary work. Read Full Post >
May 03, 2013
School Leadership Key to College and Career Readiness
Principals honored for their reform efforts in middle schools and high schools speak about the transition to college and career readiness standards. Read Full Post >
April 23, 2013
Benefits of Advanced Placement Program Questioned
New paper suggests AP courses are inconsistent in their quality. Read Full Post >
April 17, 2013
Are Students Ready for College? High School Teachers: Yes; Professors: No
More than three times as many high school teachers as college professors think their students are well prepared to succeed in college-level courses, an national ACT survey finds. Read Full Post >
