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Kentucky Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities. Program Brief for Educators
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Human Development Institute, 2024
Comprehensive Transition & Postsecondary Programs (CTPs) were created by the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA, 2008). They are designed to support students with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) as defined by the HEOA, who want to continue academic, career or technical instruction in higher education in order to better prepare for…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Transitional Programs, Access to Education, Higher Education
Strategies Used to Enable CTE Programs to Be High Performing in Kentucky
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Stubbs, Steven A.; Stubbs, Joyce A. – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2017
The state of Kentucky mandated College and Career Readiness as a part of the revised education accountability system. The new system is known as Unbridled Learning assessment and accountability. As a result of this mandate high schools in Kentucky are trying to understand the steps necessary to implement a successful College and Career Ready…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Accountability, High Schools
Teachers Use Tools and Strategies to Engage Students in Grade-Level Assignments
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2013
This newsletter of best practices in implementing the High Schools That Work (HSTW), Making Middle Grades Work (MMGW) and Technology Centers That Work (TCTW) school improvement models is based on presentations at the 27th Annual HSTW Staff Development Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the summer of 2013. The newsletter is divided up into…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Learner Engagement, Assignments, High Schools
Factors that Contribute to Student Graduation and Dropout Rates: An In-Depth Study of a Rural Appalachian School District
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Lyttle-Burns, Ann – ProQuest LLC, 2011
There has been a wealth of research conducted on the national epidemic of high school dropouts spanning several decades. It is estimated that the class of 2009 cost the nation $335 billion in lost wages, taxes and productivity over their lifetimes (Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009). The citizenry of the country suffers not only because of…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, High School Students, Dropouts, Graduation
Conditions for Scale and Sustainability. Brief Four
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Levin, Stephanie; Duffy, Mark; Dever, Kelly – Research for Action, 2012
Math experts developed Formative Assessment Lessons that teachers can incorporate throughout the year's curriculum. Both tools target the "instructional core." A study by Research for Action (RFA) examining the first year of piloting the Literacy Design Collaborative (LDC) and Math Design Collaborative (MDC) tools (2010-11) found…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Comparative Analysis, Leadership, Educational Change
A View from the Inside: Teachers' Perceptions and Use of the LDC Framework
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Research for Action, 2011
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested in the development and dissemination of instructional tools to support teachers' incorporation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) into their classroom instruction. Literacy experts have developed a framework and a set of templates that teachers and other educators can use to develop content…
Descriptors: State Standards, Suburban Schools, Urban Schools, Rural Schools