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Contreras, Frances – Journal of Catholic Education, 2016
Catholic educational institutions play an important role in educating Latino high achieving students. Latino students attending Catholic high schools are more likely to graduate and transition to college immediately following high school. Few studies have examined the outcomes of Latino students who attend Catholic colleges and universities and…
Descriptors: Hispanic American Students, College Students, Catholics, Church Related Colleges
Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation, 2015
This memorandum provides a summary of the indicators of college- and career-readiness used in nine states: Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah. This scan was conducted at the request of the California Comprehensive Center, and focuses on data from states' Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Indicators, Elementary Secondary Education
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Boyd, Sandra – State Education Standard, 2017
Over the past two decades, college and career readiness became a priority in K-12 education. While graduation rates have been rising, far too many high school graduates are not ready to succeed in college or a job. Employers note that freshly-minted employees too often need additional training to perform their roles, many are ineligible for…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Readiness, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Achievement
Fleshman, Robin Earle – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This case study seeks to explore three research questions: (1) What science teaching and learning processes, perspectives, and cultures exist within the science classroom of an urban portfolio community high school? (2) In what ways does the portfolio-based approach prepare high school students of color for college level science coursework,…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Science Tests, Science Instruction, College Readiness
MDRC, 2014
This paper provides a set of four supplementary tables for the policy brief "Headed to College The Effects of New York City's Small High Schools of Choice on Postsecondary Enrollment. Policy Brief". Included are the following table titles: (1) Supplementary Table 1: SSC Effects on Four-Year High School Graduation Rated by Student Cohort,…
Descriptors: Small Schools, School Choice, College Bound Students, High School Students
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Kostyo, Stephen; Cardichon, Jessica; Darling-Hammond, Linda – Learning Policy Institute, 2018
It is well-documented that students of color, and other historically underserved students, have had less access to an equitable and supportive learning environment, perpetuating school failure and, too often, a school-to-prison pipeline that is difficult to escape. This report shows how a number of states are taking advantage of opportunities in…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Standards, Equal Education, Suspension
Toliao, P. Suzanne – ProQuest LLC, 2017
Insufficiently understanding the meaning of academic integration or ineffectively responding to the academic integration needs of underprepared, first-year learners at the outset of their post-secondary journeys has resulted in providing fewer college degrees to an increasingly diverse student population at a time when there is a shortage of…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Experience, College Readiness, College Preparation
Advance CTE: State Leaders Connecting Learning to Work, 2017
One of the key priorities for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) is alignment and conformity across different federal and state systems. ESSA gives states the flexibility to hold schools accountable, measure student outcomes, and provide supports and technical assistance in a way that is aligned with their own priorities. States are encouraged…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Statewide Planning
Palacios, Moses; Ison, Ashley; Hart, Ray; Lyons, Renata; Casserly, Michael – Council of the Great City Schools, 2017
This report seeks to contribute to the ongoing dialogue of raising our expectations for males of color and provide a resource for school districts seeking to build or recalibrate their initiatives to improve the academic outcomes of young men and boys of color. Throughout this report there are exemplars of current initiatives across the nation's…
Descriptors: Success, Educational Quality, Males, Educational Environment
Ushomirsky, Natasha; Smith, Andy; Bommelje, Samantha – Education Trust, 2017
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) offers state leaders the opportunity to refocus their education systems on improving opportunity and outcomes for young people who have been underserved for far too long. The law includes a number of important requirements to focus on equity in school accountability, but it also leaves many key decisions up to…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2014
REL Pacific at McREL, one of 10 Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) funded by the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences (IES), serves educators in American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia (Chuuk, Kosrae, Pohnpei, and Yap), Guam, Hawai'i, the Republic of the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Family School Relationship, School Community Relationship, College Readiness
ACT, Inc., 2016
"The Condition of College and Career Readiness" looks at the progress of the 2016 ACT®-tested graduating class relative to college and career readiness. This state briefing begins with statistics in the following categories for New York: performance, STEM, career readiness, impact, behaviors that impact access and opportunity, pipeline,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Access to Education, Benchmarking
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Audant, Anne Babette – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2016
Discussions of workforce development emphasize stackable training, and assume linear advancement and alignment, through college and career paths. Stackable credentials have become a best practice for community colleges across the United States as they struggle to advance the college completion agenda and ensure that students graduate with the…
Descriptors: Credentials, Labor Force Development, Job Training, Cooking Instruction
MDRC, 2013
Over the next ten years, more than half of all jobs will require some education beyond high school. The majority of students entering college do not earn a college credential that would give them better access to these jobs. While the Common Core State Standards should lead to more college-ready students over time, students will still need…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, State Standards, Academic Standards
Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
Too often school leaders, teachers and counselors invest their energies into preparing students for college. In today's society, that's not enough. Students must be prepared for multiple options after high school including gainful employment. This newsletter looks at ways schools can ensure more students are college and career-ready by creating…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Readiness, Best Practices, Career Readiness
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