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Download full textEaston, John Q.; Ponisciak, Stephen; Luppescu, Stuart – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2008
This research report points to a "major misalignment" between the standards set by the state ISAT tests in elementary school and the college-readiness standards expected of all juniors in Illinois high schools as measured by the ACT, which is part of the state's PSAE exams. CCSR authors John Easton, Stephen Ponisciak and Stuart Luppescu…
Descriptors: High Schools, Public Schools, State Universities, Grade 11
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1985
On November 5, 1985, the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE) adopted a uniform set of high school subject requirements for admission to public university baccalaureate degree programs and to public community college associate in arts (AA) and associate in science (AS) degree programs. The specific high school subjects required for admission…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Associate Degrees, College Admission
Rodriguez, Esther M. – 1995
The experiences of 10 states described in this paper illustrate how higher education can be a constructive force for change in the schools, and how the changes taking place in school-based curriculum and assessment provide valuable lessons for collegiate reform. The 10 states profiled are California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, New…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Articulation (Education)
Kirst, Michael W. – 1998
This document examines various efforts to reform education by institutions of higher education, by states and local school systems, and by the federal government. It charges that many K-12 reform policies are moving secondary and postsecondary education in disparate directions. Problems identified include a lack of authentic measures for student…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Affirmative Action
