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Action Steps for Advancing Transfer Student Success: Lessons Learned from Cross-Institutional Collaborations

Dolinsky, Rebecca; Rhodes, Terrel L.; McCambly, Heather – Association of American Colleges and Universities, 2016

The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) launched Quality Collaboratives (QC): Assessing and Reporting Degree Qualifications Profile Competencies in the Context of Transfer in 2011 as a three-year project that engaged educational, assessment, and policy leaders in student learning outcomes assessment and transfer pathways.…

Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Qualifications, Benchmarking, Degree Requirements

How Benchmarking and Higher Education Came Together

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Levy, Gary D.; Ronco, Sharron L. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2012

This chapter introduces the concept of benchmarking and how higher education institutions began to use benchmarking for a variety of purposes. Here, benchmarking is defined as a strategic and structured approach whereby an organization compares aspects of its processes and/or outcomes to those of another organization or set of organizations to…

Descriptors: Higher Education, Benchmarking, Concept Formation, Change Strategies

Cross-State Findings. Benchmarking State Implementation of College- and Career-Readiness Standards, Aligned Assessments and Related Reforms

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Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015

Implementation of college- and career-readiness standards is some of the most important work currently underway in states to improve student achievement and public education overall. SREB examined the efforts of 14 states--including 11 SREB states--to support implementation of new college- and career-readiness standards. The goal of the research…

Descriptors: Benchmarking, State Standards, Program Implementation, College Readiness

Easing the Transition to School: Administrators' Descriptions of Transition to School Activities

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Noel, Andrea – Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 2011

This paper details the early childhood transition activities of three schools in southern Queensland, Australia, as reported by school administrators. The transition programs were analysed using the categories of the Transition to School Matrix of the New South Wales (NSW) Department of Education. Activities fell into the first four categories…

Descriptors: School Activities, Transitional Programs, Foreign Countries, Program Descriptions

The Condition of College and Career Readiness, 2011: Michigan

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ACT, Inc., 2011

Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report for the…