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Download full textMakkonen, Reino; Lewis, Joy – WestEd, 2020
Guidelines for teaching California's students have changed dramatically in recent years, as state leaders have adopted new academic standards, curriculum frameworks, and instructional materials lists in an attempt to better prepare students for college and career. However, adopting high-quality standards and curriculum materials does not guarantee…
Descriptors: School Districts, Faculty Development, Academic Standards, College Readiness
Tyler, Burr; Britton, Ted; Iveland, Ashley; Valcarcel, Joshua; Schneider, Steve – WestEd, 2016
This first Early Implementers Initiative evaluation publication discusses one of the major shifts required by the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), namely the shift to integrated instruction. The integration of science and English language arts (ELA) is the focus of the first main section, and the integration of the science disciplines…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Middle Schools, Science Instruction, Interdisciplinary Approach
Crane, Eric W.; Makkonen, Reino – WestEd, 2019
For several years, WestEd's Measure to Learn and Improve (MLI) project team has kept California state policy leaders informed about the statewide implementation of the California Academic Standards in English language arts and mathematics, by summarizing and disseminating results from the RAND Corporation's annual American Educator Panel (AEP)…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, State Policy, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
Conley, David T. – WestEd, 2006
An ever-increasing proportion of high school students in the United States today aspire to graduate from college. Yet statistics indicate that the percentage of college students receiving bachelor's degrees has remained relatively constant over the past 25 years, that it now takes on average 6 years to get a four-year college degree, and that…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Change, Academic Achievement, College Preparation
