Sentences with phrase «be ready for college upon»

Specifically, we investigate whether first, second, and third generation Asian and Hispanic immigrants in Florida perform differently on reading and mathematics tests, and whether they are differentially likely to get into serious trouble in school, to be truant from school, to graduate from high school, or to be ready for college upon high school graduation.

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Excerpt: «Link skilled workforce training at community colleges to local businesses so students are prepared for area jobs and are ready to hire upon graduation.»

There are still many areas of the state that have trouble attracting high quality teachers, only a small percentage of students meet all college - ready benchmarks upon graduation, and remediation programs - which help high school graduates prepare for college - cost the state around $ 35 million a year.

Dubbed the «51st State» Working Group, these 10 states — California, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Oregon, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia — worked from a framework developed by Linda Darling - Hammond, Gene Wilhoit, and Linda Pittenger, which proposed a new paradigm for accountability and described how a hypothetical «51st state» might implement strategies to ensure all students were college, career, and life ready upon graduation.

As the demand for materials that truly reflect college - and career - ready standards increases, we are optimistic that more standards - aligned, high - quality resources will be out there for districts to adopt and teachers to draw upon.

We ensure that these tools, materials, and programs are aligned to the district's theory of action for teaching and learning and are based upon «college and career ready» academic rigor and mastery of the Common Core standards.