Forty - four states endorsed the recommendations, which are now the focus of a major initiative to transform
career readiness policies and programs across the country.
We also work individually with your department to help you reach your instructional improvement goals, engage parents and educators, set up proficiency standards, implement summer math programs and standardize college and
career readiness policies.
These profiles are not intended to be a comprehensive view of all college and
career readiness policies, programs, and initiatives within each state.
The map provides a snapshot of key college and
career readiness policies, including:
Not exact matches
Public opinion and its drivers could well influence state and national
policy under the new administration, so it is worth evaluating what these polls tell us about college - and
career -
readiness related
policies.
Furthermore, research indicates that high - quality, evidence - based programs and
policies that promote social and emotional skills among students can improve academic achievement as well as positive behavior, physical and mental wellbeing, college and
career readiness, and economic productivity.
Career technical education (CTE) has become a focus of many state plans to increase students» college and
career readiness and workforce training, but there is a critical need for high quality research to guide
policy decisions.
We are also quantitatively comparing the alignment of standards to assessments for each state, to answer pressing
policy questions, such as, how well aligned are the new multi-state assessment consortia assessments with college - and
career -
readiness standards?
For example, how are Texas» college - and
career -
readiness standards similar to and different from other state standards, and how does their
policy system differ from other states?
Background: Chad Aldeman is a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, where he has worked on the
Policy and Thought Leadership team since 2012, advising clients and writing on teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, and college and
career readiness.
Garry Davis Research Associate areas of focus: measuring implementation, college and
career readiness,
policy development, program administration, professional development
This series of maps visualizes how specific, consistent, authoritative, powerful, and stable college - and
career -
readiness policies are across all 50 states.
Author Bio: Chad Aldeman is a principal at Bellwether Education Partners, where he has worked on the
Policy and Thought Leadership team since 2012, advising clients and writing on teacher preparation, teacher evaluation, and college - and
career -
readiness.
Out of School and Unprepared: The Need to Improve Support for Students with Disabilities Transitioning to Adulthood In March 2011, the ARISE Coalition, a group of parents, educators, advocates and other supporters of students with disabilities coordinated by Advocates for Children of New York (AFC), released this
policy paper calling on New York City and New York State to follow the law with respect to transition planning and to give post-secondary transition for students with special education needs the same high priority they are beginning to give college and
career readiness for other students.
In addition to serving on the NBPTS Board of Directors from 2008 - 2011, Brookins has served on several professional boards shaping education
policy and practice, including the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), Achieve, the Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and
Careers (PARCC) Content Technical Working Group, the Conference Board of Mathematical Sciences Ad Hoc Committee on Teachers as Professionals, and InBloom.
Mapping College
Readiness uses New America's ATLAS map tool to present
policies that affect how well each state prepares students to meet the challenges of college and
career, along with how well states have leveraged
policy to build a bridge between high school and higher education.
Catalyze transformational approaches to the design and implementation of programs and
policies to increase students»
career readiness in a cohort of leading states and disseminate lessons learned to the rest of the country.
One school board will be selected for its excellence in establishing and executing
policies, practices and strategies that promote and enhance equitable conditions, increased access to quality instruction and improving academic outcomes and
career readiness for African American students.
In states such as Illinois, where the Council of Community College Presidents adopted a
policy in January 2015 to use results on the Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and
Careers exams for placement in institutions statewide, these new
policies provide students an important signal about whether they are ready for college.
Education reform
policy discussions are increasingly dominated by two themes: college and
career readiness and the Common Core State Standards.
Policy Brief: How ESSA and IDEA Can Support College and
Career Readiness for Students with Disabilities: Considerations for States Despite advances in improving college and career readiness for students with disabilities, there is still a great deal of work needed to help more students achieve their full p
Readiness for Students with Disabilities: Considerations for States Despite advances in improving college and
career readiness for students with disabilities, there is still a great deal of work needed to help more students achieve their full p
readiness for students with disabilities, there is still a great deal of work needed to help more students achieve their full potential.
There is a growing national movement to better utilize school counselors and with changes in
policy and practice, counselors can emerge s invaluable resources in our nation's schools to boost college and
career readiness in a time of fiscal constraint.
Last year, the Center for Education
Policy Research at Harvard University surveyed a representative sample of approximately 1,500 teachers across five states (Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nevada, and New Mexico) to learn about the instructional changes they had made in preparation for the new assessments from the Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and
Careers and the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium.
She served on the Kentucky Board of Education for 8 years and participated in several national study groups related to school improvements, education
policy, and college /
career readiness.
Ms. Cushing with expertise in supporting states and districts in the implementation of
policies and processes related to educator evaluation and college - and
career -
readiness.
To protect Florida from the federal government's overreach in education
policy, Governor Scott also sent a letter today to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, announcing the state's decision to withdraw from the Partnership for Assessment of
Readiness for College and
Careers (PARCC).
Her current work includes developing definitions of college,
career, and cultural
readiness with the Alaska State
Policy Research Alliance and...
The brief provides context and background on the numbers of students with disabilities who are college and
career ready; examines issues related to preparation and
readiness for postsecondary education and
careers; and includes examples of current programs and
policies that help students with disabilities to successfully transition to college and
career.
At the same time, new educational
policies like the Common Core State Standards, intend to increase the «college and
career readiness» level of high school graduates through a set of «fewer, higher, clearer» standards.
He is a domestic education and workforce development specialist with almost 40 years of experience in the design, development, and management of projects and programs dealing with educational
policy, teacher education and professional development, college and
career readiness, workforce development, and systemic reform.
In this 45 - minute webinar, originally broadcast live on March 10, 2016, Dr. V. Scott Solberg, Associate Dean of Research at Boston University, leads a range of college and
career readiness research, practice and
policy efforts in collaboration with the National Collaboration on Workforce and Disability for Youth (that is funded by the Department of Labor).
The Perkins Act of 2006: Connecting
career and technical education with the college and
career readiness agenda (2008
Policy Brief).
Career Readiness Assessments Across States: A Summary of Survey Findings Center on Education Policy This summary report describes how states are defining career readiness and which assessments states and districts are using to measure this a
Readiness Assessments Across States: A Summary of Survey Findings Center on Education
Policy This summary report describes how states are defining
career readiness and which assessments states and districts are using to measure this a
readiness and which assessments states and districts are using to measure this attribute.
This report summarizes Maryland's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Mississippi's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) has released SREB Insights, an interactive data tool to help policymakers compare and understand state trends,
policies, and recommended actions for reaching college - and
career -
readiness standards.
This report summarizes Alabama's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Oklahoma's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Florida's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Texas»
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Georgia's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This Ask the CCRS Center brief provides a
policy framework to help states align their college and
career readiness definitions with relevant
policy provisions under ESSA into one cohesive strategy.
This report summarizes Tennessee's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
Our work with CSAI improves state
policies, practices, and support to districts for the implementation of rigorous college and
career readiness standards and assessments.
Our Ask the CCRS Center briefs summarize key research findings, examples, and strategies from the field on how to incorporate college and
career readiness standards and practices into state and local
policies.
States have implemented
policies and initiatives supporting student college and
career readiness by focusing on academic knowledge, social - emotional learning, and employability skills.
This report summarizes Virginia's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes West Virginia's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
This report summarizes Delaware's
policies and practices as of fall 2016 in five key areas of college and
career readiness: standards, assessments, transitional courses, postsecondary placement and remedial education.
The purpose of the research project is to enhance the data reporting that guides local and
policy - level
career and college
readiness decision - making processes at both public education and postsecondary education levels.