What are the most effective uses
of college readiness indicators?
Not exact matches
The assemblymembers» letter says the current ELA and math assessments are not valid
indicators of college or career
readiness, are not improving learning or instruction, and are not a reliable measure
of a teacher's ability.
Chronic absenteeism; a mix
of attendance
indicators; choice to re-enroll in same school; standardized observations that take into account factors including classroom organization, emotional support, and instructional support;
college -
readiness measured by ACT, AP, and IB participation and scores
The MIT authors conclude that previous findings
of strong MCAS performance in middle school are consistent with later measures
of academic success, specifically those that are
indicators of improved
college readiness.
As parental education has been shown to be a reliable
indicator of a student's
readiness to learn at school, the researchers categorized students into 1) those with a parent who had a
college degree, 2) those with a parent who had only a high school diploma, and 3) those whose parent (s) did not have a high school diploma.
New Mexico, which already includes more than a dozen «
college and career
readiness»
indicators in its high school accountability system, is a good example
of what is possible in this area.
Exam scores as
indicators of college readiness.
In both subjects, scores on both exams are at least as strongly correlated with
college grades as the SAT, a widely used
indicator of college readiness.
The ten
indicators were: 9th - grade attendance rates; rates
of college readiness at the end
of each grade (as measured by the number
of students on track to earn a Regents diploma as opposed to a less - rigorous «local» diploma); the number
of credits earned and Regents exams passed by grade 12; dropout and transfer rates; graduation rates; and rates
of receiving a Regents diploma.
Based on their research, they developed the National
College and Career
Readiness Indicators, a multi-metric index that offers a truer picture
of whether students are ready for life after high school than you get from simply looking at standardized test scores.
Texas's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan counts the
College, Career, and Military
Readiness indicator as 40 %
of the School Quality and Student Success (SQSS) measure for high schools.
California Dropout Research Project director says a student's GPA and course selections are better
indicators of college readiness than test scores.
Prior to joining Education Northwest in 2011, he spent three years with the University
of Chicago Consortium on School Research, where he managed their nationally focused policy and capacity - building initiatives and worked closely with policymakers, district leaders and researchers developing and using early warning and
college readiness indicators.
• the expansion
of college - and career -
readiness measures — going beyond graduation rates to include important, new
indicators.
Prior to joining the NCTR team, she co-developed a
college readiness indicator system that school districts nationwide are using to help a greater number
of students finish high school prepared for
college.
College - readiness indicators for «on - track» and «highly qualified» students were analyzed for school districts in Nassau County, NY using logistic regression to determine if there is a relationship with the desired outcome of college enrollment and persistence into a secon
College -
readiness indicators for «on - track» and «highly qualified» students were analyzed for school districts in Nassau County, NY using logistic regression to determine if there is a relationship with the desired outcome
of college enrollment and persistence into a secon
college enrollment and persistence into a second year.
While not the final word, that's potentially troubling for California, which is proposing multiple measures
of performance, including student suspension rates, a
college and career
readiness indicator and the new science test, when it's ready in a few years.
Equally intriguing are the
college and career
readiness indicators at the elementary and middle school levels: • %
of students taking Algebra I • %
of students chronically absent (greater than 10 %
of the year)
So, what are the
indicators of college and career
readiness used by NJDOE bureaucrats?
The truth is that after realizing that student grades are a better
indicator of college readiness than standardized tests, hundreds and hundreds
of colleges and universities in the United States are dropping the requirement that students even provide an SAT score with their application.
When considering which
indicators to use at the state level to classify schools, states should use valid and reliable
indicators, such as rates
of chronic absenteeism and measures
of college and career
readiness, but be cautious about using new
indicators;
Because there is only one year
of data for chronic absenteeism and
college / career
readiness, those
indicators won't be assigned a color and used for accountability purposes until fall 2018.
Bottom line: Higher education leaders in every state should support statewide assessments in high school that are aligned with
college readiness standards and use them as early
college readiness indicators, instead
of waiting to assess students when they arrive on campus.
Looking Forward to High School and
College: Middle Grade
Indicators of Readiness in Chicago Public School.
Deeper understanding
of readiness: In addition to the 1 — 36 scoring scale that
colleges know and trust, ACT also provides
college and career
readiness indicators designed to show student achievement and preparedness in areas important to success after high school.
The Smarter Balanced adaptive test aims to provide educators with more authentic
indicators of their students»
college and career
readiness, but some educators have found the test's technology to be limiting and difficult; EdTech leader
New Orleans has made impressive progress, but only 1 - in - 5 students perform at «Mastery» level — a key
indicator of college readiness in elementary and middle school.
But some
of the features
of a strong system are: high standards that reflect
college and career
readiness; high - quality assessments that build in real - world tasks that reflect the kinds
of things students will need to do for
college and career success; annual
indicators of students» progress; attention to both whether or not students are proficient, because we have to understand that; and whether or not they're making progress.
The Smarter Balanced adaptive test aims to provide educators with more authentic
indicators of their students»
college and career
readiness, but some educators have found the test's technology to be limiting and difficult; EdTech leader Steven Rasmussen even went so far as to say, «Not one
of the practice and training test items is improved through the use
of technology... The primitive software used only makes it more difficult for students and reduces the reliability
of the resulting scores.»
In this paper, Bae and Darling - Hammond propose three types
of performance
indicators for use in California's redesigned accountability system to measure and support career and
college readiness.
This assessment measures a student's general education knowledge and is an
indicator of college -
readiness.
In 2005, Governor Rick Perry passed an executive order that provided for the creation
of a system
of college -
readiness indicators, including the reporting
of education remediation rates among
college students and the creation
of an electronic academic records system to facilitate the transfer
of high school transcripts between school districts and between districts and institutions
of higher education.
Oregon is proposing that schools will receive no overall letter grade or score but will instead use a multiple - measure dashboard
of indicators that reflect opportunities for students to learn, academic success, and
college and career
readiness.
How
college and career
readiness can be propelled by a unified system
of predictive
indicators and tiered evidence based interventions.
As a result, the national organization Achieve, Inc. gave Texas its only top rating in accountability criteria in terms
of its inclusion
of all four critical
college and career
readiness indicators.
Nettie Legters, Education Northwest; Douglas MacIver, Johns Hopkins University; Jason Willis, San Jose Unified School District; Emalie McGinnis, San Jose Unified School District San Jose Unified School District is scaling up its
college readiness indicators system (CRIS) districtwide through a unique redesign process that links every school principal with central - office staff in routine, data - driven cycles
of inquiry.
The state has proposed using English language arts and math standardized test scores in grades 3 to 8, science test scores when available, an English learner
indicator, high school graduation rates, suspension rates, chronic absenteeism,
college and career
readiness, school climate, parent engagement and school conditions as part
of its evaluation.
Ultimately, three in four states chose chronic absenteeism as their non-academic
indicator, but many states adopted «a distinctly academic measure» in the form
of college and career
readiness.
A number
of recent state legislative efforts highlight the importance
of course rigor in preparing students for
college and beyond.1 In addition, the State Board
of Education has approved a preliminary
college and career
readiness indicator, which leans heavily on student participation and performance in rigorous courses, such as a — g courses, advanced placement exams, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual enrollment in high school and
college courses.2
For high schools:
College, Career and Military Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high
College, Career and Military
Readiness indicators, including students meeting the Texas Success Initiative benchmarks in reading or math; students who satisfy relevant performance standards on Advanced Placement or similar exams, students who earn dual - course credits, students who enlist in the military, students who earn an industry certification, students admitted into postsecondary certification programs that have as an admission requirement successful performance at the secondary level, students who successfully complete
college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high
college preparatory courses, students who successfully meet standards on a composite
of indicators that indicate the student's preparation to success, without remediation, in an entry - level course for a bachelor's or associate's degree program, students who successfully complete and OnRamps dual - enrollment course, and students awarded an associate's degree while in high school.
Denver School
of Science and Technology is thus far the only Denver or Aurora high school beating the odds for low income and minority students on every
college -
readiness indicator
With the passage
of the Every Students Succeeds Act in 2015, many states» ESSA plans incorporate
college and career
readiness indicators that align with the national Redefining Ready!
Highlighted below are approved plans and their accountability systems and
indicators sections, many
of which highlight
college and career
readiness measurements.
Profiles on each state describe how the state established expectations for
college and career
readiness and also include the state's long - term goals, school performance
indicators, framework for differentiating school performance, and system
of identification and support
of struggling schools.
Achieve, Inc. gave the Texas system, adopted in 2009 and to date only partially implemented, its only top rating in accountability criteria in terms
of its
college and career
readiness indicators.
A number
of on - track
indicators have emerged from research on
college and career
readiness, and are increasingly used to identify learners in need
of additional support.
On - track
indicators of college and career
readiness must measure not only academic and engagement factors that ensure learners are making progress toward content mastery or proficiency, but also behavioral factors that relate to the mastery
of the lifelong learning skills needed to succeed in postsecondary pathways.
«On - track
indicators» refer to formative measures
of progress toward
college and career
readiness, while «measures
of postsecondary
readiness» refer to summative measures that gauge
readiness at or near the end
of a student's high school career.
Nine
of the states that have received ESEA Waivers from the Department - Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Idaho, Louisiana, New Mexico Oklahoma, Oregon, and Texas - include dual and concurrent enrollment classes as an
indicator of college readiness as part
of their annual measurable objectives formulas.
For example, some state plans include measures
of college and career
readiness — such as participation in advanced coursework — in the achievement
indicator or in the graduation rate
indicator.