Sentences with phrase «postsecondary ready students»

They are the only ones who can fill the «pipeline» with the postsecondary ready students we will need for the state's prosperity, and they should be held accountable for doing so.

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This is a state - driven effort, and, through PARCC, K - 12 and postsecondary have come together as never before to ensure students have the opportunity to get ready for and succeed in college and the workforce.

I'm ready to concede that it is a pretty darn good pathway, at least for students who actually complete a postsecondary credential.

Our academic goals include children entering kindergarten ready to learn and students graduating from high school and going on to obtain a postsecondary degree or certification.

Leveraging the federal role by using the Higher Education Act to offer students incentives to graduate ready for college and the workplace, support state efforts to raise high school exit standards and strengthen postsecondary accountability, and by aligning the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress to ADP's benchmarks; and,

As states implement college - and career - ready standards and try to prepare more students for postsecondary education, some are looking to better position guidance - counseling programs to do much of the additional outreach.

Schools nationwide are getting results with Apex Learning digital curriculum: higher graduation rates, lower dropout rates, improved scores on high - stakes exams, and more students ready for postsecondary success.

Urban school districts must focus on how to enable all students to meet graduation requirements and make them ready for postsecondary education, which is essential to qualify for employment with decent wages.

amendment, approved by voice vote, would help ensure that students are ready for postsecondary education and the workforce by encouraging states to incorporate career readiness indicators into their state accountability systems.

This group is committed to college - and - career - ready standards for all students and has issued a Call to Action for Postsecondary Leaders.

This brief examines how two federal laws, the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), can promote meaningful pathways to postsecondary opportunities by ensuring all students are college and career ready.

States that are implementing college - and career - ready standards, including the Common Core State Standards or variations on those standards that have been tailored to state or local needs, are positioning their students for successful transition into postsecondary education and the workforce.

To even be eligible for funding, states had to promise that they would fully adopt a set of common college - and career - ready standards supplemented with only 15 % of their own standards.2 Applicants also had to demonstrate that they would expand their state's longitudinal data system to be in the same format as other states and to contain new data including student health, demographics, and success in postsecondary education.3

Reflected in the college and career - ready standards being implemented across the United States, an emphasis has been placed on preparing students with both the literacy and technology skills needed to succeed in postsecondary education and the workforce.

In using ARRA funds, states and school divisions must advance core reforms identified in the legislation, including: implementation of college - and career - ready standards and assessments for all students; establishment of preschool to postsecondary and career longitudinal data systems; improvement in teacher quality — especially for students most at risk of academic failure; and improvement of low - performing schools through effective interventions.

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.

Meandering Toward Graduation, a report from EdTrust explores that issue, highlighting the gulf between the growing expectation that all students be «college and career ready» and the realities of high school curriculum that are poorly preparing students to achieve their postsecondary goals.

There is some good news but work is still needed to ensure that students are ready to seize postsecondary opportunities:

Early warnings from rigorous 11th grade assessments can help close the preparation gap before postsecondary enrollment, but only if students are provided targeted supports to meet college - ready benchmarks.

K - 12 and postsecondary partnerships are deepening their focus on producing «college - ready» graduates, while increasing supports for underprepared students — but without better data, it's hard to tell whether any of this is working.

The Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support (SAILS) program, known as TN SAILS, began as a collaborative effort between a single community college and the local high school, designed to increase the number of students who are college ready in mathematics so that they can enter directly into credit - bearing postsecondary coursework.

States should start by looking at ways to build and scale promising practices like these so more students are ready for and successfully transition to postsecondary education.

With more intentional partnerships focused on providing speed up and catch up opportunities aligned with college - ready expectations, more students will graduate high school, complete their postsecondary education, and enter the workforce successfully.

Perry's chief objection to the RTTT grant was its requirement that a state adopt either college - and career - ready standards that are common to a significant number of states, or standards that are approved by a state network of institutions of higher education, which must certify that students who meet the standards will not need remedial course work at the postsecondary level.

We strategically partner to ensure more students are academically prepared at every stage of the education continuum — from pre-kindergarten through postsecondary education — and ultimately, graduate college and career ready.

Policymakers and practitioners continue to seek ways to help more students graduate from high school ready to successfully transition into and complete postsecondary education prepared for careers.

Overview Policymakers and practitioners continue to seek ways to help more students graduate from high school ready to successfully transition into and complete postsecondary education prepared for careers.