基本説明
Helps improve the preparation of more secondary school students so that they are able to succeed in college.
Full Description
Giving students the tools they need to succeed in college and work College and Career Ready offers educators a blueprint for improving high school so that more students are able to excel in freshman-level college courses or entry-level jobs-laying a solid foundation for lifelong growth and success. The book is filled with detailed, practical guidelines and case descriptions of what the best high schools are doing. * Includes clear guidelines for high school faculty to adapt their programs of instruction in the direction of enhanced college/career readiness * Provides practical strategies for improving students' content knowledge and academic behaviors* Offers examples of best practices and research-based recommendations for change The book considers the impact of behavioral issues-such as time management and study habits-as well as academic skills on college readiness.
Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. About the Author. Introduction. Should and Can Today's High Schools Prepare All Students for College and Careers? * College Ready and Work Ready: One and the Same? * Th e New Challenge * What We Mean by "Ready for College and Careers". Part One: Redefining College and Career Readiness. 1 The Four Key Dimensions of College and Career Readiness. General Elements of a More Comprehensive Defi nition of College and Career Readiness * Current Means to Determine College and Career Readiness * An Examination of the Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness * Differences Between High School and College Courses * Operational Examples of College Readiness. 2 Ways to Develop Key Cognitive Strategies and Key Content Knowledge. Focusing on the "Big Ideas" * Aligning Courses and Expectations Between High School and College * Formative Assessment for College Readiness. 3 Ways to Develop Self-Management Skills and "College Knowledge". Elements of Self-Management * "College Knowledge"-Contextual Skills and Awareness. 4 Key Principles of College and Career Readiness. Principle 1: Create and Maintain a College-Going Culture in the School * Principle 2: Create a Core Academic Program Aligned with and Leading to College Readiness by the End of Twelfth Grade * Principle 3: Teach Key Self-Management Skills and Academic Behaviors and Expect Students to Use Th em * Principle 4: Make College and Careers Real by Helping Students Manage the Complexity of Preparing for and Applying to Postsecondary Education * Principle 5: Create Assignments and Grading Policies Th at More Closely Approximate College Expectations Each Successive Year of High School * Principle 6: Make the Senior Year Meaningful and Appropriately Challenging * Principle 7: Build Partnerships with and Connections to Postsecondary Programs and Institutions. 5 Case Studies of Schools That Succeed. Alternative School: University Park Campus School, Worcester, Massachusetts * Magnet School: Fenway High School, Boston, Massachusetts * Comprehensive High School: Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, Colorado * Charter School: Minnesota New Country School, Henderson, Minnesota * Early College High School: Manhattan Hunter Science High School, New York, New York * Comprehensive High School: Garland High School, Garland, Texas * Magnet School: Polytech High School, Woodside, Delaware * Private School: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, Illinois. 6 Putting It All Together. Develop a Profi le of the School's College Readiness Capacity * Identify Outcome Measures of Success * Assess the District Capacity to Support Improvements * Institute Specifi c Programs to Address the Four Dimensions of College and Career Readiness * Institute Professional Development to Support College Readiness * Recognize the Importance of Culture and Change Culture * Gauge the Progress of Changes in the High School * What Are the Eff ects on Student Performance in College? Part Two: Steps on the Road to Readiness. 7 Steps High Schools Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Ready. Small Schools and High School Conversions * Career Academies * Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate Programs * Early College High Schools * Dual Credit * Learning from the New Models. 8 Steps States Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Ready. State Actions to Date * Examples of State Actions * State College Readiness Standards: The Example of Texas * Clear Messages States Can Send to the Secondary System * Clear Messages States Can Send to Their Postsecondary Systems * Concluding Observations. Afterword. Appendix A: Two Examples of Tasks Th at Develop and Assess Key Cognitive Strategies. Appendix B: Example Items from the School Diagnostic. Appendix C: Resource List. Index. To Herb Kohl, my inspiration to become a writer; to Dave and Vera Mae Fredrickson, my mentors and role models; and to John and Jaye Zola, who challenge us all to be better educators.
