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Record Nr.

UNINA9910877138703321

Autore

Conley David T. <1948->

Titolo

College and career ready : helping all students succeed beyond high school / / David T. Conley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, 2010

ISBN

1-282-48186-X

9786612481864

0-470-59287-7

1-118-26941-1

0-470-59325-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (339 p.)

Disciplina

371.2/270973

Soggetti

Universities and colleges

Education, Higher - United States - Evaluation

College graduates - Employment

School-to-work transition

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

College and Career Ready: Helping All Students Succeed Beyond High School; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Introduction; Part One: Redefining College and Career Readiness; Chapter 1: The Four Key Dimensions of College and Career er Readiness; Chapter 2: Ways to Develop Key Cognitive Strategies and Key Content Knowledge; Chapter 3: Ways to Develop Self-Management Skills and "College Knowledge"; Chapter 4: Key Principles of College and Career Readiness; Chapter 5: Case Studies of Schools That Succeed; Chapter 6: Putting It All Together

Part Two: Steps on the Road to ReadinessChapter 7: Steps High Schools Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Ready; Chapter 8: Steps States Are Taking to Make More Students College and Career Ready; Afterword; Appendix A: Two Examples of Tasks That Develop and Assess Key Cognitive Strategies; SAMPLE MATH TASK; SAMPLE ENGLISH TASK; Appendix B: Example Items from the School Diagnostic; Appendix C: Resource List; Index



Sommario/riassunto

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 readinessProv