College and career ready
Subtitle: helping all students succeed beyond high school
By: David T. Conley
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2010
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9780470257913
Description: Offers educators and policymakers an overview of the rationale and methods used to redesign high schools so they can help students prepare for college and vocational school, arguing that it is the school's duty to help students attain the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in the academic and workplace environments.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The four key dimensions of college and career readiness; title: Ways to develop key cognitive strategies and key content knowledge; title: Ways to develop self-management skills and "college knowledge"; title: Key principles of college and career readiness; title: Case studies of schools that succeed; title: Putting it all together; title: Steps high schools are taking to make more students college and career ready; title: Step states are taking to make more students college and career ready; title: Appendix A: Two examples of tasks that develop and assess key cognitive strategies; title: Appendix B: Example items from the school diagnostic; title: Appendix C: Resource list.