College and career ready
Subtitle: helping all students succeed beyond high school
By: by David T. Conley
Publisher: Jossey-Bass; John Wiley [distributor]
Published: 2012
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif; Chichester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
ISBN-13: 9781118155677
Subjects: College graduates; Higher Education; School-to-work transition; Employment; Evaluation; Universities and colleges
Description: 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.
Notes: Originally published: 2010.

Includes 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.