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Provides guidance for leaders dedicated to cultivating Rigorous and Regulated (R2) early learning environments by highlighting and bringing awareness to a number of reform strategies that often impede the ability for these leaders to carry out their mission.
Previews a new analysis of education data on high schools in the 100 largest school districts that highlights the role of inadequate K-12 preparation as a barrier to post-secondary success for students who live in poverty. The report specifically focuses on the stark differences in the quality of college preparation that high school students receive based on their schools' concentration of poverty.
Presents early findings from Center for the Analysis of Postsecondary Readiness (CAPR)’s nationally representative survey of nearly 1,000 open-access and nonselective postsecondary institutions on development education in colleges and innovations eduators are developing and implementing to address their shortcomings.
Finds that low-income teens who attended "high-performing" high schools were less likely to carry a weapon, binge-drink, have multiple sex partners or take certain other health risks. Includes contact information to learn more about schools and kid's health.
Details the results from a national study on non-first-time students. This was the first national effort to benchmark the persistence pattern of non-first-time college students. Researchers found that only 33.7 percent completed their degree, compared with 54.1 percent of first-time students, raising concerns about how effectively our nation’s higher education system addresses the needs of returning students.
Provides a comprehensive examination of multiple measures placement and co-requisite remediation in California community colleges. As all colleges move toward compliance with a new Assembly Bill focused on broadening the scope and accelerating the pace of curricular change, this study sheds light on what colleges can expect to see in terms of both student outcomes and implementation challenges.
Reports on the progress of U.S. high school graduates relative to college readiness. The report is designed to help educators understand and answer the following questions: 1) Are your students graduating from high school prepared for college and career? 2) Are enough of your students taking core courses necessary to be prepared for success, and are those courses rigorous enough?
Evaluates the Accelerated Study in Associate Programs (ASAP), developed by the City University of New York. ASAP is a comprehensive and long-term program designed to address low graduation rates among students enrolled in associate’s degree programs. This study is a randomized controlled trial on the effects of ASAP on low-income students with developmental (remedial) education needs at CUNY.
Presents information about the State of access to high-quality early learning and the importance and value in expanding access to high quality early learning. The fact sheet information highlights successes of early education federal grant programs and the shares the proposed federal investment in new and continued early education funding.
Presents a recently updated federal website featuring resources, tools, policy guidance and information for parents, educators, administrators, service providers, and advocates for infants, toddlers, and youth with disabilities.