What We Are Reading: Absenteeism, AP, Extended-Year Graduation Rates
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NCLB Waivers and States’ Definitions of College and Career Ready
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Under Principle 1: College and Career Ready Expectations of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Waiver Applications, states were required to include their definition of CCR in their applications. We reviewed the 10 approved waiver applications seeking clarity about states’ definitions of CCR expectations.
National High School Center’s EWS Tool and Collaborative Work Featured in Education Week
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The National High School Center’s early warning system (EWS) project was recently featured in a February 8th Education Week article, “Data Tools Aim to Predict Student Performance.”
Research and Questions about Dual Enrollment
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Last week the American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF), in partnership with the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR), hosted a Capitol Hill briefing on dual enrollment, a strategy in which high school students take college courses. The event, Dual Enrollment: A Strategy for Improving College Readiness and Success for All Students, featured two reports about dual enrollment released by NCPR.
What We’ve Learned About Dual Enrollment
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The National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, recently released two new studies of dual enrollment. Dual enrollment—in which high school students take college courses—has risen in popularity over the past decade as policymakers and educators have sought ways to smooth the transition from high school to college. The two studies add to a growing body of work that suggests that participation in dual enrollment can lead to a range of positive college outcomes for students.
What We Are Reading: Opportunity Youth, ESEA Waivers, and Common Core
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New Secondary Schools Group in ED’s Online Community
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Doing What Works: Secondary Content Professional Development Package
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The U.S. Department of Education recently released a professional development resource through Doing What Works (DWW) and the National High School Center.
What We Are Reading: NYC Small Public High Schools, Digital Learning, Quality Counts
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Using Data to Improve Student Outcomes and Inform Educational Decision Making
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On January 18, 2011, the Data Quality Campaign (DQC) hosted a national summit and invited panelists such as U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, 2011 Georgia Teacher of the Year Pam Williams, Executive Director of the Data Quality Campaign Aimee Guider, and others, to discuss why education data matters, how education data is currently being used, and what actionable steps need to be taken to strengthen data use across the United States.
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