The Forgotten Middle: Ensuring that All Students Are on Target for College and Career Readiness before High School: Executive Summary

2008 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Executive Summary ◽  
College And Career

scholarly journals ¡Adelante! A Community Asset Mapping Approach to Increase College and Career Readiness for Rural Latinx High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 2156759X1880027
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Arriero ◽  
Dana Griffin
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Counselors ◽  
School Counselor ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
School Students ◽  
Asset Mapping ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Mapping Approach

Community asset mapping is an approach that school counselors can use to locate resources to meet the needs of families, schools, and communities. This article provides step-by-step instructions on how school counselors might use community asset mapping to address the needs of their population(s), illustrated with an example of implementation in a rural high school. The authors address implications for school counselor practice.

Texas Perspectives on College and Career Readiness: An Examination of CTE-Supported Endorsements in Public High Schools

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-78
Author(s):  
Maria Adamuti-Trache ◽  
Yi Leaf Zhang ◽  
Staci L. Barker
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Public Schools ◽  
Career Pathways ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Equity Issues ◽  
Academic Differences ◽  
Career And Technical ◽  
College And Career ◽  
Restricted Use

The Texas Legislature passed House Bill 5 in 2013 to adopt the Foundation High School Program, a new graduation program intended to support youth college and career readiness. Texan students entering grade 9 were guided to enroll in one or more endorsements with a specific curriculum designed to introduce them to STEM, Business & Industry, Public Services, Arts & Humanities, or Multidisciplinary areas of study and future career pathways. This research was based on analysis of restricted-use Texas longitudinal administrative and transcript data for 9th graders enrolled in Texas public schools in the academic year 2015/16. We examined the complementary roles that exposure to core academic subjects and career and technical education courses has on making endorsement choices, with a focus on three CTE-supported endorsements, STEM, Business & Industry, and Public Service. The study contributes to the literature on college and career readiness by examining specifically how the academic and vocational dimensions are reflected in the Texas high school endorsements. The study also addresses social equity issues by inquiring who participates in which endorsements and whether student endorsement choices are marked by sociodemographic and academic differences that exacerbate educational inequalities.

scholarly journals Case study of the impact of professional high school internships on college and career readiness

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Stephanie L. Moczygemba-Amaya
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
The Body ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
Educational Systems ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Skill Retention ◽  
College And Career ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this qualitative case study was to explore the impact that professional high school internships have on college and career readiness. Educational systems, both public and private, continue to search for ways to improve postsecondary achievement. Research on this topic is limited; thus, this study aims to strengthen the body of literature and provide educational systems with insight and understanding of how high school internships impact postsecondary readiness. This study is significant, acting as a catalyst to encourage further research in educational systems where high school internships are used to cultivate professional skill building as a tool for successful skill retention in postsecondary experiences.

Unintended Short- and Longer-Term Consequences of Assignment to College Readiness Courses: Evidence from Florida

2020 ◽  
pp. 089590482096474 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel M. Leeds ◽  
Christine G. Mokher
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
College Readiness ◽  
Unintended Consequences ◽  
Career Readiness ◽  
College And Career Readiness ◽  
College Level ◽  
Course Selection ◽  
College And Career ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Different Levels

High school course selection can affect student outcomes in high school, college, and beyond. Policymakers therefore must consider whether policies affecting course selection may have unintended consequences for students with different levels of preparation. We use regression discontinuity analysis to examine the impact of Florida’s College and Career Readiness Initiative on high school coursetaking and subsequent success in college-level courses. To determine which students were most likely to comply with and benefit from the FCCRI, we run subgroup analyses based on students’ course-taking histories, finding that the initiative was beneficial for some students but may have had inadvertently harmed others.

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