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 There's much going on in the world of secondary education. Here you will find a variety of research/reports/articles highlighting many of those issues. Posting here does not imply Georgia Partnership endorsement. Transforming the High School Experience This report looks at how New York City’s New Small Schools are boosting student achievement and graduation rates. (July 2010) This evaluation finds students involved in extracurricular activities and subject to in-school random drug testing reported less substance use than their peers in high schools that didn't have drug-testing programs. (July 2010) Closing the Expectations Gap 2010 Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve releases a 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. (March 2010) Gaining Ground in the Middle Grades: Why Some Schools Do Better The study surveyed more than 4,000 California teachers, principals, and superintendents about a wide range of middle grades practices. (February 2010) Students in Rural Schools Have Limited Access to Advanced Math Courses Students in rural areas and small towns have less access to higher-level mathematics courses in school than their peers elsewhere. (Fall 2009 report, posted here January 2010) Engaging the Voices of Students - 2007 & 2008 Results from this survey reveal that students are looking to be interacted with, cared about, challenged and valued (ECS Connection). (December 2009) Achieving Excellence in Secondary Education: Georgia's Unfinished Business This report assess where Georgia's secondary system currently stands and where it needs to improve. (November 2009) 2008 GED Testing Program Statistical Report The report provides candidate demographic and GED tests performance statistics as well as historical information on the GED testing program. (August 2009) Raising Rigor, Getting Results - Lessons Learned from AP Expansion This report looks at the two year effort by the NGA to expand Advanced Placement programs in six states that resulted in a 65 percent increase in student enrollment and an even bigger increase among minority students. (August 2009) Making High School Students into “College Material” Too many students graduate from high school unprepared for the rigors of postsecondary education. As a result, many new intiatives are being developed. (July 2009) Keeping Middle Grades Students on the Path to Success in High School This report, part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, documents the stall of progress in middle grades reading and math achievement. (June 2009) Growing Pains in the Advanced Placement Program: Do Tough Trade-Offs Lie Ahead? This study that in a survey of 1,000 Advanced Placement (AP) teachers, more than half fear that looser enrollment requirements for students are leading to a dilution of course quality. (May 2009) A Critical Mission: Making Adolescent Reading an Immediate Priority in SREB States - The Report of the Committee to Improve Reading and Writing in Middle and High Schools This report urges states to develop comprehensive adolescent literacy policies that establish improvement in middle grades and high school reading and writing as the most immediate critical priority for public schools. (May 2009) Reengaging High School Dropouts This report presents very early results from a rigorous, independent evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive residential program that aims to “reclaim the lives” of young people ages 16 to 18 who have dropped out of school. (March 2009) 20 Ways AP is Bad - Not! A group with a history of opposing Advanced Placement programs in U.S. schools draws return fire from this writer. Read and decide. (March 2009) Course Credit Accrual and Dropping Out This brief examines the number of credits earned by high school students and the relationship between course credit accrual and dropping out. (February 2009) |
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