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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. 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) Accelerating the Agenda: Actions to Improve America's High Schools Despite tougher coursework requirements and other improvements, states need to do much more to make sure high school students are poised for success, including better defining what constitutes career and college readiness. (December 2008) 2008 National Survey of Student Engagement This 10th annual report provides comparative data on student experiences at four-year institutions nationwide. (November 2008) The Misplaced Math Student - Lost in Eighth-Grade Algebra Peering beneath the hood of a national push to have all students take algebra by 8th grade, this study finds that many of the lowest-performing middle-schoolers are in way over their heads. (September 2008) Algebra II End-of-Course Exam: 2008 Annual Report This report shows students across the country struggled with advanced algebra on a first-of-its-kind test in that subject. (September 2008) Florida's Middle School Reading Coaches. What Do They Do? Are They Effective? Despite recent progress in reading achievement among elementary school children, literacy levels among U.S. adolescents remain low. (September 2008) This case study looks at the success of students at the STAR Early College School in New York, where many who otherwise might have struggled to finish high school have earned college credit. (August 2008) State High School Exit Exams: Moving Toward End-of-Coures Exams This report examines the new developments in the implementation of state high school exit exams in the 26 states (including Georgia) that currently implement or plan to implement these tests. (August 2008) Setting the Stage for New High Schools - Municipal Leadership in Supporting High School Alternatives This report examines how mayors and other municipal leaders in seven cities across the country (Atlanta; Boston; Corpus Christi; Hartford; Phoenix; San Jose; and Seattle) are expanding alternatives for students who struggle in traditional high school settings. (November 2007, Posted July 2008) High School Exit Exam Serves as Good Predictor Using the San Diego Unified School District as a test case, this report predicts passage of the California's high school exit exam as early as 4th grade. (July 2008) Rethinking the Cost of Small High Schools Project This is a recently concluded three-year effort aimed at building understanding and tools that would support districts in creating cost-effective systems of high-performing urban high schools. (July 2008) Career Academies - Long Term Impacts on Labor Market Outcomes, Educational Attainment, and Transition to Adulthood This evaluation of nine career academies finds that eight years after graduation, participants had significantly higher employment and earnings than similar students. The findings could be particularly relevant to low-income, minority students. (June 2008) The Qualities that Differentiate High-achieving and Low-achieving High-poverty Rural High Schools: A Transformative Mixed Methods Study This study suggests that it may be community involvement and a school's commitment to student excellence which determine whether rural schools are high- or low-achieving. (June 2008) The High Cost of High School Dropouts - What the Nation Pays for Inadequate High Schools According to this report, had the more than 1.2 million students who dropped out of the Class of 2008 graduated, the nation's economy would have benefitted from an additional $319 billion in income over the course of their life times. (June 2008) SAT Studies Show Test's Strengths in Predicting College Success The revamped SAT, expanded in 2005 to include a writing test, predicts college success no better than the old test, and not quite as well as a student's high school grades. (June 2008) College - Ready in Mathematics This report profiles three public high schools that are successfully preparing diverse students to be college and career ready. (June 2008) Crafting a New Vision for High Schools - How States Can Join Academic and Technical Studies to Promote More Powerful Learning This report calls for states to align their career and technical curriculum with college-readiness standards, conduct end-of-course assessments, and establish panels of college faculty, high school teachers, school officials, and employers to devise curriculum frameworks and course syllabuses. (May 2008) Implementation Study of Smaller Learning Communities: Final Report This report describes the strategies and practices used in implementing SLCs based on surveys and case studies of the first cohort of grantee schools funded under this program, as well as analysis of annual performance reports submitted by SLC grantees. (May 2008) Early College High School Initiative - Empowering Students: How Georgia College Early College Changes Student Aspirations This case study examines the features of the Georgia program, which deliberately recruits students from the community who perform below grade level. (May 2008) Additional Learning Opportunities in Rural Areas - Needs, Successes and Challenges Expanded learning opportunities, longer school days and years, and after-school programs should be used to help disadvantaged students not only in cities but also in rural areas, where students from low-income families are even less likely to complete high school, says this report. (April 2008) Engaged for Success - Service Learning as a Tool for High School Dropout Prevention This report arguing that service-learning programs have the potential to provide hands-on activities that bring relevance to classroom lessons, increase student engagement, and therefore keep more students in school longer. (April 2008) How can we close the math achievement gap? This report looks at the real challenges behind the math achievement gap and what high achieving schools can teach us about how to close it. (April 2008) Raising Graduation Rates in an Era of High Standards - Five Commitments for State Action This paper, focusing on high school reform, calls upon state policymakers to commit to five key outcomes and suggests strategies and steps that they can take to focus their high school reform efforts on ensuring that these commitments are met. (March 2008) Extended-Learning After-School Programs: A Very Positive Influence The results of a seven-year study indicate that middle school students in Boston public schools enrolled in extended-learning after-school programs outperformed peers who were not involved with such programs. (January 2008) The Nation's Report Card - Writing 2007 What are our students doing when it comes to writing achievement? There may be some improvements! This Nation's Report Card (NAEP) study/analysis provides insight. (April 2008) Making a Difference?: The Effects of Teach for America in High School Programs like Teach For America can all make a positive difference for student achievement in high school, according to a trio of federally funded studies from CALDER. (April 2008) Understanding High School Graduation Rates in Georgia Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended to do. This study provides a close look at Georgia's graduation rate. (February 2008) How Can Our High Schools Boost American Competitiveness? A good deal of recent study and commentary has been focused on the need to address American students' competitiveness in the world. Tough Choices or Tough Times, produced by the New Commission on the Skills of the American Workforce, and the new documentary Two Million Minutes are just two examples of such commentary. (February 2008) The 4th Annual AP Report to the Nation The findings include participation and performance data for each state within the context of its population and racial/ethnic demographics. It also announced that a greater percentage of the nation's students are taking and succeeding on AP Exams, which are predictors of success in college. (February 2008) 'First Things First' Reform Model Does Not Measure Up Despite attracting high-powered backers such as Bill Gates, this much-touted school improvement program has yet to muster conclusive scientific evidence to show that it prevents students from dropping out. (February 2008) |
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