Connecting Schools and Colleges: More Rhetoric than Reality

Autor/in	Kirst, Michael
Titel	Connecting Schools and Colleges: More Rhetoric than Reality
Quelle	In: Chronicle of Higher Education, 55 (2008) 7, (1 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-5982
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; High Schools; Labor Market; Grade 8; Accountability; Financial Support; Student Financial Aid; Colleges; Academic Achievement; Outcomes of Education; Recordkeeping; Databases; Educational Policy; Incentives; Alignment (Education); Standards + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; Oberschule; Labour market; Arbeitsmarkt; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Verantwortung; Finanzielle Förderung; Finanzielle Beihilfe; Studienfinanzierung; Studienförderung; College; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Schulleistung; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Leistungsnachweis; Datenbank; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Anreiz; Standard
Abstract	Most of the nation's eighth graders aspire to college. Unfortunately, the vast majority of them will not realize their ambition to complete their higher education and gain some advantage in the job market. In this article, the author contends that the connections between high schools and higher-education institutions are still not what they should be to help students prepare for college. He outlines four state policy levers that are necessary for true reform to occur: (1) Standards alignment between high school and college for courses, content, and assessment; (2) Student financial support and incentives for higher-education institutions to provide better student-support services; (3) A data system that tracks the progress of individual students from pre-K through college; and (4) Accountability measures that link secondary schools and colleges to student outcomes, like the completion of college. The author suggests that people need to go well past the rhetoric if they are to truly improve the vital connections between high school and college. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10