Alternative Career Readiness Measures for Small and Rural Districts in Texas. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Burkhauser, Susan; Mellor, Lynn; Garland, Marshall; Osman, David
Institution	Texas Education Research Center
Titel	Alternative Career Readiness Measures for Small and Rural Districts in Texas. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2021), (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Alternative Assessment; Career Readiness; Rural Schools; School Districts; School District Size; State Legislation; Educational Legislation; Outcome Measures; Accountability; High School Graduates; Academic Standards; College Readiness; Military Training; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Rural areas; School; Schools; Ländlicher Raum; Schule; Schulen; School district; Schulbezirk; School districts; Size; Schuleinzugsbereich; Landesrecht; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Verantwortung; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; Militärausbildung
Abstract	Texas House Bill 3 established a college, career, and military readiness (CCMR) outcomes bonus, which provides extra funding to districts for each annual graduate demonstrating CCMR under the state accountability system. Some small district and rural district leaders expressed concern about the ability of their graduates to meet the career readiness component of the CCMR accountability standards due to a lack of career and technical education (CTE) program or course resources. Texas Education Agency (TEA) partnered with Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) Southwest to conduct a study focused on attainment of alternative career readiness options among high school graduates, and specifically graduates in small districts and rural districts. The study provides information on the implications of the CCMR accountability standards for high school graduates by examining the extent to which the cohort of 2017-18 Texas public school graduates did not meet CCMR accountability standards, particularly for graduates in small districts and rural districts. The study also provides information on the extent to which graduates demonstrated career readiness via alternative career readiness options identified by TEA. Finally, the study explores whether graduates who met the alternative career readiness options attained similar postsecondary college and career outcomes to graduates who met CCMR accountability standards to inform the Commissioner of Education as he considers alternative career readiness options. [For the full report, "Alternative Career Readiness Measures for Small and Rural Districts in Texas. REL 2021-066," see ED610681.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Texas Education Research Center. University of Texas at Austin, Pickle Research Campus, 10100 Burnet Road, Bldg #137 TCB, Rm 1.143A, L4500, Austin, TX 78758; Tel: 512-471-4528; Web site: https://texaserc.utexas.edu/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01