College Readiness

Beth Smith, Vice PresidentDan Crump, North Representative

Nov. 8, 2012ASCCC Fall Plenary

National High School Center

• There is growing consensus that students entering the workforce must demonstrate similarly high proficiency in academic knowledge and skills as those entering college (ACT, 2006; Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009; Educational Policy Improvement Center, 2009). Secondary (71%) and postsecondary (78%) teachers alike believe that the knowledge and skill sets necessary for college readiness and career readiness overlap significantly (ACT, 2009).

• Ninety-three percent of middle school students report that their goal is to attend college. However, only 44% enroll in college, and only 26% graduate with a college diploma within six years of enrolling (Conley, 2012a; Conley, 2012b).

• High school teachers estimate that 63% of their graduating seniors will be adequately prepared for college-level coursework without the need for remediation and that 51% will graduate from college (MetLife, 2011).

• Data shows that only 25% of high school graduates who took the ACT test were ready for college-level work (ACT, 2012).

• The estimated cost to states and students to provide remedial college courses to underprepared high school graduates is $3 billion annually (Complete College America, 2012).

What Does It Mean To…

• High School Students?• Community College Students?• Faculty in CCCs?• Faculty in the Universities?• Parents?• High School Teachers?• Public?• Employers?

Content Specific

• Math–Common Core State Standards–University Standards–ICAS Competency Statements

www.icas-ca.org

• English– Common Core Standards– ICAS Competency Statements www.icas-ca.org

• ESL

• “a-g” requirements for high school students

David Conley Educational Policy Improvement Center

Success – without remediation – in credit-bearing general education courses or a two-year certificate program.

EPIC Defines Key Areas

– Key Content Knowledge (writing, simple research, core/GE subject area knowledge)

– Key Cognitive Strategies (inquisitiveness, reasoning, intellectual openness, precision and accuracy)

– Key Learning Skills and Techniques (self-control, note taking, time management)

– Key Transition Knowledge and Skills (understanding college or work as a system, interpersonal and social skills, culture of college)

16 Habits of Mind

1. Persisting2. Communicating with clarity

and precision3. Managing impulsivity4. Gathering data through all senses5. Listening with understanding and

empathy

6. Creating, imagining, innovating7. Thinking flexibly8. Responding with wonderment and

awe9. Metacognition10. Taking responsible

risks11. Striving for greater

accuracy and precision

12. Finding humor13. Questioning and problem posing14. Thinking interdependently15. Applying past knowledge to new

situations16. Remaining open to continuous

learning

Example from the CCSS Mathematics Standards

Mathematical Practices• 1. Make sense of problems and persevere in

solving them.• 2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.• 3. Construct viable arguments and critique

the reasoning of others.• 4. Model with mathematics.• 5. Use appropriate tools strategically.• 6. Attend to precision.• 7. Look for and make use of structure.• 8. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning.

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