The Common Core State Standards: Closing the School-College Gap

Autor/inn/en	King, Jacqueline E.; Jones, Allison
Titel	The Common Core State Standards: Closing the School-College Gap
Quelle	In: Trusteeship, 20 (2012) 2, S.16-21 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1068-1027
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; State Standards; School Holding Power; College School Cooperation; Board of Education Role; Governing Boards; Governance; Teacher Education; Administrator Role; Institutional Role; Teacher Role; Developmental Studies Programs; College Preparation; College Readiness; Graduation Rate; Change Strategies; Alignment (Education); Articulation (Education) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Governing body; Governing bodies; Leitungsgremium; Education; Educational policy; Financing; Steuerung; Bildung; Erziehung; Bildungspolitik; Finanzierung; Lehrerausbildung; Lehrerbildung; Lehrerrolle; Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Lösungsstrategie; Articulation; Artikulation (Ling); Artikulation; Aussprache
Abstract	Many barriers can prevent students from entering and succeeding in college, including financial difficulties, family obligations, and personal problems. However, the most significant impediment is inadequate academic preparation. As higher education widens its focus from college access to degree completion, a new relationship between K-12 and higher education is necessary. Higher education institutions and schools must collaborate to define the knowledge and skills students need to be ready for college and to determine the most effective means of helping students meet those expectations. And leaders of colleges and universities, including boards of trustees, can play a key role in encouraging that. Despite the critical need for collaboration between K-12 and postsecondary education to ensure that students graduate from high school ready to succeed in college, the two sectors have traditionally maintained an arm's length relationship. Postsecondary educators have not communicated effectively to their K-12 counterparts what students need to know in order to be ready for college, and K-12 has limited understanding of which academic skills will ensure student success in higher education. The two sectors have distinct cultures and have operated, for the most part, independently of each other. That is changing. A national movement is bringing educators together from across the Pre-K to 16 continuum with a common goal: re-establishing the United States as an international leader in educational attainment. Across the country, educators are working together in ways they never have before to put in place the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) that define the core competencies in mathematics and English-language arts students need to succeed in college and their careers. Boards are encouraged to actively support efforts to build a culture of collaboration with K-12 and to align key policies and priorities of student retention and graduation with the new standards. (Lists 2 resources and contains 1 note.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10