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Author(s):ACT, Inc.
Title:Using PLAN to identify student readiness for advanced courses in high school
Source:http://www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/using_plan.pdf
Date:2005
Organization:ACT, Inc.
Short Description:This article explains the benefits of students taking PLAN to encourage the attainment of career and educational goals.
Annotation:Administering PLAN to 10th-grade students not only provides them with the opportunity to assess their progress toward their educational and career goals, but also allows schools and school districts to determine which of their students stand to benefit the most from taking IB (International Baccalaureate), AP (Advanced Placement), dual enrollment, and other rigorous coursework.
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College Preparation/College Readiness
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Testing/Standardized Test Results

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Pathways to boosting the earnings of low-income students by increasing their educational attainment
State test score trends through 2007-08: Are achievement gaps closing and is achievement rising for all?
Closing the expectations gap 2010
High school policy reform: A plan for success (California)
Council for Exceptional Children
How many schools have not made adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act?
Multiple Pathways in California: A New Option for High School Reform
New York City's Strategy for Improving High Schools: An Overview
Policy on dual credit opportunities in Indiana
Good data. Better policy. Stronger commitment. Improved outcomes.
A new national approach to career navigation for working learners
Alternative pathways to high school graduation: An international comparison
College readiness for all: The challenge for urban high schools
The 2009 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?
Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina
The educational crisis facing young men of color: Reflections on four days of dialogue on the educational challenges of minority males
Expanding access and opportunity: The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars program (2010 Update)
Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know
The economic benefits from halving the dropout rate: A boom to businesses in the nation's largest metropolitan areas
Assessing the use and impact of ECMC Foundation's Realizing the College Dream curriculum
The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success
My College QuickStart
Linking secondary and postsecondary systems: Lessons from Indiana
Ohio State University Department of Mathematics Early Mathematics Placement Testing
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success: Annotated bibliography
U.S. performance across international assessments of student achievement: Special supplement to The Condition of Education 2009
ACT test dates
Toward informative assessment and a culture of evidence: Results from strengthening pre-collegiate education in community colleges
Preparing the workers of today for the jobs of tomorrow
Redefining college readiness
Budgeting for college access marketing campaigns
Listening to Latinas: Barriers to high school graduation
No time to lose: Why America needs an education amendment to the US Constitution to improve public education
The condition of college readiness 2009
Parent and caregiver activities to create a college-going culture
A critical mission: Making adolescent reading an immediate priority in SREB states
The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality
The state of learning disabilities 2009
A developmental perspective for high school practitioners on college and workplace readiness
The path to career success: High school achievement, certainty of career choice, and college readiness make a difference
Financing higher education: A myriad of problems, a myriad of solutions
Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students
Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans Website and Secondary School Toolkit - Spanish Version
National Parent School Partnership Program
Asking the right questions: A judicial checklist to ensure that the educational needs of children and youth in foster care are being addressed
Beating the odds: An analysis of student performance and achievement gaps on state assessments: 2005-06 School year
International students and U.S. admissions tests: Exams for undergraduate admissions and placement
Great summer jobs: Explore careers and gain valuable experience
No child left behind: What it means for parents
Discover 10 ways to jump-start college planning: Help your child take the right steps, now
Homework helper: Help your child take control
Choosing smart electives: Cultivating interests, strengths, and special talents
Findings from the early college high school initiative: A look at best practices and lessons learned regarding a dual enrollment program
New Hampshire's multi-tiered approach to dropout prevention
States' progress toward high school restructuring
Application requirements: There's more than just a form
Getting ready for college: Advising high school students with learning disabilities
YMCA
A supporting role: How accreditors can help promote the success of community college students
Standardization vs. flexibility: State policy options on placement testing for developmental education in community colleges
Postsecondary success begins with high school preparation
From cradle to career: Connecting American education from birth through adulthood; California state report
Great expectations: A guide to Alabama's high school graduation exam
What works clearinghouse: Middle school math
The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007
The nation's report card: Reading 2007
The challenges of change: Learning from the child care and early education experiences of immigrant families
The study of economic, informational, and cultural barriers to community college student transfer access at selective institutions: National estimates of transfer access and baccalaureate degree attainment at four-year colleges and universities
Tips for parents with middle school teens: Countdown to college
Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college
Indiana campus compact
2007 ACT National and state scores
Student poll: High school students want parents to be more involved in college planning
Resources for intermediaries: Developing a budget for early college
Rethinking high school: Preparing students for success in college, career, and life
What works in student retention
Using posttesting to show the effectiveness of developmental/remedial college courses
College planning acronym dictionary
A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect
Closing the expectations gap 2007: An annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and work
LearnMore Indiana Resource Center
Guia para padres (Guide for parents)
Guia para estudiantes (Guide for students)
Cómo pagar por sus estudios universitarios (Financial aid guide)
Eligiendo una universidad (Choosing a college)
Financial aid FAQ (frequently asked questions)
Financial aid glossary: Some terms you may enounter on the road
How do I pay for college?
Spanish services training guide
Writing your admissions essay
Course credit accrual and dropping out of high school
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
Statement of the national summit on competitiveness: Investing in America's future
Addressing the needs of under-prepared students in higher education: Does college remediation work
NCHEMS information center
Access to the most selective private colleges by high-ability, low-income students: Are they out there?
National inventory of academic pathways
It's kind of different: Student experiences in two early college high schools
It takes more than pressure to improve failing high schools
Does diversity make a difference? Three research studies on diversity in college classrooms
Mixed messages: What state high school tests communicate about student readiness for college
College is possible
Student readiness for college: Connecting state policies
Summary of Indiana policy environment to support and sustain early college high schools
National High School Center
Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid
High school reform and work: Facing labor market realities
Minority student achievement network
Success for All Foundation
Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement
Career advancement for low-income workers through community college and community-based organization partnerships
Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future
Citizen Schools
Work-based learning and higher education: A research perspective
Effects of students’ middle school and high school experiences on completion of the bachelor’s degree: How can school counselors make a difference?
Beyond college for all: Policies and practices to improve transitions into college and jobs
Building a career pathways system: Promising practices in community college-centered workforce development
Every child a graduate: A framework for an excellent education for all middle and high school students
Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college
The expectations gap: A 50 state review of high school graduation requirements
Latino students and the educational pipeline: From middle school to the workforce
Encouraging news for college bound foster youth
Indiana Core 40 Scholars Initiative fact sheet
Do graduation tests measure up: A closer look at state high school exit exams
African American achievement in America
Latino achievement in America
A summary of career beginnings impact evaluation: Findings from a program for disadvantaged high school students
2006-2007 NASFAA financial aid night and counselor's materials
Model college-preparatory curriculum
Urban school reform: Achievement and school climate outcomes for the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)
How desegregation changed us: The effects of racially mixed schools on students and society
Measuring up internationally: Developing skills and knowledge for the global economy
Qualified teachers for at-risk schools: A national imperative
The career pathways how-to guide
Labor force participation in formal work-related education in 2000-01
Recent STEM initiatives
Quality Counts 2007: State Highlights Reports
Making opportunity affordable: Reinvesting in college access and success
Working together: Aligning state systems and policies for individual and regional prosperity
From college access to college success: College preparation and persistence of BPS graduates
Linking career/technical studies to broader high school reform
The postsecondary education experiences of high school career and technical education concentrators
Identifying potential dropouts: Key lessons for building an early warning data system: A dual agenda of high standards and high graduation rates
Analyzing state and regional K-16 policies: A toolkit for researchers and policy analysts
ACT college readiness benchmarks, retention, and first-year college GPA: What's the connection?
Who goes to preschool and why does it matter?
OECD Programme for international student assessment
Crisis or possibility? Conversations about the American high school
Reclaiming the American dream
Strategic instruction model
The college ladder: Linking secondary and postsecondary education for success for all students
The high school transcript study: A decade of change in curricula and achievement, 1990-2000
Forgotten students: American Indian high school students' narratives on college going
Indian students and college preparation
Bridging the gap between high school and college
Schools to watch
Middle Start
The role of the guidance profession in a shifting education system
National Center for College Costs
Measuring what matters: Creating a longitudinal data system using data to improve student achievement
College going culture baseline expectations
The opportunity illusion: Subsidized housing and failing schools in California
Funding career pathways and career pathway bridges: A federal policy toolkit for states
Guiding the way to higher education: Families, counselors, and communities together
FloridaCAN! Empowering communities to work alongside our schools for student success
Restructuring 'restructuring': Improving interventions for low-performing schools and districts
Achieving dramatic school improvement: An exploratory study
Route 21: 21st century skills information, resources, and community tools
Characteristics of effective urban college preparation programs
College Board AP Summary Reports: 2009
National Opportunity to Learn Campaign
Building an early childhood professional development system

 

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