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Author(s):Bottoms, G., and Timberlake, A
Title:Giving students a chance to achieve: Getting off to a fast and successful start in grade nine
Source:http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/publications/...
Date:2007
Organization:Southern Regional Education Board
Short Description:Students who successfully complete grade nine are substantially more likely to graduate from high school than are students who fail the freshman year. However, many middle grades students are not academically prepared for ninth grade. This report addresses five questions that can help school leaders ensure that middle grades students know the courses they need to take before ninth grade and that ninth-graders are prepared for the rigor of high school curricula.
Annotation:This report addresses five questions: -Are students enrolled in the right courses that will enable them to achieve their postsecondary goals? -Do ninth-grade students feel prepared to succeed in rigorous high school studies and are they engaged in completing challenging assignments? -Do ninth-grade students possess the literacy and numeracy skills needed to succeed in challenging high school studies? -Do ninth-grade students possess the independent learning skills required for success? -Are students getting the extra help they need to pass challenging courses and the guidance they need to set and achieve postsecondary goals?
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Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students
The misplaced math student: Lost in eighth-grade Algebra
From soldier to student: Easing the transition of service members on campus
College readiness for all toolbox
2009 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report
Family firsts: Reach for your dreams
Diplomas and dropouts: Which colleges actually graduate their students (and which don't)
Can the American high school become an avenue of advancement for all?
Improving low performing high schools: Searching for evidence of promise
The nation's report card: 2007 At a glance
Education Equality Project
The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality
Facts for education advocates: School counseling, access and persistence
A synthesis of grade retention research: Looking backward and moving forward
Is your local high school making the grade? 10 Elements of a successful high school
Race to the top: Promising approaches to assisting the lowest-performing schools
Race to the top: Promising approaches to establishing meaningful data systems fostering continuous improvement
Expanding options: State financing of education pathways for struggling students and out-of-school youth (Indiana report)
Paving the road to college: How school counselors help students succeed
Background on Social and Emotional Learning (SEL)
Cities in crisis 2009: Closing the graduation gap: Educational and economic conditions in America's largest cities
Do increases in Pell and other grant awards increase college-going among lower income high school graduates? Evidence from a 'natural experiment'
Learning around the clock: Benefits of expanded learning opportunities for older youth
Deciding on postsecondary education
Top gap closers: Some public four-year colleges and universities have made good progress in closing graduation rate gaps
Building and using longitudianal data systems for effective reporting and to improve student achievement
Basics of longitudinal cohort analysis: Principles and practices of student success
Strengthening institutional research and information technology capacity through Achieving the Dream: Principles and practices of student success
Expanding access and opportunity: The impact of the Gates Millennium Scholars program (2010 Update)
Postsecondary preparation and remediation: Examining the effect of the early assessment program at California State University
Education reform starts early: Lessons from New Jersey's PreK-3rd reform efforts
The effects of grade retention on the dropout rate
Early college placement testing opportunities in Maine
College readiness issue brief: Aligning P-12 and postsecondary education: Toward a seamless P-16 education system
Pathways to College Network
Promoting gatekeeper course success among community college students needing remediation: Findings and recommendations from a Virginia study
Developing a college-going culture in a middle school: A toolkit
Getting started at community colleges: Reducing unplanned pregnancy and strengthening academic achievement
The value of value-added data
The condition of college readiness 2009
Ready or not? Literacy skills and post-secondary education
No time to lose: Why America needs an education amendment to the US Constitution to improve public education
A shared agenda: Action alert for school superintendents & middle & high school principals
The promise of proficiency: How college proficiency information can help high schools drive student success
Are charter schools making a difference? A study of student outcomes in eight states
Ready for tomorrow: Six proven ideas to graduate and prepare more students for college and 21st-century careers
The Nation's Report Card: Mathematics 2009
Counselor and college access provider activities to create a college-going culture
Graduating America: Meeting the challenge of low-graduation rate high schools
Redefining college readiness
The 2007 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?
Do student success courses actually help community college students succeed?
Remediation in the community college: An evaluator's perspective
From aspirations to action: The role of middle school parents in making the dream of college a reality
State-level high school improvement systems checklist
Transitioning out of high school: A quick stats fact sheet
2007 College-bound seniors: Total group profile report
Indiana's best buys: An in-depth look at Hoosier high schools
Building a culture of evidence for community college student success: Early progress in the Achieving the Dream initiative
Frequently asked questions about college access and success
Opening doors to earning credentials: Changing courses - Instructional innovations that help low income students succeed in community college
'Restoring value' to the high school diploma: The rhetoric and practice of higher standards
Education longitudinal study of 2002 (ELS:2002): A first look at the initial postsecondary experiences of the high school Sophomore class of 2002
The narrowing gap in New York City teacher qualifications and its implications for student achievement in high-poverty schools
What your community can do to end it's drop-out crisis: Learnings from research and practice
The nation's report card: Mathematics 2007
The nation's report card: Reading 2007
The family: America's smallest school
Overcoming obstacles, optimizing opportunities: State policies to increase postsecondary attainment for low-skilled adults
Lost in transition: Building a better path from school to college and careers
The Perkins Act of 2006: Connecting career and technical education with the college and career readiness agenda
Dual enrollment students in Florida and New York City: Postsecondary outcomes
Effective instruction: An inconspicuous strategy for dropout prevention
The Kalamazoo Promise
Using student engagement to improve adolescent literacy
North Central Regional Educational Research Laboratory: Data Primer
Achievement and attainment in Chicago charter schools
More student success: A systemic solution
Knocking at the college door: Projections of high school graduates by state and race/ethnicity 1992-2022
HomeworkSpot
Windows on achievement and inequality
Helping low-wage workers persist in education programs
State high school exit exams: Students with disabilities
Core problems: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty schools
Achieving the Dream Data Notes: Developmental education: Completion status and outcomes
Indiana Academic Honors Diploma
Diplomas count 2008 (Indiana state report): School to college: Can P-16 councils ease the transition
A developmental perspective on college and workplace readiness
Pathways to boosting the earnings of low-income students by increasing their educational attainment
Essential elements of engagement: High expectations and high support
Building a college culture: Needs, goals, principles. and a case study
The community college transfer calculator: Identifying the course-taking patterns that predict transfer to a four-year institution
YouthBuild USA
Strategic designs: Lessons from leading edge small urban high schools
State policies on student transitions: Results of a 50-state inventory
Ensuring college success: Scaffolding experiences for students and faculty in an early college high school
UpwardBound Math-Science: STEM education that works
Education at a glance 2008: OECD indicators
Literacy instruction in the content areas: Getting to the core of middle and high school improvement
Striking the balance: Career academies combine academic rigor and workplace relevance
It's not about the cut score: Redesigning placement assessment policy to improve student success
What happens to high school dropouts who reenroll?
Preparing high school students for successful transitions to postsecondary education and employment
On ramp to college: A state policymaker's guide to dual enrollment
Setting the record straight: How trendy approaches to college access might or might not be helping low-income students
State indicators of science and mathematics education: 2007
Raising boys' achievement
For every 100 girls...
Archdiocese of Indianapolis: The Church in central and southern Indiana
The Study Skills Guide for Students
Do community colleges provide a viable pathway to a Baccalaureate degree?
Out before the game begins: Hispanic leaders talk about what's needed to bring more Hispanic youngsters into science, technology and math professions
Science and mathematics education indicators
Race matters: Unequal opportunities in education
Starting right: A first look at engaging entering students
High school coursework: Policy trends and implications for higher education
Analyzing state and regional K-16 policies: A toolkit for researchers and policy analysts
Dual enrollment of high school students at postsecondary institutions: 2002-03
From high school to the future: A first look at Chicago public school graduates' college enrollment, college preparation, and graduation from four-year colleges
Getting students ready for college and careers
Institutional grants and baccalaureate degree attainment
Reforming education in Indiana: High achievers speak out
Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future
ScholarShop
Closing the aspirations-attainment gap: Implications for high school reform
The Gates effect
School context, student attitudes and behavior, and student achievement: An exploratory analysis
The higher dropout rate of foreign-born teens: The role of schooling abroad
Focus on results: An academic impact analysis of the Knowledge is Power Program
Diversity and persistence in Indiana higher education: The impact of preparation, major choices, and financial aid
It's my life: Postsecondary education and training
Keeping students in school: What other states are doing for at-risk students
Getting ready for college: What student engagement data can tell us
Public education and Black male students: The 2006 state report card
Results that matter: New technology high school at a glance
Academic pathways, preparation, and performance: A descriptive overview of the transcripts from the high school graduating class of 2003-04
The relationship between career development and educational development: A selected review of the literature
Career development interventions and academic self-efficacy: A pilot study
Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- high quality teaching
Washington P-16 policy roundtable: Summary report
Building a strong community partnership
Pathways to and through college: Linking policy with research and practice
Does implementing a research based school counseling curriculum enhance student achievement
What are the expected benefits associated with implementing a comprehensive guidance program
Student success: Statewide P-16 systems -- data and accountability systems
What do we know: Seeking effective math and science instruction
The American diploma project: Overview of research
Latino students and the educational pipeline: From middle school to the workforce
Latino students and the educational pipeline: Latino high school and baccalaureate graduates: A comparison
Fast track to college: Increasing postsecondary success for all students
Beyond college for all: Policies and practices to improve transitions into college and jobs
Beyond empty promises: Policies to improve transitions into colleges and jobs
Ready or not: Creating a high school diploma that counts
Every child a graduate: A framework for an excellent education for all middle and high school students
Negotiating their futures: Ethnographic research informing K-16 college policies and practices through urban youth’s eyes
Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college
Learning to earn
How is school reform tied to increasing college access and success for low income and minority youth
The education pipeline in the U.S., 1970-2000
Comparison of selected education data and rankings for 50 states
Student success: Understanding graduation and persistence rates
It's kind of different: Student experiences in two early college high schools
Reading between the lines: What ACT reveals about college readiness in reading
Head start on college: Dual enrollment strategies in New England
Indiana college intentions by county
Improving the middle grades: Actions that can be taken now
Powerful pathways: Framing options and opportunities for vulnerable youth
First generation students in postsecondary education: A look at their college transcripts
Bridging the widest gap: Raising the achievement of Black boys
Achievement in America
The social prerequisites of success: Can college structure reduce the need for social know-how
Getting honest about grad rates: How states play the numbers and students lose
Courses count: Preparing students for postsecondary success
Turning Points
Moving Indiana forward: High standards and high graduation rates
Orange juice or orange drink? Ensuring that "advanced courses" live up to their labels
Double the work: Challenges and solutions to acquiring academic literacy for adolescent English language learners
Healthier and wealthier: Decreasing healthcare costs by increasing educational attainment
Childcare and early childhood education: More information sharing and program review by HHS could enhance access for families with limited English proficiency
Pre-K and Latinos: The foundation for America's future
The economic promise of investing in high-quality preschool: Using early education to improve economic growth and the fiscal sustainability of states and the nation
Ladders of learning: Fighting fade-out by advancing pK-3 alignment
Early childhood education: Investing in quality makes sense
Improving academic achievement in urban districts: What state policymakers can do
The postsecondary educational experiences of high school career and technical education concentrators: Selected results from the NELS: 88/2000 Postsecondary education transcript study
Realizing the college dream (English and Spanish versions)
Alignment of high school graduation requirements and state-set college admissions requirements
Developing the STEM education pipeline
Differential grading standards among high schools
EPAS®: A system that works
The sensitivity of the ACT to instruction
ACT national curriculum survey, 2005–2006
Aligning postsecondary expectations and high school practice: The gap defined
Serving adult learners in higher education: Principles of effectiveness
Charter high schools: Closing the achievement gap
Achievement gaps: An examination of differences in student achievement and growth
Urban school reform: Achievement and school climate outcomes for the Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP)
The context of "choice" in college pathways
Standards for quality online teaching
Transitioning adults to college: Adult basic education program models
What student engagement data tell us about college readiness
Addressing America's dropout challenge: State efforts to boost graduation rates require federal support
How outreach programs are implemented affects student achievement
College readiness crisis spurs call for change by ACT in nation's core high school curriculum
What are ACT's college readiness benchmarks?
What kind of test preparation is best?
Hispanic students’ ACT scores hold steady as number of those testing increases at record pace
Homework helper: Help your child take control
Choosing smart electives: Cultivating interests, strengths, and special talents
Managing procrastination: Help your child build good study habits
Great summer jobs: Explore careers and gain valuable experience
Relationships between students' high school and middle school experiences and later completion of a Bachelor's degree
New Hampshire's multi-tiered approach to dropout prevention
Improving math performance
Rethinking high school: An introduction to New York City's experience
A supporting role: How accreditors can help promote the success of community college students
Education watch Alabama: Key education facts and figures 2006
Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities
Highlights of the 2007 Accountability System in the State of Texas
Building a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) agenda
Early college high school initiative: Brochure (2007)
Making writing essential to teen lives
How far behind in math and reading are English Language Learners?
A state leader's action guide to 21st century skills
ACT high school profile report: The graduation class of 2007 (Indiana)

 

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