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Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core
What Every Educator Needs to Know
David T. Conley (Author)
9781118551141, Wiley
Hardback, published 19 November 2013
336 pages
23.1 x 18.5 x 3 cm, 0.635 kg
Create programs that prepare students for college, careers, and the new and challenging assessments of the Common Core State Standards Written for all educators but with an emphasis on those at the secondary level, this important resource shows how to develop programs that truly prepare students for both the Common Core assessments and for college and career readiness. Based on multiple research studies conducted by Conley as well as experience he has gained from working with dozens of high schools that succeed with a wide range of students, the book provides specific strategies for teaching the CCSS in ways that improve readiness for college and careers for the full range of students. Teachers can use this valuable resource to understand the "big picture" behind the Common Core State Standards, how to teach to them in ways that prepare students for new, challenging assessments being implemented over the next few years and, more importantly, how to help all students be ready for learning beyond high school.
Preface xi Acknowledgments xix The Author xxi Introduction 1 1 The New Challenge: All Students College and Career Ready 19 2 College Readiness, Career Readiness: Same or Different? 37 3 The Four Keys to College and Career Readiness 53 4 The Four Keys Continued: Learning Skills and Transition Skills 71 5 Toward Deeper Learning 99 6 Deeper Learning at the Classroom Level 119 7 A Closer Look at the Common Core State Standards 139 8 The Common Core State Standards and College and Career Readiness 169 9 The Consortia Assessments and College and Career Readiness 193 10 From an Assessment System to a System of Assessments 215 11 Where to from Here? 235 Appendix: A Nine-Part Readiness System 267 Index 287
The Common Core State Standards, Student Ownership of Learning, and College and Career Readiness • The Role of Elementary and Secondary Schools • Overview of the Chapters • Using This Book to Support Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
Why College and Career Readiness for All? • From Vocational Education to Career Technical Education • The Academic Core • Creating College Readiness and Career Readiness for All • The Rise of College Readiness Standards
Exploring Readiness More Deeply • Connecting Student Interests and Goals to College and Career Readiness • Levels of Readiness • My Defi nition of College and Career Ready
The Four Keys: An Overview • Key Cognitive Strategies in Depth • Key Content Knowledge in Depth
Key Learning Skills and Techniques in Depth • Key Transition Knowledge and Skills in Depth • The Complexity of College and Career Readiness
Some Framing Characteristics of the Learning Process • Knowledge Complexity Progression • What Is Deeper Learning? • Four Models of Deeper Learning • Overview of Research Foundation for Deeper Learning
Characteristics of the Deeper Learning Classroom • Challenges of the Deeper Learning Classroom • A Closer Look at Scoring Student Work for Deeper Learning • Deeper Learning, the Common Core State Standards, and College and Career Readiness
Where Did the Common Core Come From? • An Overview of the Common Core State Standards • Structure and Organization of the English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards • The Heart of the Challenge of Teaching the Common Core State Standards • What the Common Core State Standards Don’t Do • Appendix: Key Elements of the Common Core
The Reaching the Goal Study • Implementing the Common Core State Standards to Improve College and Career Readiness • Who Owns the Responsibility to Teach the Common Core State Standards? • Understanding Key Areas Related to College and Career Readiness • A Key Role for Elementary School Teachers • The Challenge of the Common Core and College and Career Ready
The Goals of the Consortia Assessments • Characteristics of Each Consortium’s Assessment • Preparing for the Consortia Assessments • The Challenge Remaining
Performance Tasks: Key Element in a System of Assessments • How a System of Assessments Addresses a Wider Range of Standards • Moving toward Student Profiles
What Will “Ready” Mean? • A Blurring of the Line between High School and College • The Future of the Common Core State Standards and Consortia Assessments • The Overall Outlook Conclusion: Changing Demographics, New Instructional Challenges 263
Subject Areas: Education [JN]
