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Career and College Advice to the Forgotten Half: What do Cou...
To examine the career and college advice that high school counselors and vocational teachers give to the "forgotten half," students who are unlikely to seek a four-year degree.

Issue/Topic: High School; Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
Author(s): Krei, Melinda; Rosenbaum, James
Organization(s): Educational Research and Consulting; Northwestern University
Publication: Teachers College Record
Published On: 10/1/2001

Findings/Results: Most of the counselors and teachers in the sample work in high schools that encourage them to push college attendance. Although both counselors and vocational teachers tend to encourage college for students who show any interest, the two gr...

2001-10-01T00:00:00

Courses Count: Preparing Students for Postsecondary Success
Why aren’t our students ready to succeed in postsecondary programs without remedial help when they leave high school? NOTES FROM ECS: Important implications for policymakers who are considering changes to graduation requirements and other high school policies.

Issue/Topic: High School; Curriculum; High School--College Readiness
Author(s): ACT, Inc.


Season: Winter 2005

Findings/Results:

Some courses and course sequences better prepare students for postsecondary-level work than others, including: English 9 � 12; Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, and one or more upper level mathematics course; and Biology, Chemistry an...

2005-12-01T00:00:00

Deciding on Postsecondary Education: Final Report
To gain a better understanding of data and information that are used and/or needed by students and potential students to assist them in making decisions about participation and choice in postsecondary education.

Issue/Topic: Postsecondary Participation--Access
Author(s): Glover, Denise; MacAllum, Keith; Queen, Barbara; Riggs, Angela


Season: Winter 2007

Findings/Results:
NOTE: Findings reflect focus group results and findings derived from the literature review.

Stages of College Planning and Choice

The Predisposition Stage
The predisposition stage is the sel...

2007-12-01T00:00:00

School Strategies and the "College-Linking" Process: Reconsi...
To reconsider the relationship between high schools and college enrollment by focusing on the strategies that schools use to facilitate transitions to college.

Issue/Topic: High School; High School--College Readiness
Author(s): Hill, Lori
Organization(s): University of Michigan
Publication: Sociology of Education
Published On: 2008

Findings/Results: The analysis identified three distinctive “college-linking” strategies: traditional, clearinghouse and brokering:

1. Traditional strategy - the school acts as a link to the labor market for the majority of students and as a chann...

2008-01-01T00:00:00

ESL Placement and Schools: Effects on Immigrant Achievement
To investigate the effect of ESL placement on immigrant achievement and how it varies across school contexts.

Issue/Topic: Bilingual/ESL
Author(s): Muller, Chandra; Callahan, Rebecca; Wilkinson, Lindsey; Frisco, Michelle
Organization(s): University of Georgia; University of Texas at Austin; Pennsylvania State University
Publication: Educational Policy
Published On: 2009

Findings/Results:

Low-immigrant-concentration ESL Schools:

Immigrant students placed in ESL performed at significantly lower levels than their mainstreamed peers.
The negative effect of ESL placement occurs primarily among first-genera...

2009-01-01T00:00:00

Dreams Deferred? The Relationship Between Early and Later Po...
To determine the characteristics of students who increase, decrease and maintain educational aspirations between 10th and 12th grades; the extent that male and female students of differing racial/ethnic groups maintain postsecondary educational aspirations between 10th and 12th grades; variations in 12th-grade educational aspirations by race/ethnicity after controlling for other variables; and if certain additional constructs improve the explanatory power of the study's design.

Issue/Topic: High School--College Readiness; Postsecondary Participation--Access; Postsecondary Participation
Author(s): Cooper, Michelle

Publication: Educational Policy, Volume 23 Number 4
Published On: 7/2/2009

Findings/Results:

What are the characteristics of students who increase, decrease and maintain educational aspirations between 10th and 12th grades?

This study finds that 76% of 10th grades in 2002 expected to earn at least a bachelor...

2009-07-02T00:00:00

Explaining Gaps in Readiness for College-Level Math: The Rol...
To estimate how much of the racial, socioeconomical and gender gaps in high school and postsecondary outcomes are determined by the courses that students take while in high school.

Issue/Topic: Curriculum--Mathematics; High School--College Readiness; Postsecondary Participation--Access
Author(s): Conger, Dylan; Long, Mark; Iatarola, Patrice
Organization(s): Evans School, University of Washington; Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, Florida State University; Trachtenberg School of Public Policy and Public Administration, George Washington University
Publication: Education Finance and Policy
Season: Winter 2009

Findings/Results:

Less than half of the black and poor students and just over half of the Hispanic students in the sample were prepared for college-level math - far below the readiness rates for whites, Asian and nonpoor students.

The courses ...

2009-12-01T00:00:00

Effects of High School Course-Taking on Secondary and Postse...
To examine the association between students' high school course-taking in various subjects and their 10th-grade test scores, high school graduation, entry into postsecondary, and postsecondary performance.

Issue/Topic: High School
Author(s): Long, Mark; Conger, Dylan; Iatarola, Patrice

Publication: American Educational Research Journal
Published On: 2012

Findings/Results:

There are substantial significant differences in outcomes for those who take rigorous courses, and these effects are often larger for disadvantaged youth and students attending disadvantaged schools.

Students who t...

2012-01-01T00:00:00

The Impact of GEAR UP on College Readiness for Students in L...
To evaluate the impact of the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP) on college readiness outcomes.

Issue/Topic: High School--College Readiness
Author(s): Bausmith, Jennifer; France, Megan
Organization(s): The College Board; Santa Clara University Kenna Hall
Publication: Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk (JESPAR)
Published On: 2012

Findings/Results: Overall, the GEAR UP program showed positive evidence of improving college readiness outcomes for low income students using a variety of college readiness measures.

Overall, schools that implemented the GEAR UP program saw a st...

2012-01-01T00:00:00

College for All: Gaps Between Desirable and Actual P-12 Math...
This study addresses missing links in the current P-16 education and "College for All" debates by investigating gaps between actual and desirable math achievement trajectories for different college pathways. The goals of the study are twofold: (1) to compare performance standards, benchmarks, and norms for college readiness, and; (2) to assess college readiness gaps among all students as well as among racial and social groups.

Issue/Topic: High School--College Readiness; P-16 or P-20



Published On: 3/5/2012

Findings/Results: 1. This study revealed large disparities between actual and desirable math achievement levels for college readiness.

2. Math achievement was a good predictor of whether students in P-12 stay on track toward 2 or 4 year college education...

2012-03-05T00:00:00

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