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Author(s):ACT
Title:Developing the STEM education pipeline
Source:http://www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/ACT_STEM_Pol...
Date:2004
Organization:ACT
Short Description:Education leaders and policymakers are called to align the pipeline for the study of STEM areas.
Annotation:This report makes recommendations for strengthening science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in middle schools and high schools. Proposals to align the K-16 education system are made. The article also cites several trends among high school students and their readiness to study in college STEM programs.
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A new mission for the middle-grades: Preparing students for a changing world
Data that matters: Giving high schools useful feedback on grads' outcomes
What four states are doing to support data-driven decision-making: Policies, practices, and programs
Men of color: Ensuring the academic success of Latinos in higher education
Pathway to recovery: Implementing a back on track through college model
Today's promise, tomorrow's future: The social and educational factors contributing to the outcomes of Hispanics in urban schools
Striving for student success: A model of shared accountability
AYP results for 2010-11
Can simple be equitable? Lessons from state grant programs
High school dual enrollment programs: Are we fast-tracking students too fast?
Test, punish, and push out: How zero tolerance and high-stakes testing funnel youth into the school to prison pipeline
Caught in the crisis: Students with disabilities in U.S. high schools
The road ahead: A look at trends in the educational attainment of community college students
The state of young America: Economic barriers to the American dream
State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 4: Is achievement improving and are gaps narrowing for Title 1 students?
Improving college performance and retention the easy way: Unpacking the ACT exam
A comparison study of 12th grade students' college anticipations, aspirations, and college preparatory measures
America's Promise Alliance dropout prevention summits
Digest of education statistics 2010, and mini-digest of education statistics 2010
Unlocking doors and expanding opportunity: Moving beyond the limiting reality of college and career readiness in California high schools
State education agencies as agents of change: What will it take for the states to step up on education reform
Four steps to finishing first: An agenda for increasing college productivity to create a better educated society
The condition of college and career readiness 2011
2011 ACT national and state scores: State reports
Common core state standards: Progress and challenges in school districts' implementation
Mapping state proficiency standards onto the NAEP scales: Variation and change in state standards for reading and mathematics, 2005-09
What is "career ready"?
Compendium of practices to increase Latino college completion 2012: Profiles of organizational efforts
Remediation: Higher education's bridge to nowhere
Promoting quality individualized learning plans: A "how to guide" focused on the high school years
Preparing for college: A national perspective on common core state standards implementation planning
Waiving away high school graduation rate accountability?
The progress of education reform: Pre-K-12 literacy: State of the nation
Improving the odds for failing schools
Caught in the crisis: Students of color and native students in U.S. high schools
The 8th annual AP report to the nation
2012 Brown Center report on American education: How well are American students learning?
On the road to success
Predicting success in college: The importance of placement tests and high school transcripts
State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state) Updated 2012
Student learning plans: Supporting every student's transition to college and career
Opportunity for action: Preparing youth for 21st century livelihoods
Race to the top: What have we learned from the states so far? A state-by-state evaluation of Race to the Top performance
Challenge the status quo: Academic success among school-age African-American males
The SAT report on college & career readiness: 2012
Students and teachers talk about school reform and student engagement
The College Board 2012 national survey of school counselors and administrators: Report on survey findings: Barriers and supports to school counselor success
2012 National survey of school counselors
Do schools challenge our students? What student surveys tell us about the state of education in the United States
Spaces of inclusion? Teachers' perceptions of school communities with differing student racial & socioeconomic contexts
21st Century skills map
Diverse charter schools: Can racial and socioeconomic integration promote better outcomes for students?
Transforming the educational experience of young men of color
The common core standards: What do they mean for out-of-school time?
Overcoming the poverty challenge to enable college and career readiness for all: The crucial role of student supports
An examination of the information technology job market
Working credentials: Sub-baccalaureate degrees and certificates are paying off for students and their employers
View from the field: How to launch district virtual learning
Accelerating college knowledge: Examining the feasibility of a targeted early commitment Pell Grant program
The reality of college readiness 2012: National report
Enhancing school reform through expanded learning
What are we doing to middle school English learners? Findings and recommendations for change from a study of California EL programs
Expanding access and opportunity: The Washington State Achievers Program
College for Every Student (CFES): Assessment of student outcomes 2007-08
Getting ready for college: Financial concerns and preparation among the high school senior class of 2003-04
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act: A Primer on Reauthorization in 2010
Funding career pathways and career pathway bridges: A federal policy toolkit for states
Southern Regional Education Board: Moving Ahead: State progress reports on Challenge to Lead goals
Schools without diversity: Education management organizations, charter schools, and the demographic stratification of the American school system
New America Foundation Early Education Initiative
A portrait of low-income young adults in education
FloridaCAN! Empowering communities to work alongside our schools for student success
Primary sources: America's teachers on America's schools
Managing contracts for educational equity: Emerging trends and issues
College- and career-ready: Using outcomes data to hold high schools accountable for student success
The high cost of low educational performance: The long-run economic impact of improving PISA outcomes
Current challenges and opportunities in preparing rural high school students for success in college and careers: What federal policymakers need to know
High school career academies: A 40-year proven model for improving college and career readiness
Focusing on the essentials for college and career readiness: Policy implications of the ACT national curriculum survey results 2009
Alignment and the states: Three approaches to aligning the national assessment of educational progress with state assessments, other assessements, and standards
Mind the (other) gap!: The growing excellence gap in k-12 education
Giving students extra support to meet standards in challenging academic and career courses
Council for Exceptional Children
Multiple Pathways in California: A New Option for High School Reform
State test score trends through 2007-08, Part 5: Are there differences in achievement between boys and girls?
State and local implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act: Volume IX - Accountability under NCLB: Final report
Implementing data-informed decision making in schools: Teacher access, supports, and use
Career and college planning needs of ninth graders: As reported by ninth graders
Mapping the road to college: First generation students' math track, planning strategies, and context of support
How many schools have not made adequate yearly progress under the No Child Left Behind Act?
Policies paved the way: Early college innovation in North Carolina
Pathways to Prosperity: Meeting the challenge of preparing young Americans for the 21st century
Transforming high schools: Performance systems for powerful teaching
Meeting the challenge: The role of school leaders in turning around the lowest-performing high schools
Assessing developmental assessment in community colleges
7th Annual AP report to the nation
Hear us out: High school students in two cities talk about going to college
States' progress and challenges in implementing common core state standards
Fully online programs in K-12: A snapshot of effective practices at virtual high schools
How many schools and districts have not made adequate yearly progress? Four-year trends
The advanced placement program benefits mainly well-prepared students who pass AP exams
Research support for school counseling
Projections of education statistics to 2019
Race to the top and teacher preparation: Analyzing state strategies for ensuring real accountability and fostering program innovation
Incentivizing school turnaround: A proposal for reauthorizing the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
Building capacity for reconnecting youth
Monitoring progress: Response to intervention (RTI)'s promise and pitfalls
A measured approach to improving teacher preparation
Course-taking patterns, policies, and practices in developmental education in the California community colleges
Increasing the number of STEM graduates: Insights from the US STEM education and modeling project
The condition of education in brief: 2005
Postsecondary educational trajectories of urban youth: Addressing vulnerabilities and barriers to enrollment and persistence
Attendance counts: Advancing student success by reducing chronic absence
The state of state standards - and the Common Core - in 2010
The 6th annual AP report to the nation
Achieving the possible: What Americans think about the college- and career-ready agenda
The condition of college and career readiness 2010
College admissions tests as measures of accountability
Mind the gaps: How college readiness narrows achievement gaps in college success
State test score trends through 2008-09, Part 1: Rising scores on state tests and NAEP
A framework for a multi-state human capital development data system
Education reform starts early: Lessons from New Jersey's PreK-3rd reform efforts
Socioeconomic stratification of community college transfer access in the 1980s and 1990s: Evidence from HS&B and NELS
10 Ideas to ensure college readiness in the No Child Left Behind and Higher Education Acts
Innovations in college readiness: How early college schools are preparing students underrepresented in higher education for college success
No time to lose: Why America needs an education amendment to the US Constitution to improve public education
BC AVID: Early implementation report
Mapping state proficiency standards onto NAEP scales: 2005-2007
Education Equality Project
The Education Equality Project: Improving teacher quality
From assets to school outcomes: How finances shape children's perceived possibilities and intentions
Grade retention: Achievement and mental health outcomes
A synthesis of grade retention research: Looking backward and moving forward
Action required: Addressing the nation's lowest performing high schools
IPEDS Data Center
U.S. performance across international assessments of student achievement: Special supplement to The Condition of Education 2009
Removing roadblocks to rigor: Linking academic and social supports to ensure college readiness and success
Moving beyond AYP: High school performance indicators
Finding a way: Practical examples of how a principal-counselor relationship can lead to success for all students
Strategic designs: Lessons from leading edge small urban high schools
The cost of small high schools: A literature review
Core problems: Out-of-field teaching persists in key academic courses and high-poverty schools
Creating postsecondary pathways to good jobs for young high school dropouts: The possibilities and the challenges
College tools for schools
Critical conditions for equity and diversity in college access: Informing policy and monitoring results
Removing the roadblocks: Fair college opportunities for all California students
Sizing up state standards: 2008
Better together: Realigning pre-college skills development programs to achieve greater academic success for adult learners
Doing What Works - Research based education practices online
Measuring up 2008
Making the dream a reality: Action steps for states to prepare all students for college and career
From high school to the future: The pathway to 20
Benefits of additional high school coursework and improved course performance in preparing students for college
Squeeze play 2009: The public's views on college costs today
Comparative indicators of education in the United States and other G-8 countries: 2009
Education watch 2009
College readiness standards
The economic impact of the achievement gap in America's schools
Diverse issues in higher education
50-state analysis of the preparation of teachers and the conditions for teaching: Results from the NCES schools and staffing survey
Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)
Education at a glance 2008: OECD indicators
Using early-warning data to improve graduation rates: Closing cracks in the education system
Career and technical education in the United States: 1990-2005
Economic state of young America
Career academies: Long-term impacts on labor market outcomes, educational attainment, and transitions to adulthood
Latino achievement in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics
Redesigning high schools to prepare students for the future
Foundation for excellent schools
Research brief: How do career interventions impact the educational choices of eighth grade students
Science and engineering indicators 2006
The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and the Humanities: Resource for rural Indiana
High-stakes testing in PreK-12 education
Dollars and sense: The cost effectiveness of small schools
Indiana's P-16 plan for improving student achievement (Powerpoint)
Focus on results: An academic impact analysis of the Knowledge is Power Program
Ensuring rigor in the high school curriculum: What states are doing
Investing in the education of older students: A summary of the evidence
Bridging the gap: Academic preparation and postsecondary success of first generation students
2004 Public opinion survey on education in Indiana
The challenge of access and persistence
College access in Indiana and the United States: A 2005 status report
Every child a graduate: A framework for an excellent education for all middle and high school students
Crisis at the core: Preparing all students for college and work
Latino students and the educational pipeline: Latino high school and baccalaureate graduates: A comparison
Education for foster children: Removing barriers to academic success
Getting it done: Ten steps to a state action agenda
Outcomes of learning: Results from the 2000 program for international student assessment of 15 year-olds in reading, mathematics, and science literacy
Mentoring programs: An annotated bibliography of online resources
Courses count: Preparing students for postsecondary success
Findings from the Condition of Education 2001: Students whose parents did not go to college
Creating seamless educational transitions for urban African American and Hispanic students
How do career interventions impact the educational choices of eighth-grade students
Career-related predictors of work-bound and college-bound status of adolescents in rural and nonrural areas
GEAR UP
College is possible
An action agenda for improving America's high schools
African American achievement in America
What is P-16? A primer for legislators - a practical introduction to the concept, language and policy issues of an integrated system of public education
Thinking outside the box: Policy strategies for readiness, access, and success
National Indian education study part I: The performance of American Indian and Alaska Native fourth- and eighth-grade students on NAEP 2005 reading and mathematics assessments
Returning to learning: Adults' success in college is key to America's future
Standards for quality online teaching
Building academic skills in context: Testing the value of advanced math learning in career and technical education
Educational vouchers for universal preschools
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
Writing next: Effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high school
Reading next: A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy
Linking career/technical studies to broader high school reform
High Tech High Foundation
Improving literacy outcomes for English language learners in high school: Considerations for states and districts in developing a coherent policy framework
Moving on: State policies to address academic brain drain in the South
National forum to accelerate middle grades reform
Student loan forgiveness programs
Data quality campaign: Using data to improve student achievement
A test of leadership: Charting the future of U.S. higher education
Academic pathways to college: Policies and practices of the fifty states to reach underserved students
The role of the guidance profession in a shifting education system
Postsecondary access for Latino middle-grades students (PALMS)
Fair test: Schools that do not use SAT or ACT scores for admitting substantial numbers of students into Bachelor's degree program
The talent development high school model: Context, components, and initial impacts on ninth-grade students' engagement and performance
ACT high school profile report: Indiana
The effects of using ACT® Composite score and high school average on college admission decisions for racial/ethnic groups
In need of improvement: NCLB & high schools
Women, minorities, and persons with disabilties in science and engineering
Easing the transition to high school: Research and best practices designed to support high school learning
The first year of high school: A quick stats fact sheet
Findings from the early college high school initiative: A look at best practices and lessons learned regarding a dual enrollment program
Asking the right questions: A judicial checklist to ensure that the educational needs of children and youth in foster care are being addressed
School Redesign Network
ACT high school profile report: The graduating class of 2007 (National)
Statement of principals: Twenty-first century skills and the reauthorization of NCLB/ESEA
Creating a culture of literacy: A guide for middle and high school principals
A state leader's action guide to 21st century skills
In pursuit of a diverse science, technology, engineering, and mathematics workforce: Recommended research priorities to enhance participation by underrepresented minorities
Knowhow2go.org
Status and trends in the education of racial and ethnic minorities
Educational programs and projects that address the needs of low-income students
Where are the Black scientists?
U.S. student and adult performance on international assessments of educational achievement
Aligned expectations: A closer look at college admissions and placement tests
A voice from the middle
Guide for parents: Ten steps to prepare your child for college
Preparing for college
A report on the status of Hispanics in education: Overcoming a history of neglect
College readiness crisis spurs call for change by ACT in nation's core high school curriculum
Improving students' readiness for college: Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Illinois District 233
Preparing Oklahoma students for the future
Relationships between EPAS scores and college preparatory course work in high school
Statewide administration of the ACT: A key component in improving student preparation for college and work
Second to none in attainment, discovery, and innovation: The national agenda for higher education
Archdiocese of Indianapolis: The Church in central and southern Indiana
Lumina Foundation for Education: Accomplishments and challenges
How educators in three states are responding to standards-based accountability under No Child Left Behind
Trends among high school seniors 1972-2004
Federal Education Budget Project
Making sense of data-driven decision making in education
How does the United States stack up? International comparisons of academic achievement
State Cards (statistical snapshots of high school data by state)
Parent expectations and planning for college: Statistical analysis report
Cramming: The effects of school accountability on college-bound students
Lost in transition: Building a better path from school to college and careers
Beating the odds: The real challenges behind the math achievement gap - and what high-achieving schools can teach us about how to close it
Turning around chronically low-performing schools
State and Local Implementation of the No Child Left Behind Act
What every college access practitioner should know: About the importance of commitment
The enhanced reading opportunities study: Early impact and implementation findings
Big ideas dropout prevention strategies: Check and Connect
Five academic reasons why state virtual schools are important to your state
Starfish Initiative: Mentoring application
Education Commission of the States: Research studies database
Missouri guidance and placement lessons: Applying employment readiness skills and the skills for on-the-job success
The 4th annual AP report to the nation
EFC (Expected Family Contribution) Formula Guide, 2010-11
Retooling career and technical education
Giving students a chance to achieve: Getting off to a fast and successful start in grade nine
Making pre-kindergarten work for low-income working 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
Opportunities in place: National assessment of the rural community college initiative

 

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