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Louisiana Department of Education, 2020
The Louisiana Department of Education has published the Louisiana High School Planning Guidebook each year since 2014. This condensed resource consolidates the policies and programs that are most relevant to high school educators as they plan for the upcoming academic year and prepare all students for college and career success. Every year, across…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Policy
Louisiana Department of Education, 2019
More Louisiana students than ever before are graduating with the academic courses, career credentials, and financial support they need to be successful after high school. In fact, the Class of 2018 was the highest achieving in state history. Louisiana's comprehensive plan to prepare students for college and career success includes a system of…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Educational Policy
Bickel, Robert – Spectrum, 1986
Data from Florida high schools indicate that the original purpose of student acceleration, to accomplish traditional academic objectives faster, has shifted toward curricular increahment. Discussion and tables illustrate how advanced placement, dual enrollment, and early admission have evolved during the 1978-84 years. (5 references) (MLF)
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Advanced Placement Programs, College School Cooperation, Dual Enrollment
Michelau, Demaree – Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
This issue of Policy Insights draws on findings from WICHE's report Accelerated Learning Options: Moving the Needle on Access and Success, to lay out some of the important policy issues that decision makers might consider when adopting new state policy related to accelerated learning or modifying policies already in existence. The publication…
Descriptors: Psychoeducational Methods, Data Interpretation, Acceleration (Education), Student Attitudes
Lyon, Pat Rajski; And Others – 1995
Compiled by the Curriculum Services Office Staff at the North Harris Montgomery Community College District (NHMCCD), in Texas, this manual provides information on administrative issues related to articulation agreements between NHMCCD and area high schools, focusing on competency based course articulation, tech prep initiatives, and dual credit…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), College School Cooperation, Community Colleges
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
This document was designed to inform members of the policy, education, and research communities about existing state and institutional policies and practices associated with four accelerated learning programs: Advanced Placement (AP), dual/concurrent enrollment, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, and Tech-Prep. This effort was…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Psychoeducational Methods, Advanced Placement, Acceleration (Education)
Hughes, Katherine L.; Karp, Melinda Mechur; Fermin, Baranda J.; Bailey, Thomas R. – US Department of Education, 2005
This report examines the ways that credit-based transition programs (CBTPs) may help middle- and low-achieving students enter and succeed in college. It highlights promising practices used by CBTPs to help students who might have been considered noncollege-bound prepare for college credit course work. The report also discusses the challenges that…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Case Studies, Dual Enrollment, Advanced Placement Programs
Virginia State Council of Higher Education, Richmond. – 1992
This combined report examines the obstacles that Virginia students encounter as they move from high school through college and what colleges and universities might do to facilitate their progress. Part 1 of the report responds to House Joint Resolution No. 211, which asks Virginia's Council of Higher Education to study the transition between high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advanced Placement Programs, College Preparation, College School Cooperation