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Davis, Laurie L.; Moyer, Eric L. – Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, 2015
This report is made up of seven chapters relating to Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) performance level setting (PLS). Chapter one describes the goals of the PARCC program, content standards measured by PARCC, PARCC performance levels, and components of the PARCC system. Chapter two discusses the goals of…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, Program Descriptions, Educational Objectives
Mulqueen, Nan, Ed. – Maryland State Department of Education, 2008
Maryland redesigned its CTE (career and technical education) program a dozen years ago to prepare students for the 21st Century's global economy and its rapidly changing workforce needs. With 350 business and industry representatives, the state created a program whose emphasis is problem-solving and critical thinking, rather than narrow,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Education Work Relationship, Vocational Education, State Programs
Hruska, Richard A., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2006
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Dropouts, Secondary Schools, Student Characteristics
Berger, Andrea R.; Cole, Susan; Duffy, Helen; Edwards, Sarah; Knudson, Joel; Kurki, Anja; Golden, Laura; Lundeen, Janet; Poland, Lindsay; Rojas, Daniela; Shkolnik, Jamie; Stone, Celeste Kline; Turk-Bicakci, Lori; Yoon, Kwang Suk; Adelman, Nancy; Cassidy, Lauren; Keating, Kaeli; Nielsen, Natalie – American Institutes for Research, 2009
The Early College High School Initiative (ECHSI) launched in 2002 with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The ECHSI provides funds for the development of Early College Schools (ECSs) that serve students who traditionally are underrepresented in postsecondary education and offers them the opportunity to simultaneously pursue a high…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, High Schools, College Credits, Higher Education
Hassel, Bryan; Hassel, Emily – 1998
This guide is intended to help current and prospective charter school leaders decide whether and how to work with pre-existing "whole school designs." Such school designs range from those that cover one core element of school operations to designs covering almost every aspect of school operations. The guide contains initial information…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Activities
Hruska, Richard A., Comp. – Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Data Services, 2005
Act 49 of 1987 requires the Secretary of Education to provide the General Assembly with an annual report on public school dropouts in Pennsylvania. The purpose of this report is to document the actual number of students who drop out each year and to provide various characteristics about these students. The type of data collected about each dropout…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, Public Schools
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Burton, Lawrence; Celebuski, Carin A. – 1995
Based on a January 1993 survey of 347 two-year colleges nationwide, this report describes aspects of engineering technology and science technology education and training in the nation's two-year colleges. Following introductory materials, the first chapter estimates the number of colleges offering engineering and science programs, reviews types of…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Community Colleges, Educational Trends, Engineering Education