Resources / Source Documents

Combined English / Science

• Lost in Transition: Building a Better Path from School to College and Careers
• Senior Moments: A Look at High Schoolers Over Time (U.S. Education Department study)
• Helping Students Transition to College
  (Ricardo Sanchez's presentation at the June Review in Edmonds, WA)
• High School Reform and Work: Facing Labor Market Realities
• ACT Readiness Brief
• Getting Students Ready for College and Careers (2006),
  Southern Regional Education Board
• The Adult Education Content Standards Warehouse
• Washington State Grade Level Expectations (OSPI)
• Achieve, Inc. & American Diploma Project
• Knowledge and Skills for University Success
• Overview of College Readiness Project, Center for Educational Policy Research. Conley, Young & Veach (424 KB)
• Facilitator PowerPoint Session Outline (61 KB)
• Higher Education Coordinating Board Project Overview and Background (489 KB)
• Improving Alignment, Advancing Students (AASCU)
• Live Chat January 10, 2007: A Discussion About College and
  Career Readiness
• PowerPoint presentation, January 17, 2007
• High School to College and Careers: Aligning State Policies 2007
  
  
• April 10, 2006:
  Developed in July, 2003 as a part of the standards setting process the A+ Commission, the following two documents may prove helpful to the science team as they discuss 'advanced' definitions and habits of mind.
  • High School Science WASL Performance Descriptions
  • Scale Scores for Levels on WASL Assessments
    
    
• March 27, 2006, WAESOL Newsletter (p. 8), The Art and Science of Defining College Readiness > (2 MB)
  
  
• March 13, 2006, Policy Brief: Ensuring Rigor in the High School Curriculum: What States Are Doing (Education Commission of the States, January 2006) >
  
  
• March 6, 2006, Report from Achieve, Inc >
  
  
• February 27, 2006, WAESOL Newsletter (p. 10), Defining College Readiness >
  

English

• National Commission on Writing (2003). “The Neglected ‘R’: The Need for a Writing Revolution” (College Board)
• The Place of World Englishes in Composition: Pluralization Continued
• English Sub-Group Meeting Notes from 2/16-17/06
• English Sub-Group Meeting Notes from April 5, 2006
• Message to the English Team with 1/12-13 meeting feedback
• 1/12-13/2006 Notes: English Structure
• Comparative Analysis of English College/Workplace Readiness Documents
• Student Qualities and Competencies for English Success (draft)
• Washington State GLEs
• Bureau of Adult Basic Literacy Education (ABLE)
• Writing Program Administrators (WPA), Outcomes Statement for First-Year Composition, April 2000
• State Board of CTC's College Readiness Learning Outcomes
• American Diploma Project: English Benchmarks
• Lake Washington School District: Writing Across the Curriculum
• University of Washington, Expository Writing Program, Engl 131, Composition: Exposition
• National Council of Teachers of English (2000). Standards for the English Language Arts: Sponsored by NCTE and IRA
• National Writing Project
• Puget Sound Writing Project
• Guidelines for Writing Standards
• Comparative Analysis of English College/Workplace Readiness
• Sample SCORING RUBRIC: Statewide Senior Writing Study
• English Topics Defined
• PASS English Standards (565 KB)
• ACT English Standards
  
• Getting on the Same Page >

• Research Brief: Connecting Coaching and Improved Literacy >
  

Science

• America's Lab Report: Investigations in High School Science (2005)
• Rising Above The Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future (2006)
• Science Content Development Team Meeting on March 30-31, 2006
• Synthesis Sub-Group Meeting Notes on March 8, 2006
• Benchmarks for Science Literacy
  (produced by the American Association for the Advancement of Science)
• Knowledge and Skills for University Success
  (produced by Standards for Success)
• National Science Education Standards
• Washington Competency-based Admission Standards Pilot Project
  (produced by the Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board)
• Online tool for Science
  (To access, team members click here and enter a username and password)
• Online Tool Instructions
• Message to the Science Team with 1/12-13 meeting feedback
• Spreadsheet of definitions from January 12-13 Session
• Comparative Analysis of Science College/Workplace Readiness
• Science Topics Defined
• College Readiness Math Expectations
• PASS Science Standards (558 KB)
• ACT Science Standards
• Science Washington State GLE's
• Public Agenda Alert - Are Parents, Students Ready for More Math and Science?

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