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Ramp-Up to Readiness
Governor’s Workforce Development CouncilFebruary 12, 2009
Kent Pekel, College Readiness Consortium
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The Problem Is…
“The postsecondary completion problem is less a result of insufficient ambitions to go on to college and more one of a lack of articulated standards and clear signals concerning adequate academic preparation, and limited knowledge of what it takes to enroll and finish.”
-- Michael Kirst and Kathy Reeves BraccoFrom High School to College: Improving Opportunities for Success in Postsecondary Education
Michael W. Kirst, Kathy Reeves Bracco, “Bridging the Great Divide: The K-12 and Postsecondary Split Hurts Students, and What Can Be Done About It,” in Kirst, Michael W. and Venezia, Andrea. 2004. From High School to College: Improving Opportunities for Success in Postsecondary Education. Jossey Bass Education, p. 5.
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VisionVision SkillsSkills IncentiveIncentive ResourcesResources Action PlanAction Plan+ =+ + + Change
SkillsSkills IncentiveIncentive ResourcesResources Action PlanAction Plan =+ + + Confusion
VisionVision IncentiveIncentive ResourcesResources Action PlanAction Plan+ =+ + Anxiety
VisionVision SkillsSkills ResourcesResources
Action PlanAction Plan
+ =+
+ Resistance
VisionVision SkillsSkills IncentiveIncentive+ =+ + Frustration
VisionVision SkillsSkills IncentiveIncentive ResourcesResources+ =+ + + Treadmill
Action PlanAction Plan
Putting All the Pieces Together
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So a plan would be a good thing…
Research conducted by Daphna Oyserman at the University of Michigan engaged inner-city junior high children in Detroit in several exercises in life planning •What kind of future would you like to have? •What difficulties do you anticipate? •How will you deal with them? •Which friends would help you cope?
Results: higher test scores, number required to repeat a grade dropped by half
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But the plan must be truly focused on postsecondary readiness
Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, Measuring Up 2008
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And the plan needs to address motivational issues like mindset
Illustration: http://lyles.csufresno.edu/eimages/2008/0709-growth.jpg
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An Early Sign of Progress
“Before having guest speakers come to tell us about college, I thought that school was just a place to hang out in. Now I take that back. School is more than you expect when you are trying to reach for your goals.”
-- Junior High Student, Saint Paul