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Powerpoint Presentation for the 2/26/13 GED Webinar
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This is a copy of the presentation that Brian Smith from the GED Testing Service provided during the webianr entitled "The New GED" What to Expect in 2014" on February 26, 2013. |
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Preparing for the New GED Test: What to Consider before 2014
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This brief, released by the Working in the fall of 2012, provides and overview of the GED test and a primer outlining the changes that will be made for 2014 and offers ways states can prepare for them. It also describes alternatives to attining a high school equivalency diploma (HSED). Finally, the report summarizes actions staets need to take to ensure that those with the most need and least resrouces, are not shut out of the education system. |
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Rethinking high school: Supporting all students to be college-ready in math (2008)
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This report introduces three key program elements identified as essential to strong math programs, provides a brief introduction to the schools where the elements are employed, and profiles each school in greater depth to provide detail and context about how each element is being implemented. Program elements explored in this research are: offering high level math courses and supports, continually improving teachers' skills and math content knowledge, and using student information to drive instruction. |
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Adolescent Literacy (Sept. 2008)
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This fact sheet produced by the Education Commission of the States summarizes state policy and practices related to adolescent literacy on several dimensions. Includes analysis of 50 states and the District of Columbia.
Author: Melodye Bush |
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What Content-Area Teachers Should Know About Adolescent Literacy (2007)
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Helps address middle and high school classroom teachersâ??, administratorsâ??, and parentsâ?? immediate need for basic information about how to build adolescentsâ?? reading and writing skills. This report summarizes some of the current literature on adolescent literacy research and practice, and suggests some methods of building adolescent reading and writing skills in the classroom; to the extent possible, recommendations are evidence-based.
Subject(s): Adolescents, Content area teaching, Educational Methods, Literacy, Reading instruction, Reports, Teaching methods
Audience(s): Administrators, High School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Parents and Families, Policymakers, Researchers
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State Action to Improve Adolescent Literacy (May 2009)
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The National Association of State Boards of Education has released a policy report--State Actions to Improve Adolescent Literacy: Results from NASBE's State Adolescent Literacy Network--that outlines the work of five states (Connecticut, Kentucky, New Hampshire, Utah, and West Virginia) where leaders have produced real changes in state focus and policies as part of a comprehensive literacy plan. These states took up the serious challenge of low literacy levels and made quality literacy instruction in secondary schools a priority. |
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