ERIC Number: EJ1026463
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 9
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Working across the Segments: High Schools and the College Completion Agenda
Valdez, Shelly; Marshall, David
New Directions for Community Colleges, n164 p47-55 Win 2013
Content standards have been identified in America as a solution to the declining rate of student success in the public education system. But content standards are not a "silver bullet," for a number of reasons. This chapter presents an intersegmental approach to vertical curriculum alignment that returns questions of student readiness to the shared experience of educators and students.
Descriptors: Alignment (Education), Curriculum Design, Readiness, Academic Standards, Core Curriculum, Graduation, Community Colleges, English Instruction, Teacher Collaboration, College Faculty, Secondary School Teachers, High Schools
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Postsecondary Education; High Schools; Two Year Colleges; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: California
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