[eBook Code] Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core (eBook Code, 1st)

Preface xi

Acknowledgments xix

The Author xxi

Introduction 1
The Common Core State Standards, Student Ownership of Learning, and College and Career Readiness • The Role of Elementary and Secondary Schools • Overview of the Chapters • Using This Book to Support Implementation of the Common Core State Standards

1 The New Challenge: All Students College and Career Ready 19
Why College and Career Readiness for All? • From Vocational Education to Career Technical Education • The Academic Core • Creating College Readiness and Career Readiness for All • The Rise of College Readiness Standards

2 College Readiness, Career Readiness: Same or Different? 37
Exploring Readiness More Deeply • Connecting Student Interests and Goals to College and Career Readiness • Levels of Readiness • My Defi nition of College and Career Ready

3 The Four Keys to College and Career Readiness 53
The Four Keys: An Overview • Key Cognitive Strategies in Depth • Key Content Knowledge in Depth

4 The Four Keys Continued: Learning Skills and Transition Skills 71
Key Learning Skills and Techniques in Depth • Key Transition Knowledge and Skills in Depth • The Complexity of College and Career Readiness

5 Toward Deeper Learning 99
Some Framing Characteristics of the Learning Process • Knowledge Complexity Progression • What Is Deeper Learning? • Four Models of Deeper Learning • Overview of Research Foundation for Deeper Learning

6 Deeper Learning at the Classroom Level 119
Characteristics of the Deeper Learning Classroom • Challenges of the Deeper Learning Classroom • A Closer Look at Scoring Student Work for Deeper Learning • Deeper Learning, the Common Core State Standards, and College and Career Readiness

7 A Closer Look at the Common Core State Standards 139
Where Did the Common Core Come From? • An Overview of the Common Core State Standards • Structure and Organization of the English Language Arts and Mathematics Standards • The Heart of the Challenge of Teaching the Common Core State Standards • What the Common Core State Standards Don’t Do • Appendix: Key Elements of the Common Core

8 The Common Core State Standards and College and Career Readiness 169
The Reaching the Goal Study • Implementing the Common Core State Standards to Improve College and Career Readiness • Who Owns the Responsibility to Teach the Common Core State Standards? • Understanding Key Areas Related to College and Career Readiness • A Key Role for Elementary School Teachers • The Challenge of the Common Core and College and Career Ready

9 The Consortia Assessments and College and Career Readiness 193
The Goals of the Consortia Assessments • Characteristics of Each Consortium’s Assessment • Preparing for the Consortia Assessments • The Challenge Remaining

10 From an Assessment System to a System of Assessments 215
Performance Tasks: Key Element in a System of Assessments • How a System of Assessments Addresses a Wider Range of Standards • Moving toward Student Profiles

11 Where to from Here? 235
What Will “Ready” Mean? • A Blurring of the Line between High School and College • The Future of the Common Core State Standards and Consortia Assessments • The Overall Outlook Conclusion: Changing Demographics, New Instructional Challenges 263

Appendix: A Nine-Part Readiness System 267

Index 287