Getting Ready for College, Careers, and the Common Core What Every Educator Needs to Know

Written for all educators but with an emphasis on those at the secondary level, this important resource shows how to develop programs that truly prepare students for both the Common Core assessments and for college and career readiness. Based on multiple research studies conducted by Conley as well as experience he has gained from working with dozens of high schools that succeed with a wide range of students, the book provides specific strategies for teaching the CCSS in ways that improve readiness for college and careers for the full range of students.

• Draws from research-based models for creating programs for high school students that will ensure readiness for tests and for college and beyond
• Includes strategies and practices for teachers to help students develop postsecondary preparedness
• Is the third in a series of books on readiness written by David Conley, including College Knowledge and College and Career Ready

Teachers can use this valuable resource to understand the "big picture" behind the Common Core State Standards, how to teach to them in ways that prepare students for new, challenging assessments being implemented over the next few years and, more importantly, how to help all students be ready for learning beyond high school.

David T. Conley, Ph.D., is professor of Educational Policy and Leadership and founder and director of the Center for Educational Policy Research at the University of Oregon. He is also founder, CEO, and chief strategy officer at the Educational Policy Improvement Center (EPIC). In addition, he serves as president of a consulting company devoted to strategic advising and licensing of intellectual property designed to foster new educational methods and models.

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

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