Re: engagement - resources and outcomes at college level

[aburke5054@aol.com]

Good for Kevin.  Second chances and wide opportunities are important 
and community colleges make them readily available, as Robert Samuelson 
points out.

Art

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From: Monty Neill <monty@fairtest.org>
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Subject: [arn-l] engagement - resources and outcomes at college level

In this article, Kevin Carey of Ed Sector argues that community 
colleges should
get more resources relative to colleges that serve high achievers 
(think,
Harvard). Deal or No Deal? How Higher Education Shortchanges Unprepared
Students. The point is that greater engagement on the part of students 
makes a
major difference to less academically prepared students. Some folks 
have been
arguing that for years relative to public schools. Sadly, Ed Sector 
prefers
policy recommendations that have been shown to be very harmful to 
engagement,
particularly high stakes testing.

The article is not long, but there are charts, so I provide just the 
link.

http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?doc_id=608904


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