tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post1707110395490878846..comments2023-10-12T05:22:07.181-04:00Comments on The Prichard Blog!: CPE lowers reading readiness score, slows readiness scheduleSPWestonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-63403904797603345942009-01-27T11:12:00.000-05:002009-01-27T11:12:00.000-05:00Carol - From working with many HS seniors this yea...Carol - From working with many HS seniors this year, I don't think many parents understand the connection between ACT scores and remedial classes, especially parents who have never attended college. There is alot of emphasis on composite ACT score (you need a 20 to go to X university), but I don't think parents are looking at individual subtest scores. It's a symptom of the Individual Graduation Plan being implemented in name only...students and faculty are going through the motions, but no real planning for this major transition to post secondary is happening, at least in my neck of the woods. Only the students who happen to have parents who can provide planning from the knowledge of their own college experience know what to do.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-43488720732333085762009-01-26T18:53:00.000-05:002009-01-26T18:53:00.000-05:00Welcome, Carol!Under Senate Bill 168, students are...Welcome, Carol!<BR/><BR/>Under Senate Bill 168, students are taking three tests designed to keep this in the spotlight: eighth grade Explore, tenth grade Plan, and eleventh grade ACT. If the scores aren't strong enought, they are entitled to added services designed to get them up to readiness. Where the law is being strongly implemented, the issue will get quite a lot of attention.<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm not hearing a lot of noise about schools feeling burdened by those requirements, which could mean it's working well or could mean the exact opposite. My guess is it varies based on local leadership.SPWestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08602329486466534720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038828360589919480.post-4424340820830488732009-01-26T12:09:00.000-05:002009-01-26T12:09:00.000-05:00I'm no longer in frequent contact with schools. I ...I'm no longer in frequent contact with schools. I have a question for those who are: How aware are people in high schools -- teachers, principals, counselors, students -- of the connection between ACT scores and remedial classes at the college level? How about parents? Is avoiding remedial courses in college a goal that students (and school staff) organize their work around, or is all of this discussion and policy outside their frame of reference?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com