Data & Dialogue Issues
November 2009: Learning to Improve Student Learning: Using Data and Other Tools
April 2009: Defining Early College in Practice
December 2008: Multiple Dimensions of Student Support
September 2008: WW Early Colleges: Making Progress
July 2008: College-Ready Instruction and Assessment
April 2008: Cross-site Collaboration
December 2007: High School vs. College Learning
October 2007: The Transition to College
July 2007 : Assessment in the Classroom
May 2007 : Literacy in High School
February 2007: Helping Students Navigate the College Choice Process
December 2006: Readiness for College Math and Science
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Each issue of Data & Dialogue, the electronic newsletter for the Woodrow Wilson Early College Network, offers connections to additional resources. Links to these resources, organized by the date of each D&D issue, appear below each issue.
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November 2009: Learning to Improve Student Learning: Using Data and Other Tools 
Convening Resources
- Agenda
- Benchmarking Student Progress in Early College
• Meeting the Challenge: The Cal-PASS Initiative by Jordan Horowitz
• Information on Cal-PASS system and SMART Tool
• One Practitioner's Approach by Ross Gentry
- How to Better Serve Students' Academic Needs: The Lessons of Three Woodrow Wilson Early College High Schools
• Data Sharing in a Complex Partnership by Donn Weinholtz
• Getting "It" Done through Data by Joan Mosely and Eric Blake
• A Look at the Numbers: How We Use Data at Cal Prep, An Aspire Public School in Partnership with UC Berkeley by Megan Reed - Who Do We Serve? Student Enrollment and Attrition in WW Early Colleges by Brian Hayes, Laura Jaeger, and Kristen Vogt
• Data Report Introduction and Guiding Questions - Developing School-College Teams: Driving Alignment and Student Achievement by Patricia Wright
• School Survey of Continuous School Improvement
• PLC Expectations and Commitment
• Unit Template Framework and Sample Unit
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| Photo: David Binder |
Proficient but Not College-Ready Panel Presentations
- Teaching Argument for Proficiency through Active Participation by George Hillocks
- Proficient but not College Ready: Bridging the Gap in Mathematics by Zalman Usiskin
• Presentation text
• Algebra and Calculus for All - College Readiness and Mykelle's Dilemma by Carol D. Lee
—[Note: 8MB file. Depending on your Internet connection, this file may take some time to download.]
• Reading in the Disciplines: The Challenges of Adolescent Literacy - Prior and Necessary Knowledge: Mediating the Space
Between by Elizabeth Moje
• The Reality of Challenging Texts in High School Science and Social Studies
• Comprehending in the Subject Areas: The Challenges of Comprehension, Grades 7-12, and What to Do About Them
• Developing Disciplinary Discourses, Literacies, and Identities: What's Knowledge Got to Do with It?
Other Resources
- CAL Prep Resource Guide
- Developing a College-Going Culture in a Middle School by Su Jin Jezof WestEd
- Barriers and Facilitating Factors of Faculty Engagement in Woodrow Wilson Early Colleges by Kristen Vogt of WW and Andrea Venezia of WestEd
April 2009: Defining Early College in Practice
- Moving Toward the Ideal...Practices that Embody the ECHS Core Principles
Summary report of the WW Early College Network Winter 2009 Convening - WW Student Performance Report: Early College English and Math Courses
—Kristen Vogt, Associate Director for Early College - Keynote address at Arizona State University’s National Conference on "What Works in Education Partnerships" in Phoenix
—Rob Baird, Vice President for School-University Partnerships - Early College Financing Considerations
—Joel Vargas, Jobs For the Future - Research memos from WestEd’s Knowledge Center:
• Social Support Strategies
• Advisories
• AVID
• Adolescent Literacy
December 2008: Multiple Dimensions of Student Support
- Indiana CELL Conference presentations
(PowerPoint files—You will be prompted to either "Open" or "Save" these files. For best viewing choose "Save."):
• Six Years of Early College Lessons Learned: How Our Thinking Has Changed… (or has it?)
—Rob Baird
• The Recent Evolution of Key High School-to-Postsecondary Policies and Practices
—Andrea Venezia, WestEd
- Resources from the WW Early College Network Convening, October 23-24, 2008:
• Conference agenda
• Multiple Dimensions of Student Support Keynote transcript
—Cece Cunningham, Middle College National Consortium
• Wrap-Around Student Support mindmap
• Sample schedules from MCNC early colleges:
• Greenville Tech Charter HS bell and master schedules
• Brashier Early College bell schedule
• Challenge Early College HS bell and master schedules
• Mott Middle College HS bell schedule
• Redefining College Readiness Kickoff presentation
(PowerPoint file—You will be prompted to either "Open" or "Save" this file. For best viewing choose "Save.")
—Elliott Washor, Big Picture Company
• Student support memos created by REL West
• Adolescent literacy
• Advisories
September 2008: WW Early Colleges: Making Progress
- CS1 for an Early College Program, paper presented at the 2008 International Conference on Frontiers in Education: Computer Science and Computer Engineering
—Chaya Gurwitz and Ted Raphan, Brooklyn College
July 2008: College-Ready Instruction and Assessment
- Opening Presentation at the WW Early College Network Convening, May 29-30, 2008
—Rob Baird | Note: This is a PowerPoint file. - Communications Presentation at the WW Early College Network Convening, May 29-30, 2008
—Beverly Sanford | Note: This is a PowerPoint file. - Boilerplate Language for WW Early Colleges
- Syracuse University Project Advance:
• Postgrad Survey (first year after HS)
• Senior Survey (four years after HS)
- University Park Campus School’s Alumni Survey
April 2008: Cross-site Collaboration
- Student journal excerpts, University High School of Science and Engineering
- Letter from Bill Gates, Sr. to Friendship Public Schools
- College acceptances for East Palo Alto Academy High School seniors
- Senior Manual, Manhattan Hunter Science High School
- Dissertation research abstract: middle school transition, by Nilofar Sami
December 2007: High School vs. College Learning
- Practice Brief: Flexible and Adaptive Academic Program, Hunter College/Manhattan Hunter
Science High School
—Fred Frelow, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
October 2007: The Transition to College
- 2007 Graduates’ College-Going Plans, Woodrow Wilson Early College Initiative
—The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - UC Berkeley’s CAL Prep is closing the achievement gap
—Center for Educational Partnerships, UC Berkeley
• Short Press Release
• Long Press Release
- Practice Brief: Senior Experience, Hunter College/Manhattan Hunter Science High School
—Kristen Vogt, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
July 2007: Assessment in the Classroom
- Practice Brief: Transition Plan, Brooklyn College/STAR Early College High School
—Kristen Vogt, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - CAL Prep Exhibition
• Grade 6 Oral History Project Information
• Grade 7 Mini-Golf Project Information
• Grade 8 Rube Goldberg Project Information
- College Access: A New York Story
—The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
May 2007: Literacy in High School
- Practice Brief: Building Student Efficacy, East Palo Alto Academy High School
—Fred Frelow, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - University Based Library Research Project
—STAR High School Early College - Annotated Bibliography: Resources for Teaching and Assessing Writing
—Kellogg/ECHS Literacy Institute - Bibliography of Adolescent Literacy and College Readiness
—The Woodrow Wilson Foundation
February 2007: Helping Students Navigate the College Choice Process
- Map to the Stars: A College Guide for Students and Parents of Science, Technology,
and Research High School
—Allison Lent and Henrietta Coursey, STAR High School - Practice Brief: College Counseling and Support, Friendship Collegiate Academy
—Kristen Vogt, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - Financial Aid Checklist and Timeline
—Friendship Collegiate Academy - College Admissions and Scholarship Guide
—Tim Dyson, Bell Breen, and Susan McHenry, Academy for Math, Engineering & Science (Early College High School in Salt Lake City, UT) - College-Going Retreat Agenda
—Bard High School Early College
December 2006: Readiness for College Math and Science
- WW Early College Promising Practices Background
WW Early College Promising Practices Framework
a work in progress - Practice brief: Science Curriculum, University High School of Science and Engineering, Hartford, CT
—Fred Frelow, Director, Early College Initiative, The Woodrow Wilson Foundation - Education Reform and Illegal Immigration
—Fred Stout, Stanford University
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