[Ohiogift] New report on dual enrollment

[Margaret DeLacy]

Friends:

Below is a link to and excerpt from an article that appeared on the Education Week website last week and to the study by the Education Commission of the States on which it is based.  

Margaret


Dual-Enrollment Programs: Funding, Rigor, Alignment Are Crucial, Study Says By Catherine Gewertz for the Education Week blog "High School and Beyond" on March 29, 2016 

A new study of state dual-enrollment policies finds a wide range of approaches, many of which can hamper participation in the popular programs that allow high school students to earn college credit.

The study, by the Education Commission of the States, details each state's dual-enrollment policies and examines them nationally through the prism of 20 characteristics. 

The study looks at the basics, such as whether a state has a statewide dual-enrollment policy in place (three don't), and examines policies that support access to the programs, such as whether a state caps the amount of credit a student can earn. It examines finance questions such as who pays the college tuition, and it raises questions of program quality, such as the mechanisms for ensuring well-trained teachers and rigorous courses.

The database facilitates looking state by state, at each one's policies, or filtering according to one of the 20 program qualities or features.

Four things surfaced as key takeaways from the ECS study.....


http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/high_school_and_beyond/2016/03/dual_enrollment_programs_funding_rigor_alignment_crucial.html

http://www.ecs.org/dual-concurrent-enrollment-policies/