Archived Webinar
Resources from “Leading the Way to a Smooth Ninth Grade Transition”
April 28, 2006
The list of resources below served as reference for the National High School Center Webinar about the Ninth Grade Transition on April 28, 2006.
Selected Resources:
- High School Reform Interventions
- Research on High School Reform
- From MDRC
- Transition with an Emphasis on Student with Disabilities
- Emphasis on English Language Learners
- Sources for “A Practitioner’s Perspective”
Related Resources for Jim Kemple’s Presentation:
Selected Resources for High School Reform Interventions
- Talent Development (www.csos.jhu.edu/tdhs)
- First Things First(www.irre.org/ftf/)
- High Schools That Work (http://www.sreb.org/programs/hstw/hstwindex.asp)
- America’s Choice (www.ncee.org/acsd)
- New American Schools (www.naschools.org)
- National Clearinghouse for Comprehensive School Reform (www.goodschools.gwu.edu)
Selected Resources for Research on High School Reform
- MDRC (www.mdrc.org)
- Consortium for Policy Research in Education (www.cpre.org)
- American Institutes for Research (www.air.org)
- RTI International (www.rti.org)
- National Centers for Career Technical Education (www.nccte.org)
- Mathematica Policy Research Institute (www.mathematica.org)
- MPR Associates, Inc. (www.mprinc.com)
Selected Resources from MDRC
- Making Progress Toward Graduation: Evidence from the Talent Development High School Model http://www.mdrc.org/publications/408/overview.html
- Scaling Up First Things First: The Challenge of Scaling Up Educational Reform, Findings and Lessons from First Things First http://www.mdrc.org/publications/412/overview.html
- Closing the Aspirations—Attainment Gap: Implications for High School Reform, A Commentary from Chicago http://www.mdrc.org/publications/427/overview.html
Transition Resources with an Emphasis on Student with Disabilities
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center. Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), U.S. Department of Education, funded through 09/30/05.
The National Center on Secondary Education and Transition (NCSET) coordinates national resources, offers technical assistance, and disseminates information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities in order to create opportunities for youth to achieve successful futures.
National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition. The National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET), a recently established voluntary coalition of over 40 organizations, has developed standards and indicators with the assistance of NCSET into a unified publication complete with tools for administrators and practitioners, as well as a Web site.
National Secondary Transition Technical Assistance Center. Funded by OSEP, NSTTAC will help states build capacity to support and improve transition planning, services, and outcomes for youth with disabilities and disseminate information and provide technical assistance on scientifically-based research practices with an emphasis on building and sustaining state-level infrastructures of support and district-level demonstrations of effective transition methods for youth with disabilities. The NSTTAC will provide efficient and effective large-scale implementation and sustainability of research-based secondary transition.
UNC Charlotte
9201 University City Boulevard
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001
phone: 704.687.8853 | fax: 704.687.2916
The National Clearinghouse on Postsecondary Education for Individuals with Disabilities, HEATH Resource Center. OSEP funded. Learn about programs and services for students with disabilities in postsecondary education settings.
The George Washington University
2121 K Street, NW, Suite 220
Washington, DC 20037
phone: 202.973.0904; 800.544.3284 fax: 202.973.0908
National Post-School Outcomes Center – helps states implement tracking systems to monitor student placement once they leave a high school setting. Funded by OSEP.
1268 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1268
phone: 541.346.5641 | fax: 541.346.0322
TTY: 541.346.0367
e-mail:
jafalls@uoregon.eduhttp://psocenter.org
Sources with an Emphasis on English Language Learners
Fix, M., Passel, J., Ruiz de Velasco, J. (2006). School Reform: The Demographic Imperative. Paper to be presented at the 2006 AERA Annual Meeting, CA: San Francisco.
Fix, M. & Batalova. (2005). English Language Learner Adolescents: Demographics and Literacy Achievements. Washington, D.C.: Migration Policy Institute
Orfield, G. & Yun, J. 1999. Resegregation in American schools. Harvard Civil Rights Project Report, June 14, Cambridge: MA
Ruiz de Velasco, J., Fix, M., & Clewell, B. (2001). Overlooked and underserved: Immigrant students in U.S. secondary schools. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute
van Hook & Fix, M. (2000). Urban Institute tabulations. Puerto Rican-born in 1rst generation. Washington, D.C.: The Urban Institute
Related Resources for Tony Cavanna’s Presentation:
Sources for “A Practitioner’s Perspective”
Cambourne, B. (1995). Towards an educationally relevant theory of literacy learning: Twenty years of inquiry. The Reading Teacher, 49(3), 182-192.
Liethwood, K., Louis, K. S., Anderson, S., & Walhstrom, K. (2004). Review of research: How leadership influences student learning. Minneapolis, MN: Center for Applied Research and Educational Improvement at the University of Minnesota.
Marzano, R. J., Waters, T., & McNulty B.A. (2005). School leadership that works:
From research to results. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
Resnick, L. B. (1999). Making America smarter. Education Week Century Series, 18(40), 38-40.
Disclaimer: By appearing on our Web site, the National High School Center does not endorse the above recommended resources from presenters for the April 28, 2006 Webinar event on the Ninth Grade Transition.
