Session IV Workforce and Career Readiness Cognitive Workforce

Session IV Workforce and Career Readiness: Cognitive

Workforce and Career Readiness: Cognitive …We now rank 21 st in science education in the world, and we rank 25 th in math education in the world…We’ve got a third of our students who enroll who never graduate from high school. [N]ot only is it bad for the young people who aren’t getting this education… but it’s also bad for the country as a whole because we don’t have as many engineers, we don’t have as many scientists, we’re not inventing the new products that are going to make all the difference in terms of how well we succeed…Who’s going to prioritize our young people to make sure they’ve got the skills they need to succeed over the long term? - President Obama, September 28, 2010 Maybe us! Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 2

David Conley From Unidimensional to Multidimensional Cognitive Indicators of College and Career Readiness: Where Are We in the Journey? • • Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership in the College of Education, University of Oregon. Founder and director of the Center for Educational Policy Research (CEPR) at the University of Oregon Founder and chief executive officer of the Educational Policy Improvement Center Several publications in several outlets, including three recent books: – Who Governs Our Schools? (2003) – College Knowledge (2005) – College and Career Ready (2010) Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 3

David Moore High School Internships: Challenges to the Common Wisdom • Professor, Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University • Named 2004 researcher of the year by the National Society for Experiential Education • Research focuses on the process by which people learn outside of classrooms, especially in workplaces; the broader question underlying his work focuses on the situated nature of knowledge and learning. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 4

Ruth Curran Neild Using Early Warning Indicators to Identify Students at Highest Risk of Dropping Out • Research Scientist at the Center for Social Organization of Schools, Johns Hopkins University • Work focuses on the transition to ninth grade; high school graduation and dropout; high school reform; high school choice; and teacher quality. • Work has appeared in peer-reviewed journals, popular journals for practitioners, and broadly disseminated research reports Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 5

Henry Braun A Policy Perspective on Enhancing Workforce and Career Readiness • Boisi Professor of Education and Public Policy in the Lynch School of Education, Boston College University. • Elected a Fellow of the American Statistical Association in 1991. He also is a co-recipient of the 1986 Palmer O. Johnson Award from AERA and the 1996 Award for Outstanding Technical Contribution to the Field of Educational Measurement from the National Council for Measurement in Education (NCME). • His publications include the America's Perfect Storm report, released in 2007 by ETS's Policy Information Center. Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 6

Workforce and Career Readiness: Cognitive • Speakers are scheduled to talk for 30 -40 minutes • After each speaker, we will have 10 -20 minutes for questions Copyright © 2010. All rights reserved. 9/17/2020 7