Are Texas' English Language Arts and Reading Standards College Ready?

Title:	Are Texas' English Language Arts and Reading Standards College Ready?
Description:	This study compares alignment of the ACT and the American Diploma Project (ADP) national college readiness standards sets with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English language arts and reading (TEKS ELAR) standards for grades 9-12 and analyzes their cognitive complexity. It finds that a majority of the content in the ACT and ADP standards sets is addressed to some extent by the TEKS ELAR standards and that the TEKS ELAR standards demand higher levels of cognitive complexity than do the other two standards sets.
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Cover Date:	August 2010
Web Release:	August 30, 2010
Publication #:	REL 2010091
Center/Program:	REL
Associated Centers:	NCEE
Authors:	Eric Rolfhus, Ph.D., Edvance Research; Gary Cook, Ph.D., Wisconsin Center for Education Research; Jessica L. Brite, M.S., Edvance Research Jenifer Hartman, Ed.D., Edvance Research
Type of Product:	Issues and Answers Report
Keywords:	College Preparation Higher Education Language Proficiency Reading States Transition To College Writing
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