Looking for new high school-related resources?  Here are some pieces that other organizations have recently released:

NAEP High School Transcript Study
The NAEP High School Transcript Study (HSTS), published by the National Center for Education Statistics,   provides the latest data and trends about the types of courses that high school graduates take, the number of credits they earn, the relationship between coursetaking patterns and achievement, as measured by the National…

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By Julie Edmunds, Ph.D. (guest blogger)

The SERVE Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro is conducting a longitudinal experimental study to examine the impact of North Carolina’s Early College High School (ECHS) model on student outcomes. Funded by the Institute of Education Sciences, the study uses a lottery to assign students to the ECHS and then tracks outcomes for the students who got in and the students…

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By Andrea Berger (guest blogger)

Early College Schools affiliated with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s Early College High School Initiative strive to enroll students from populations typically underrepresented in colleges and enable them to graduate with at least one year of college credit. Despite enrolling students not typically viewed “college material,” Early College High School students earned an average GPA of 3.1 in college classes and graduates earned…

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By Aimee Evan (guest blogger)

Early College High Schools (ECHSs) are intended to bridge high school and college by creating a hybrid school that combines both high school and postsecondary experiences. ECHSs are not programs per se; rather, they are whole school reform models that combine grades 9-12 and postsecondary into one institution.  Most ECHSs are designed to serve students that are underrepresented in higher education—those from low-income families, racial/ethnic…

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