This new study by MACC and partner SREB identifies and evaluates state policies and practices implemented in the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, and provides recommendations that can help to--
- Raise statewide middle grades curriculum and assessment standards to align with challenging high school standards
- Communicate the importance of literacy, mathematics, science and social studies at the middle grades level
- Prepare teachers to teach challenging content in the middle grades. Enable middle grades students to receive extra help when they have difficulty mastering challenging academic core content
- Prepare school leaders to lead practices that improve students' transition into challenging high school courses
- provide the technical assistance that low-performing middle grades schools need to turn around
- Provide the necessary guidance and advisement opportunities that middle grades students and their parents need to plan for high school, postsecondary learning and a career
To view or download the study, Strengthening the Transition from Middle Grades to High School in the Mid-Atlantic region: State Efforts to Improve Middle Grades Students' Preparation for High School, click here.