California Department of Education
Taking Center Stage – Act II

Initiatives Crosswalk

Recommendation 6—Transitions

Use this chart to research key components of state and national initiatives that relate to transitions.

Recommendation 6—Transitions. Work with elementary and high schools to inform students and families about academic and behavioral expectations and to promote seamless, articulated transitions.



Initiatives that Support Student Achievement
Key Components that Relate to Recommendation 6 of the California Department of Education's 12 Recommendations for Middle Grades Success
Essential Program Components for School Improvement  

No Child Left Behind
(NCLB)

 

National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform (Outside Source) California Schools to Watch™-Taking Center Stage (STW-TCS) School Self-Study and Rating Rubric (DOC;413KB; 9pp.).

Organizational Support #5

The school is not an island unto itself; it is a part of a larger educational system, i.e., districts, networks and community partnerships.

Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) (Outside Source)

Essential Element #4

  1. AVID students must be enrolled in a rigorous course of study that will enable them to meet requirements for four-year university enrollment.
GEAR UP (Outside Source) School Self-Assessment Rubric (PDF; 92KB; 15 pp.) Family-Neighborhood-School Supports

Breaking Ranks in the Middle
(Outside Source)

Cornerstone Strategies #1 and 3

  1. Establish the academically rigorous essential learnings that a student is required to master in order to successfully make the transition to high school, and align the curriculum and teaching strategies to realize the goal.
  1. Provide structured planning time for teachers to align curriculum across grades and schools and to “map” efforts that address the academic, developmental, social, and personal needs of students, especially at critical transition periods (e.g., elementary to middle grades to high school).
Turning Points Principle
(Outside Source)		 Network with like-minded schools.
This We Believe (Outside Source)
and
Fundamentals for Student Success in the Middle Grades (Outside Source) 		Consistent communication with all stakeholders.
Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center (PDF; Outside Source).

Key issues in middle school

Make transitions from elementary school (page 9).
Make transitions to high school (page 41).

Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center—Report on Middle and High School Comprehensive Reform Models
(PDF; Outside Source)

This report provides specific details about research results on key school reform models in the middle and high school levels.

Developed by American Institutes for Research (AIR) for the Comprehensive School Reform Quality Center, October 2006.

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