Assignment:
Reading The Nation's Report card
Please reference specific information from the respective readings attached to provide an evidence base of your reasoning and informed perspective.
1. Why do we need to pay better attention to secondary students' language arts abilities and to revising our school curricula and instruction to include them?
2. How can we do a better job preparing students for success in the middle and high school grades in writing and language arts?
Readings:
Public High School Four-Year OnTime Graduation Rates and Event Dropout Rates: School Years 2010-11 and 2011-12
By Marie C. Stetser and Robert Stillwell