Through the Bridges to Postsecondary portfolio, EdSystems:
Assessing the collective impact of the Illinois Education and Career Success Network’s first decade: 2013–2023.
In partnership with EdSystems and the Competency-Based Education Network, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) engaged a group of community colleges to develop a competency-based education (CBE) program in the high-demand sectors of industrial maintenance and welding for implementation in academic year 2023–24. This report describes the process and the colleges’ lessons learned.
This one-page summary is based on a recent study, Transitional Math Implementation in Illinois, highlighting key takeaways in high school and community college implementation, plus what we learned from the case study.
This report covers the findings from an initial evaluation of transitional math in Illinois, focusing on understanding the implementation of transitional math programs in secondary and postsecondary education institutions, a key part of the larger evaluation effort that examines the impact of transitional math programs on participating students. The report also covers a case study of data utilization related to transitional math within one Illinois region.
Students in the CBE Welding Technology Program at Lewis and Clark Community College, a frontrunner in competency-based education, provided valuable insights into the value of a CBE framework and how to help students be successful.
Learn about the PWR Act’s components and the latest updates on implementation, including resources from the Illinois Student Assistance Commission and EdSystems, at pwract.org (relaunched in 2022).
This master metrics list includes data metrics recommended or employed by members of the Northern Illinois University P-20 Research & Data Collaborative (RDC) across their portfolio of collaborative, college and career readiness-related projects. EdSystems is a member of the RDC.
The continued expansion of dual credit is a core strategy of the Chicago Roadmap, a comprehensive partnership between City Colleges of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools. This analysis identifies strategies to shift the dual credit support system from its foundations in a modest number of course offerings into a model that can meet the scale of the joint Roadmap objectives.
Our conversations with five established transitional math Local Advisory Panels across Illinois have resulted in a document that is intended to guide all phases of establishing and running a Local Advisory Panel.
The Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Board of Higher Education, and Illinois Community College Board have jointly agreed upon the course parameters, competencies, and related policies outlined in this document, adopted in January 2021. These course parameters, competencies, and related policies will guide the local partnerships between high schools and colleges necessary for the successful implementation of transitional English instruction.
This document, updated in January 2021, includes an overview of the three transitional math pathways established by the Postsecondary & Workforce Readiness (PWR) Act Act and approved by the Illinois State Board of Education, Illinois Board of Higher Education, and Illinois Community College Board. It includes the competencies recommended for transitional math, including process competencies for all three pathways related to mathematical and student success and content competencies for each of the three pathways.
A guide for developing information gathering systems in remote and blended learning environments. Facilitated by EdSystems, this is a project of the Data, Assessment, and Accountability Committee of the Illinois P-20 Council.
This report captures the impact of the Illinois 60 by 25 Network from 2013–2020. The Network’s Leadership Communities are driving state policy implementation, deepening and validating collaboration by using the organizing principles of collective impact, increasing cross-sector collaboration, and enhancing leadership and governance structures within their communities. (The Illinois 60 by 25 Network is now known as the Illinois Education and Career Success Network.)
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