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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, NROC Featured Ambassador: Scott Beckett, on the site The NROC Project 1 year, 10 months ago
As he embarks on retirement, we are proud to celebrate 2017 NROC Pioneer Award winner Scott Beckett. The Pioneer Award is reserved for members whose careers have left an indelible mark on education, both within […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, ON-DEMAND Webinar | Scaling Student Success Through Strategic Partnerships, on the site The NROC Project 1 year, 10 months ago
Over four years, Montana Digital Academy (MTDA), an EdReady early adopter, has evolved a 63-student pilot into a statewide initiative to personalize learning from secondary through postsecondary and adult e […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Now Available: EdReady English, on the site The NROC Project 1 year, 10 months ago
The NROC membership model compels staff to actively collaborate with stakeholders to imagine, develop, test, and refine solutions to education’s thorniest problems. In 2013, we introduced EdReady, a tool d […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Introducing ACT CollegeReady: Supporting New Models for College Placement, on the site The NROC Project 1 year, 11 months ago
Personalizing math and English review before college admission has proven a powerful alternative to traditional college placement methods. Through a collaboration with NROC, ACT now offers ACT® CollegeReady™ to su […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Implementing Personalized Learning for Academic and Personal Growth, on the site The NROC Project 1 year, 11 months ago
Are your personalized learning initiatives enhancing your students’ academic and personal goals?
Recently, via EdSurge, Elizabeth Anthony shared “How to Measure Success Without Academic Achievement,” asser […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Info Session: Customizing the Student Experience, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 1 month ago
Join us to learn about some exciting new EdReady functionality. You will soon have the ability to further customize the EdReady experience for students, including options for how study paths function, as well […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Webinar: Introducing EdReady English, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 1 month ago
Join us for a sneak peek at EdReady English, to be released January 2018. EdReady is a personalized college readiness system that delivers NROC’s multimedia English Language Arts resources to support students […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, ACT CollegeReady Enables Colleges to Assess Incoming Students’ Skills and Offer Individualized Learning, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 1 month ago
ACT and The NROC Project Collaborate to Improve College Completion Rates
IOWA CITY, Iowa—ACT announced the introduction of ACT® CollegeReady™, a web-based system that measures students’ readiness for colleg […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, New Models for Preparing Incoming Students for College Level Reading and Writing, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 2 months ago
Learn how two colleges revamped their developmental English programs to integrate reading and writing and lay a foundation for success in credit-bearing courses. We’ll hear how NROC English resources were adapted […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Bridge Programs that Work: An Early College STEM Program Opens Doors, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 2 months ago
Waipahu High School has partnered with Leeward Community College and the University of Hawaii to offer an Early College Olympian Pathway designed to promote STEM-oriented career pathways. The goal is to prepare […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Back on Track in Math: A Blended Learning Approach to Review and Recovery, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 3 months ago
Hear how one Montana high school used NWEA MAP scores to identify students at risk for successfully completing Algebra 1 with their classmates. Learn how teachers adapted EdReady along with proven blended learning […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Co-Requisite Education: Opportunity, Success, and Impact in Kentucky, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 3 months ago
Learn about Kentucky’s implementation of co-requisite models of instruction for just-in-time support to students directly enrolled into credit-bearing, gateway courses. With a statewide goal of increasing […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Waipahu High School Uses EdReady for Accuplacer Math Prep for Early College High School Freshmen, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 3 months ago
For five months during Fall 2016 and Winter 2017, Waipahu High School Early College offered an online program, EdReady, to high school freshmen who had not placed into college algebra as 8th graders or by fall of […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Victoria College Uses NROC English for College Freshmen Needing Remediation, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 4 months ago
All college-bound students in Texas are required to take the Texas Success Initiative Assessment (TSIA) to determine if they are ready for college-level coursework. Approximately 25% of the students who enroll at […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Owensboro Community & Technical College Uses EdReady as a Co-Requisite Option with For-Credit Math Courses, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 4 months ago
Colleges in the Kentucky Community & Technical College System are decreasing the number of remedial math courses they offer in 2017. In order to continue to provide math support to students whose skills are not at […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, California State University Channel Islands wins the New Media Consortium Center of Excellence Award, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 4 months ago
NROC member CSU Channel Islands (CSUCI) won the New Media Consortium Center of Excellence Award for their approach to integrating technology with learning. CSUCI faculty is working to implement new classroom […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Adult Education Welding Students Master Math and Technology Skills, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 5 months ago
The Inland Career Education Center (ICEC), in San Bernardino, California, used EdReady to help a group of welders master the math skills they would need to pass the national Beginning Welding Certification. […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Mountain Heights Academy Wins SETDA Student Voices Award 2017, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 5 months ago
NROC member Mountain Heights Academy won the SETDA Student Voices Award for leveraging technology to dramatically improve the educational experiences and achievements of their students. Additionally, Mountain […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, Revamping College Math Placement at Nevada State College, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 5 months ago
Under Nevada State College’s old math placement policy, incoming students took the Accuplacer exam during the summer prior to new-student orientation. Historically, about 75% of those students placed into r […]
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Rachel Larsen wrote a new post, What’s New with EdReady for 2017, on the site The NROC Project 2 years, 5 months ago
EdReady in 2017
EdReady is a math and English* readiness system that employs a knowledge inventory to personalize a student’s path to subject mastery within the context of a specific educational goal (e.g. p […]
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