Ready News
Ready for College – Three Years of Evidence
This report summarizes three years of data from studies of SREB’s Literacy Ready and Math Ready courses.
In response to states’ need for transitional curricula to prepare at-risk students for the rigors of postsecondary course work, SREB partnered with curriculum experts and state leaders to develop and pilot Literacy Ready and Math Ready during the 2013-15 school years. Hundreds of schools around the nation have since adopted these courses.
Readiness Courses: Preparing Students for College and Careers
A key component of SREB’s recommendations for statewide readiness is implementation of transitional courses in literacy and math. This publication describes SREB’s Readiness Courses and provides data about their effectiveness. It offers recommendations for states to increase college readiness and for schools that offer transitional courses.
SREB Ready
Overview brochure
Many schools need to use the senior year to close the readiness gap and prepare students who aren’t quite ready for college reading or math. SREB’s Readiness Courses are designed to address these specific needs.
This brochure gives a quick overview of the eight units in Math Ready and the six Literacy Ready units in English, history and science.
SREB Readiness Courses: Preparing Students for Success
Program Overview
For states and schools that wish to close the readiness gap, SREB
has
developed two sets of readiness courses in literacy and
mathematics. This brochure presents an overview of the
courses to prepare students for college and for high
school.
Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee Educators Win National Readiness Awards
Preparing students for college-credit courses
Educators from Georgia, Mississippi and Tennessee, and schools in Arkansas and Mississippi, in were honored this week with the Southern Regional Education Board’s Readiness awards. These national awards recognize outstanding teachers and leaders offering SREB’s Readiness Courses, which help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary programs without the need for remediation.
November 2018 Ready News
In this newsletter:
- Over 750 Teachers Trained in 2018
- 2018 SREB Ready Awards
- SREB Ready Certified Schools
- 2018-19 District Grants
Arkansas, Alabama And Missouri Educators, South Carolina School Win National Readiness Awards
Leadership in preparing students for success in high school and after
Three educators and a South Carolina high school were honored this week with Southern Regional Education Board awards. These recognize outstanding teaching and leadership with SREB Readiness Courses, which help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary studies. The winners were honored at SREB’s Readiness Courses Institute in Orlando, Florida.
February 2018 Ready News
In this newsletter:
- Join us at the 2018 Readiness Courses Institute
- Ready Model District Grants
- Become a Ready Certified School
December 2017 Ready News
In this newsletter:
- Over 2,000 Teachers Trained
- Ready for High School Pilots
- Literacy Still an Issue
March 2017 Ready News
In this newsletter:
- 2017 Readiness Courses Institute
- Ready for College ACT Study
- Literacy Ready Unit Updates
- Math Ready v3 Now Available
October 2016 Ready News
In this newsletter:
- SREB Launches Ready for High School Courses
- Readiness Becomes a National Initiative
- Ready for College Courses Making a Difference
- Spotlight on Alabama Community Colleges
February 2016 Ready News
In this newsletter
- A National Crisis in Reading
- High School Dropouts
- Readiness Courses Showing Promise
- 2016 Readiness Courses Institute
Mississippi, Arkansas Educators Win National Readiness Awards
Outstanding leadership in improving college readiness for high school students
Four educators were honored this week for their work to help underprepared students succeed in high school and postsecondary studies. Mary Zluticky of Horn Lake High School in Mississippi, Phil Wesson of Sheridan High in Arkansas, and Marla Davis and Jean Massey of the Mississippi Department of Education won SREB awards.
In Alabama, High School to College Collaboration on Readiness
Community Colleges Partner with K-12 Schools to Get Ready
Kudos to the Alabama Department of Education and the Alabama Community College System for working together to increase student readiness among the state’s high school graduates.
Alabama is piloting the two SREB Readiness Courses to increase high school seniors’ preparedness for postsecondary studies, and the Alabama Community College System has endorsed the K-12 efforts.
North Carolina: Early and widespread adoption for math readiness
State news about SREB Readiness Courses
North Carolina adopted transition courses early. The state’s
Essentials for College Math course is based on SREB Math
Ready units, and the state trained more than 150 teachers in
2014-15 and an additional 90 in summer 2015.
Mississippi: Readiness endorsement for teaching certificates
State news about SREB Readiness Courses
In the summer of 2015, the Mississippi Department of Education
trained more than 200 teachers — more than 60 in Literacy Ready
and 160 in Math Ready. To support these teachers, Mississippi
created an SREB Ready endorsement. The state affixes an SREB
Literacy Ready or SREB Math Ready endorsement to the
certifications of teachers who complete the initial training
and the online follow-up training.
Arkansas: A commitment to literacy as well as math
State news about SREB Readiness Courses
2013 legislation in Arkansas calls for the high schools
to assess students before they graduate from high school and
offer transitional courses for those who do not meet college- and
career-readiness standards. In response, the Arkansas
Department of Education trained more than 300 educators to
teach the SREB Readiness Courses — more than half of them
for the Literacy Ready course, demonstrating a major
commitment to literacy in Arkansas.