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Using ACT’s college readiness and college-and-career readiness frameworks tied to benchmark scores and writing readiness, the study analyzes survey responses on which practices and climate factors contribute most to student achievement. Results emphasize supportive, orderly environments, strong student-teacher relationships, safety, high expectations, effective classroom management, focused instruction, clear learning standards communication, quality curriculum resources, and assessment-aligned instruction.","COLLEGE READINESS  \nA First Look at  \nHigher Performing High Schools  \nSchool Qualities that Educators Believe Contribute Most to College and Career Readiness  \n© 2012 by ACT, Inc. All rights reserved.  \nA First Look at Higher Performing High Schools: School Qualities that Educators Believe Contribute Most to College and Career Readiness  \nIntroduction  \nThe Common Core State Standards Initiative represents one of the most significant reforms to US education in recent history. As of June 2012, 45 states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Standards.1 ACT is pleased to have played a leading role in the development of the Standards. Not only did the initiative draw on our longitudinal research identifying the knowledge and skills essential for success in postsecondary education and workforce training, but our College Readiness Standards™ were also among the resources used in the creation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) .  \nIn A First Look at the Common Core and College and Career Readiness (ACT 2010), we recognized that the goal of college and career readiness (CCR) changes expectations by setting higher standards for all students to meet as they leave high school. Among ACT-tested high school graduates of 2011, only one in four met all four College Readiness Benchmarks (ACT 2011) .  \nWhile the national CCR rates suggest significant room for improvement, there are high schools across the country where students are advancing more quickly toward CCR. As educators work to improve and prepare for implementation of the CCSS, it is worthwhile to examine the high schools where students are progressing toward CCR at atypically fast rates. What is it about these schools that educators perceive contributes most to their students’ growth? Are the school qualities that are deemed most important different for school administrators and teachers? What are educators’general perceptions of the value of the CCSS? How far along are these schools in implementing the CCSS? This study addressed these questions by surveying educators at high schools across the country that have demonstrated strong progress toward CCR. We discuss how the findings relate to core practices that can be used to guide coherent approaches to school improvement.  \nACT has long defined college readiness as the acquisition of the knowledge and skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in creditbearing, first-year courses ata postsecondary institution (such as a two-or four-year college, trade school, or technical school) without the need for remediation. ACT’s definition of college and career readiness was adopted by the Common Core State Standards Initiative and provides a unifying goal upon which educators and policymakers now must act.  \nACT’s College Readiness Benchmarks are the minimum scores required on the  \nACT subject tests for highschool students to have a 75 percent chance of earning a grade of C or better, or about a 50 percent chance of earning a grade of B or better, in selected courses commonly taken by first-year college students: English Composition; College Algebra; social sciences courses such as History, Psychology, Sociology, Political Science, and Economics; and Biology. The Benchmark scores on the ACT tests are 18 in English, 22 in mathematics, 21 in reading, and 24 in science; on the ACT Writing Test, ascore of 7 or above indicates readiness for college-level writing assignments.  \nKey terms describing school qualities. 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