Session ICollege Readiness: Noncognitive

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College Readiness: Noncognitive

• Jim Shelton• The College Board and Choosing Students• Educational Testing Service and the Personal

Potential Index• Center for New Constructs

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Roger WeissbergPromoting the Social, Emotional, and

Academic Learning of All Students• Liberal Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor; Professor

of Psychology and Education at the University of Illinois at Chicago

• Director: Social and Emotional Learning Research Group• Over 200 publications and 13 books focusing on preventive

interventions with children and adolescents • Developed curricula on school-based programs to promote

social competence and prevent problem behaviors (drug use, high-risk sexual behaviors, and aggression)

• Trained scholars and practitioners to design, implement, and evaluate family, school, and community interventions  

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Alberto Cabrera and Erin W. Bibo Starting Early, Staying on Track: A

Chronological Review of Critical Steps Along the Path to College

• Professor (Ph.D. in Educational Administration; MS in Industrial Relations)

• Specialties: Impact of college on students, college choice, classroom experiences, minorities in Higher Education and college outcomes

• Numerous awards, grants, and publications• Advisory boards: Pathways to College Network, the National

Postsecondary Education Cooperative Student Outcomes, and the GEAR UP Evaluation Council of the National Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP).

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Elena Silva What Students Really Need to Succeed in College

• Senior policy analyst at Education Sector (currently overseeing the organization's teacher quality work)

• Policy pieces on public school staffing and school design, scheduling, assessment, and the role of teachers unions in reform

• Previously, director of research for the American Association of University Women (gender equity in science and technology, higher education, and the workplace)

• Advisor to Youth In Focus, Women's Foundation, the National Academy of Engineering, the National Center for Education Statistics, and the U.S. Senate Task Force on Hispanic Education

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Nathan Kuncel Real and Imaginary Concerns in Assessing

College Readiness

• Marvin D. Dunnette Distinguished Professor in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

• Research focuses on the structure and prediction of performance in academic and work settings

• Research examines the power of individual differences for predicting different aspects of performance with a focus on the use of standardized tests (e.g., SAT, GRE, GMAT, PCAT,

• MAT), prior accomplishments (e.g., high school rank, extra-curricular accomplishments), and personality traits for predicting academic performance in college and graduate school

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College Readiness: Noncognitive

• Speakers are scheduled to talk for 30-40 minutes

• After each speaker, we will have 10-20 minutes for questions

• Researcher to policy – policy to researcher

• This dialogue will be captured and inform the debate (and subsequent artifacts)

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