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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