Wyoming P-16 Education Council

Wyoming P-16 Education Council

Created in 2007, the Wyoming P-16 Education Council works to improve Wyoming's high school graduation rate and increase the number of students going on to postsecondary education. The Council is also working on improving access to dual and concurrent enrollment courses and standardizing quality.

The Council developed and distributed five detailed charts comparing secondary and postsecondary classrooms for mathematics, science, social studies, writing, and world languages. The charts are intended to help students, teachers, and parents understand ever-increasing academic expectations.

The instructional comparison charts for mathematics, world languages, and writing were created by Wyoming secondary and postsecondary teachers, with support from the Wyoming State Scholars Initiative, the Wyoming P-16 Council, and the Wyoming School-University Partnership. Charts for science and social studies will be posted soon.

The teachers who contributed to the charts want students to have accurate, reliable information. They believe that the information will help students be successful, academically, in high school and beyond. Each chart displays typical instructional features for high school and college-level courses. Although academic experiences in college build on high school experiences, the number of class sessions, expectations for reading and writing, and grading are different. You will see differences for other instructional features, as well.

If you have questions, talk with your teacher, principal, academic counselor, or an academic counselor at one of the Wyoming community colleges or the University of Wyoming. If you have a reaction or a comment about the charts, please email us at treiterm@uwyo.edu.

To view the Wyoming P-16 Council public service announcement (30 seconds) click here.

Last Updated on 8/27/2009 9:43:47 AM