Reality of College Readiness 2013
Posted by on July 08, 2013
The Reality of College Readiness 2013
Predicting who will go to and finish college is incredibly tricky. A new report from ACT Inc underscores that while academic readiness is important, it is not the sole factor at play in college success. Other factors such as the fit of the school, financial aid opportunities, and interest in the offered majors are important dimensions of readiness.
Annually, ACT provides each state with The Condition of College & Career Readiness, a report that details the college readiness of students who took the ACT® college readiness assessment. Based on extensive empirical research, ACT has defined “college and career readiness” as the acquisition of knowledge and
skills a student needs to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing first-year college courses at a postsecondary institution without the need for remediation. This definition has been adopted by the Common Core state standards initiative.
http://www.act.org/readinessreality/13/pdf/Reality-of-College-Readiness-2013.pdf
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