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College Readiness and High School-to-College Success
The nation's K-12 educational systems may be reaching a potentially historical turning point. Initially designed to educate students to a "common" level of basic education, public schools are now expected increasingly to prepare the vast majority of students for education beyond high school. Achieving this difficult goal is complicated by a number of factors. What will it take to transform American education from sorting and selecting students for college to enabling more students to be truly ready for postsecondary success?
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The Challenge of College Readiness
published by David Conley in Educational Leadership Research Shows a mismatch between high school preparation and college expectations. How can high schools prepare students for college success? About 67 percent of U.S. students who graduated from high school in 2004 went on to enroll in college at a higher proportion than in any previous year (National Center for Education Statistics, 2005). Certainly, the rising college attendance rate is an accomplishment. But before we celebrate, we must consider how many of these hopeful, ambitious young people are likely to thrive in higher education. April 2007.
