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The Forgotten Middle: Improving Readiness for High School. Issues in College Readiness
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ACT, Inc., 2008
The percentage of eighth graders on target to be ready for college-level work by the time they graduate from high school is so small that it raises questions not just about the prospect that these students can eventually be ready for college, but also about whether they are even ready for high school. A new longitudinal study by ACT (in press)…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 8, School Readiness, Educational Improvement