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Direct linkAlice Li – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
Despite increases in college enrollment, college completion rates have not kept up, at both 2-year and 4-year institutions. In California specifically, the 6-year graduation or transfer rate for students at 2-year institutions was only 48%. In response to the idea that students arrive at college unprepared, driving these low college success rates,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education, Enrollment Trends, Graduation Rate
Download full textWashington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2014
This issue brief lists the agreement principles relating to the use of 11th grade career and college readiness assessment results for student placement in Washington community and technical colleges. As part of the Washington implementation of the new Common Core State Standards for college- and career-readiness, the agreement described herein has…
Descriptors: Grade 11, College Readiness, Career Readiness, Student Placement
Kurlaender, Michal – Grantee Submission, 2014
This article focuses on California's efforts to improve the alignment between K-12 and postsecondary schooling through the Early Assessment Program (EAP). Implemented in 2004, the EAP was designed to give high school students information about their academic preparedness for postsecondary education and to encourage teachers to teach for college…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Readiness, Community Colleges, Predictor Variables
Kurlaender, Michal; Larsen, Matthew F. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2013
In this paper we focus on California high school students' transition to community colleges. Our unique dataset tracks five cohorts of California high school juniors into their freshmen year at in-state community colleges. We evaluate the extent to which high school achievement tests (currently not utilized by community colleges in course…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, High School Students, Community Colleges, Achievement Tests
Wolanin, Natalie; Modarresi, Shahpar – Montgomery County Public Schools, 2015
The Office of Shared Accountability in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools (MCPS) is conducting a multiyear evaluation of the "Achieving Collegiate Excellence and Success" (ACES) program. ACES is a collaboration between MCPS, Montgomery College (MC), and the Universities at Shady Grove (USG) to create a seamless pathway from high…
Descriptors: Counties, Public Schools, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
