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Kenneth D. Hale – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Throughout the United States, dual enrollment programs enable high school students to earn college credit by completing college classes while in high school. In 2015, the State of Ohio expanded grade-level eligibility to participate in the state's dual enrollment program, College Credit Plus, to seventh- and eighth-grade students. The purpose of…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Grade 8, College Readiness, Student Attitudes
Özek, Umut – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER), 2021
High school graduation rates in the United States are at an all-time high, yet many of these graduates are deemed not ready for postsecondary coursework when they enter college. This study examines the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of remedial courses in middle school using a regression discontinuity design. While the short-term test…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Remedial Instruction, Outcomes of Education, Scores
Umut Özek – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2021
High school graduation rates in the United States are at an all-time high, yet many of these graduates are deemed not ready for postsecondary coursework when they enter college. This study examines the short-, medium-, and long-term effects of remedial courses in middle school using a regression discontinuity design. While the short-term test…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Remedial Programs, Middle School Students, Postsecondary Education
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2018
The Iowa Department of Education (Department) collects information on joint enrollment from Iowa's 15 community colleges. Jointly enrolled students are high school students enrolled in community college credit coursework. Most jointly enrolled students enroll through Senior Year Plus programs such as Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) and…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Community Colleges, High School Students, Two Year College Students
Edmunds, Julie; Lewis, Karla; Hutchins, Bryan; Klopfenstein, Kristin – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2018
As originally conceptualized, Early Colleges were small schools focused purposefully on college readiness for all students. Frequently located on college campuses, Early Colleges targeted students who might face challenges in postsecondary education, including students who were the first in their family to go to college, economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, College Preparation, College Credits
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Lauen, Douglas L.; Fuller, Sarah; Barrett, Nathan; Janda, Ludmila – American Journal of Education, 2017
We examine the impacts of early college high schools, small schools of choice located on college campuses. These schools provide a no-cost opportunity for students to earn college credit--or a 2-year degree--while in high school. Using rich administrative data on multiple cohorts of students and quasiexperimental methods informed by the…
Descriptors: High Schools, Higher Education, Acceleration (Education), Dual Enrollment
Southeast Comprehensive Center, 2016
The Southeast Comprehensive Center (SECC) at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL), an affiliate of American Institutes for Research (AIR), publishes a biannual update of college- and career-readiness state standards and assessment resources. It is designed to assist staff in state education agencies (SEAs) and other educators in…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, State Standards, Academic Standards
Edmunds, Julie A.; Grebing, Eric M.; Coyle, Victoria C.; Rosof, Laura; Henson, Bob A.; Cardwell, Ramsey – SERVE Center at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2021
The College and Career Readiness Expansion project was a five-year, federally funded effort to implement early college strategies in comprehensive high schools. This report presents the results from a quasi-experimental impact study of the project and a mixed methods examination of its implementation. Results showed that the program increased the…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Career Readiness, High School Students, Program Effectiveness