What is College Readiness?

According to the Educational Policy Improvement Center, college readiness means that a student can enter a college classroom, without remediation, and successfully complete entry-level college requirements. Students that are enrolled in remediation courses in their first year of college have only a 17-39% graduation rate (College Board 2004). In order for a student to be considered college ready there are skills, content knowledge and behaviors that must be acquired before leaving high school. The core areas of college readiness are:

• Strong intellectual growth throughout the primary and secondary years fostered by increasingly challenging content in the four core subjects and beyond.
• The ability to think critically and problem solve in the context of a continuously changing set of circumstances and realities.
• The advancement of reading, writing, and numeric skills that enable success in all college courses.
• The capacity to communicate effectively with individuals from a variety of cultural and professional backgrounds.

The Center for College Readiness provides students, teachers, and administrators with the training and access to resources needed to create and facilitate college ready classrooms, campuses, and districts.