A pilot program launched in Illinois several years ago was extended through legislation signed by Governor Pat Quinn last July. The goals of the program are to (1) diagnose college readiness by developing a system to align ACT scores to specific community college courses in developmental and freshman curricula, and (2) provide resources and academic support to high school students to enrich the senior year through remedial or advanced coursework, and other interventions.
A brief published last June summarizes the efforts of pilot sites to date and provides some lessons learned from the project.
The program appears to be a very good example of optimizing the results of college-readiness test results to help more students enter postsecondary education without need for remediation.
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