Only 3 percent of Americans think high school graduates are “very well prepared” for college, reports Gallup. Five percent think gradautes are very well prepared for careers.
Students need “financial planning” and “social and life skills” to prepare for college, “job shadowing, internships and entrepreneurship opportunities” to prepare for the workforce, respondents said.
Most states don’t know how well students do after leaving high school, writes Richard Whitmire on The 74.
Nine states — Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, and Ohio — have data on graduates’ SAT/ACT scores, enrollment rates, remedial placement and persistence to the second year of college. Only Georgia and Michigan know how many complete a degree.
Planning for the future is stressed at Cass City Junior and Senior High in rural Michigan.
Using the limited data available, GreatSchools’ new College Success Awards recognize high schools in the nine states that are doing a good job preparing students to do well in college. Here are the award winners.
The report spotlights schools with unusually strong outcomes at which at least 40 percent of students are eligible for a free or reduced-price lunch.
In rural Michigan, Cass City Junior and Senior High seniors take a seminar on setting and achieving postsecondary goals.
Time for enrichment activities and academic support is built into the school day at Newbury Junior and Senior High in Ohio.
GreatSchools estimates that 68 percent of community college enrollees and 40 percent of students in four-year colleges and universities are placed in remedial classes.