Sentence examples for college preparedness from inspiring English sources

We believe the SAT measures a student's ability to apply the skills they have learned in high school, in turn demonstrating to admission counselors their college preparedness.

Where are some places that one could volunteer one's time and skills (tutoring, college preparedness)? - Posted by John Mac It's a timely question.

In addition, every college in the state will be required to establish alliances with low-performing high schools to improve achievement and college preparedness.

While the report focused on K-12 education and called for better college preparedness, its instrumentalist rhetoric has remarkable affinities with that of critics who see higher education as outmoded.

Most important, our study found that without affirmative action, racial diversity could only be preserved if there were no racial differences in learned skills and knowledge or in college preparedness.

The employees, who are expected to range from 14 to 18 years old, will work six hours a day, four days a week, at the minimum wage of $5.15 an hour, with the fifth weekday devoted to classes in career development and college preparedness.

At a news conference this afternoon, lawyers representing the families of the two students who died and two others who were injured criticized the college's preparedness.

I graduated from a large urban school system and currently teach in a similar one where, as an Advanced Placement (AP) teacher, I have a unique vantage point from which to gauge the skills needed for college and career preparedness.

Preparedness for college is especially low — only 7 percent of students enrolled in the schools' English Language Learners program are ready for college or a career according to state standards, reports Kirk Semple on the SchoolBook blog.

To support the new standards, the city and state will need new programs to train math and science teachers and a more effective testing system that would allow everyone to judge students' preparedness for college.

"Given the past research indicating that disadvantaged students often suffer high rates of failure in college, lack in social preparedness, and experience difficulties fitting into colleges lacking heterogeneity, these results are striking," Zimbroff wrote in the study.