A recent Fordham Institute study is out with a new analysis of NAEP data showing that the percentage of college-ready high school seniors has been flat for 20 years.
This is particularly disheartening given the importance placed on college readiness today. Even with flat results, there is an increasing “college preparation gap.” Following is an excerpt from the article:
To repeat: The “college preparation gap” is larger now than in 1992 even though the college preparedness rate has remained relatively flat, due to the fact that the proportion of recent high school graduates enrolling in college rose sharply between 1994 and 2009—from 61 percent to 70 percent—before easing back down to 66 percent in 2013.
So, in other words, while the college readiness rate has remained the same over 20 years, this is more worrying because the percentage of students attending college has gone up over those same 20 years.
One caveat to keep in mind about the NAEP statistics is that they are based on a no-stakes test given to high school seniors.
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