Pilot Aims to Ready High Schoolers for Community College in 2 Years
By passing a series of tests, students can move on or stay put
Twenty-one high schools in four states are working this fall to restructure their academic programs into “lower division” and “upper division” courses that are aimed at readying all students for community college by the end of their sophomore year.
Students who pass a series of exams, at that point, could leave high school and enroll—without remedial courses—in a two-year college, or stay in high school to take additional technical coursework, or pursue studies that prepare them for a university.
The approach, modeled after “board-examination systems” in use in such countries as England, is part of a pilot program announced last week by the National Center on Education and the Economy ,...
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Correction:
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated which exams students would have to pass to skip remedial classes in community college. They would need to pass lower-division exams.
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