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Ticket to Nowhere: The Gap between Leaving High School and Entering College and High-Performance Jobs.

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Haycock, Kati, Ed.; Barth, Patte, Ed.; Mitchell, Ruth, Ed.; Wilkins, Amy, Ed. – Thinking K-16, 1999

This issue discusses changes in standards, assessments, and graduation requirements needed in K-12 and higher education, examining whether high school graduates are adequately prepared to enter college without remediation. Currently, about three-quarters of high school graduates will attend college. Among students who take the recommended number…

Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Admission, College Bound Students, Elementary Secondary Education