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Committee hears college‑and‑career readiness briefing: presenters flag high remediation rates and recommend broader measures
Summary
APA presenters told the Senate Education Committee Arkansas has about a 90% high‑school graduation rate but lower ACT performance, a college‑going rate near 48.8% and remediation rates around 64.9% for those who enroll in state institutions; presenters urged defining and measuring career readiness alongside college readiness.
Amanda Brown, presenting the college‑and‑career‑readiness portion of the adequacy study, told the committee that Arkansas can measure many readiness indicators using existing state data but currently has gaps in career‑readiness indicators. Brown summarized key measures used nationally — attendance thresholds, GPA, AP/IB or dual‑enrollment participation, ACT benchmarks (English >18, Math ≥21, Science ≥24) — and walked members through Arkansas results reported in the presentation.
Brown cited several…
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