Ready for What? A Mixed Methods Study of College and Career Readiness Accountability in Tennessee (Poster 10)

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Abstract

Tennessee uses multiple measures of high school students’ college and career readiness (CCR) for different federal and state accountability purposes. Despite the substantial weight given to CCR in Tennessee’s accountability systems, the extent to which each indicator predicts positive student outcomes is unclear. This study uses a mixed methods approach to exploring federal and state college and career readiness accountability indicators in an urban school district in Tennessee. The quantitative component of the study undertakes a regression-based analysis of the relationship between meeting accountability indicator criteria and college-going among students.

Author

• Mary M. Smith, Vanderbilt University