31.053 - Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative: Feedback From the First Two Years of Implementation

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

The Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative is a statewide policy that mandates college placement testing to 11th graders who meet high school graduation criteria, but are unlikely to meet college-readiness criteria. Students who score below college-ready are required to take math and English preparatory courses in 12th grade. This symposium will discuss qualitative feedback from students, teachers, district administrators, and college staff about the first two years of program implementation. It will examine what the grade 12 courses look like in practice, how teachers perceive the effectiveness of the initiative and barriers to implementation, how K-12 and postsecondary institutions collaborate together around the initiative, and what students think could be done to better prepare them for post-high school plans.

Sub Unit

• Division L - Educational Policies and Politics / Division L - Section 7: Social Policy and Social Context

Chair

• Kelly Iwanaga Becker, Northwestern University

Papers

• What Do Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative College Readiness Courses Look Like in Practice? - Christine Mokher, CNA; Christopher M. Sun, CNA

• How Do Teachers Perceive the Effectiveness of the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative and the Barriers to Implementation? - James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University; Jennifer Lansing, Northwestern University; Caitlin Ahearn, Northwestern University

• How Do K–12 and Postsecondary Institutions Collaborate Around the Florida College and Career Readiness Initiative? - Christine Mokher, CNA; Juliana Pearson, CNA

• What Do Students Think Could Be Done to Better Prepare Them for Post–High School Plans? - Louis Jacobson, New Horizons Economic Research

Discussant

• Michal Kurlaender, University of California - Davis