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Adapting to higher standards and raising expectations may prove challenging, but they are the steps we must take so that our kids are successful in high schools and prepared for colleges and careers. Readiness is worth a celebration.
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Ana Cristina Pratas's insight:
In a report my office issued last year, we found that almost half of recent Illinois high school graduates required remedial courses upon enrolling in a community college. These courses require time and money to complete, yet offer no credits toward a degree. Too often, students never get beyond those remedial courses and end up dropping out of college.
Why is the remediation rate so high? A large part of the reason is that we have not set high enough standards for what our children need to learn in Kindergarten through high school. When they arrive in post-secondary programs, they simply aren't equipped with the knowledge and skills they need to succeed.
The same is true for careers. In Illinois, good jobs continue to go unfilled even while we grapple with tough economic times. This is due largely to the mismatch between the skills and knowledge we provide our students and what employers in a modern economy need workers to know.
By increasing expectations, the students will meet them. This will help them with the SATs and so the common core requirements are beneficial because it is preparing them for college and the students will learn a lot out of the lessons.