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College Readiness & Success System: Empowering Students for Their Future

The College Board Readiness & Success System goes beyond tests, providing more opportunities and guidance for students to navigate their path through high school, college, and their future careers. Through partnerships and personalized practice plans, students can improve their skills and showcase their best work. Additional funds, fee waivers, and planning tools ensure that high school prepares students for successful careers. AP courses and the Code.org initiative empower students for STEM fields. A paradigm shift in the test-prep industry levels the playing field for all students.

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College Readiness & Success System: Empowering Students for Their Future

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  1. Challenging All Students to Own Their FutureSeptember 28, 2015

  2. The College Board Readiness & Success System Beyond tests. More opportunities. Easier for students to navigate a path through high school, college and career Extraordinary, exclusive partnerships that deliver unprecedented benefits to students, educators, and states/districts

  3. “What should I focus on?”

  4. The few things that matter most The work students are already doing in class Clear and open Useful benchmarks and consistent feedback

  5. Making it easier for students to show their best work

  6. One team for College Readiness

  7. “How do I improve?”

  8. A supplement to great classroom instruction Removing barriers to high-quality practice Personalized practice plans Collaborating with teachers and the community

  9. A first-generation student or low-income student might be better now because it’s actually through hard work. They engaged with the Khan Academy system, worked on the skills the high school maybe wasn’t preparing adequately for or didn’t have a chance to learn A radically democratic reboot of the test-prep industry A real paradigm shift. I think they are really trying to change this from test preparation to an educational opportunity. Designed to help level the playing field for all students interested in taking the SAT and preparing for college-level courses.

  10. Khan Academy Partnership

  11. “How can I take advantage of the best opportunities?”

  12. Additional funds for student scholarships AP Potential: Inviting students to take advantage of the opportunities they’ve earned Exam and college admission fee waivers

  13. Access Through Partnerships Added $180 in scholarship opportunities 1955-2015 2015

  14. Propelling Students Into AP Opportunities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1zr3dGjrww https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8p25bhwgIRE https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ui3jeaf29mukwqc/AABuc63Pe5Dt8q6AjNfl2U-Ka/Kayla%20Brathwaite/2%20Minute/Kayla_7_FinalMix_030415_480.mp4?dl=0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boAqUN6DMG4

  15. Delivering Opportunity Through Fee Waivers

  16. “How do I make sure what I do in high school prepares me for a career?”

  17. Planning tools that engage students in thinking about their future Delivering skills that matter for jobs of the future, including coding, which opens doors for all. Achieving career readiness comes from productive preparation, not from taking another test

  18. “Powering Up: The campaign to teach computer science to a digital nation” From the Washington Post: “Seattle-based Code.org, founded by two tech entrepreneurs, and the College Board, the New York-based non-profit that administers the SAT and Advanced Placement tests, are offering to help 35 of the country’s largest school districts teach new computer science classes.”

  19. AP + Project Lead the Way AP + PLTW Program Preparing more students for degrees and careers in STEM • Connect AP and PLTW courses to create college and career pathways in Engineering, Biomedical Science, and Computer Science • Career-focused opportunities sponsored by key industry partners • New credential to recognize and reward students The Challenge By 2020, 92% of STEM jobs will require postsecondary education and training; only 42.6% of SAT takers in the class of 2014 met the SAT College and Career Readiness Benchmark

  20. The College Board Readiness & Success System Beyond tests. More opportunities. Easier for students to navigate a path through high school, college and career Extraordinary, exclusive partnerships that deliver unprecedented benefits to students, educators, and states/districts

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