Only 2% In Fresno School District Ready For College(In the 11th grade)

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Only 2% of the students in the Fresno Unified school district are ready college according to an 11th grade assessment test from Common Core.

http://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article40365447.html

Say what you will about college or not that result doesn't sound too promising.

Ironically I saw a recent article where the Los Angeles school district is allowing anyone to take college level or AP courses with few or no qualifiers.
 

Shalimar said:
In Canada one requires a certain grade point average to get in to colleges. Higher to be accepted into renowned universities.
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Believe or not many colleges in the US have ditched many of the tests used for entrance in favor of gpa. But many are finding gpa can be subjective with students having huge holes and/or gaps in what should be college level abilities. That's why many want standardized testing in high school but again many say a standardized wouldn't reflect a student's gpa or achievements. To me there should be minimum amount of walking around knowledge and ability of any high school graduate where college should only be a matter of choice and not completion of remedial math and grammar. course work.
 

I always though the junior college system so many towns and cities have set up to be the way for some to get into real education. Far too many schools, as I watched my two children, just teach enough to meet those tests and not really teaching about living at all.

When I was in school we spent time in two different paths. One was college prep and the other more practical, trades school classes. We could concentrate on one or the other and even mix the two.

Not sure what my kids had to work with but did think they had far too much time off to fiddle around. When I had no classes scheduled we had study halls or library time required. Not my kids. They could actually leave the school till next scheduled classes.

I liked the junior college systems as they do often transfer directly into a regular college if required. As I remember the junnior colleges often make it possible for some to get educated for very low cost of free. Who can really afford to get into many of our colleges these days at the prices they now charge.
 
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