This report analyzes new longitudinal data to link the progress made in raising high school graduation rates to what is known about college readiness, access and persistence; the best indicators of a students’ postsecondary success; and the necessary and complementary roles that both the K-12 and higher education systems must play to raise educational attainments and close opportunity gaps.
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Research and Reports
Balfanz, R., DePaoli, J., Ingram, E., Bridgeland, J., Fox, J., (2016). Closing the Gap: A roadmap to Postsecondary Readiness and Attainment. Everyone Graduates Center at the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University.