Publications about:
College Planning Resources
- Family Firsts
A set of booklets for first-generation college students and their parents. It explains why students should go to college, what they need to do to get there, who can help, how to choose a college, how to succeed in college, and how to pay for college. - Parent version (PDF; 4 pages, 208KB)
- Student version (PDF; 16 pages, 574KB)
- Spanish version for parents (PDF; 4 pages, 217KB)
- Get Set for College
These booklets and PowerPoint presentation are resources about the college planning process. - Student version (PDF; 25 pages, 246KB)
- Parent version (PDF; 5 pages, 256KB)
- PowerPoint presentation (7.56MB)
High School Planning Resources
- Get Set for High School
These booklets and PowerPoint presentation are resources about the high school planning process. - Parent version (PDF; 4 pages, 140KB)
- Student version (PDF; 11 pages, 140KB)
- PowerPoint presentation (7.56MB)
College Readiness
- Ready to Succeed: All Students Prepared for College and Work (PDF; 20 pages, 399KB)
- Every student should leave high school with a ticket to the future. We must encourage students to take rigorous high school courses, monitor their academic progress, make timely interventions, and communicate early and often how well they are progressing toward their goals.
College Readiness Standards
- The College Readiness Standards are sets of statements intended to help you understand the meaning of the scores earned in EXPLORE, PLAN, and the ACT (ACT's three curriculum-based assessment programs).
- English (PDF; 2 pages, 27KB)
- Mathematics (PDF; 2 pages, 30KB)
- Reading (PDF; 2 pages, 26KB)
- Science (PDF; 2 pages, 16KB)