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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]for the poster who said that CC does not require that everyone be college ready.  From criteria for standards on CC website:

"Furthermore, the standards created will not lower the bar but raise it for all students; as such, we cannot narrow the college-ready focus of the standards to just preparation of students for college algebra and English composition and therefore will seek to ensure all students are prepared for all entry-level, credit-bearing, academic college courses in English, mathematics, the sciences, the social sciences, and the humanities. The objective is for all students to enter these classes ready for success (defined for these purposes as a C or better)."
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Again it is NOT saying that everyone should go to college.

What it is saying is that students should at least be prepared enough to have the opportunity of college.

Schools shouldn't be leaving students so woefully underprepared for college that the door to college is closed to them.[/quote]

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