Postsecondary readiness indicators emphasize academic measures (98% of plans) and career measures (83%) far more than military measures (27%)¶

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q2 i? Nearly every plan with an indicator included an academic measure (40 states, 98%), 83% included a career measure, and only 27% included a military measure. → Mitchell P. Herz 2023

Evidence¶

Mitchell P. Herz 2023¶

Mitchell P. Herz, Lamar L. Johnson, and Eric W. Crane. (2023). Accountability for Postsecondary Readiness: A 50-State Analysis. Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED633301

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Frequency analysis of measure types across the 41 plans with a postsecondary readiness indicator, reported in Table 2. Table 2 shows any academic measure in 40 states (98%), any career measure in 34 states (83%), and "only 27 percent of plans explicitly had a military-focused measure." Pennsylvania was the only state with no academic measure.

"However, only 27 percent of plans explicitly had a military-focused measure, such as achieving a threshold score on the ASVAB exam or enlisting in a military branch (see Table 2)."

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