Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015 - Hispanic Students

The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015 - Hispanic Students

ACT
Excelencia in Education
June 2016

Overview

Latinos represent one quarter of all public high school students, and projections show a continued increase. They have made progress in measures of college and career readiness, but more needs to be done. The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2015 – Hispanic Students provides a snapshot of academic performance for Latino high school students graduating in 2015 who took the ACT college readiness assessment. This brief, authored by ACT in collaboration with Excelencia in Education, offers recommendations for policy and practice that policymakers and schools can implement to increase Latino college and career readiness.