Three states journey to develop common "cut scores" for college readiness

Connecticut, Virginia and North Carolina have developed a consistent statewide approach to defining and measuring college readiness of community college students. The three states are part of a broader national trend to make this a matter of state rather then individual insitutional policy.

These states are part of "Achieving the Dream" (ATD), a national intiative to increase sucessful student outcomes in community colleges. Jobs for the Future helps to manage the ATD project and published two reports documenting these states' efforts in July 2008 and June 2009.