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Lindsay, Jim; Davis, Elisabeth; Stephan, Jennifer; Proger, Amy – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Ramp-Up to Readiness™ (Ramp-Up) is a program for middle and high school students that aims to provide greater depth and breadth of support for college readiness than do current supports. This study examined whether students' ACT Engage goal setting and commitment to college scale scores as well as the likelihood of key enrollment actions such as…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Middle School Students, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
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Lindsay, Jim; Davis, Elisabeth; Stephan, Jennifer; Bowdon, Jill – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
Ramp-Up to Readiness™ (Ramp-Up) is a college readiness program that aims to enhance five dimensions of readiness in high school students: academic, admissions, career, financial, and personal-social. Ramp-Up's developer theorizes that increasing these dimensions of readiness in high school students will improve college enrollment and success…
Descriptors: College Readiness, High Schools, Program Implementation, Public Schools
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Davis, Elisabeth; Smither, Cameron; Zhu, Bo; Roth, Erin; Stephan, Jennifer; Foster, Shandu – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2017
Acceleration programs are challenging courses in which high school students can simultaneously earn credit toward a high school diploma and a college degree (dual credit). This study examined participation rates in acceleration programs and early college outcomes for the 2011 cohort of Minnesota high school graduates. Nearly half the graduates…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), High School Students, College Credits, Minority Group Students