5. Academic Readiness for College : What Does it Mean? Lynne Miller, University of Southern Maine College of Education and Human Development/ Southern Maine Partnership Russell Chair in Philosophy and Education April, 2006

6. ACT Study Results Source: (2005) ACT, Inc.

7. MEA Data 2005

17. Graduation Rates at Maine Public Universities 70% NA NA MMA 33% 28% 12% USM 31% 24% 9% UMPI 44% 35% 14% UMM 50% 43% 11% UMFK 56% 52% 32% UMF 23% 23% 8% UMA 60% 54% 30% UMO 6 Year 5 Year 4 Year Campus

22. What are the Disconnects?

24. HS Graduation vs. College Admission Requirements Computer competence Fine Arts 1 0 Health/PE 1.5 0 Foreign Language 0 2 Science 2-one lab 2 - three lab preferred Social Studies/US History 2 2 - 3 preferred Math 2 3 - Alg 1,2 & Geom senior math preferred Min. Me Grad. Min College Admission English 4 4

26. Disconnect #2: College Admission ≠ Placement into and Readiness for “Gateway” Courses

29. At Maine Community Colleges: 37% of incoming Students Take Remedial Courses

30. Remediation And Graduation Source: Kirst, M. (2004). The high school/college disconnect. Educational Leadership , 62 (3), 51-55.

32. Overview of Developmental Writing Courses at UMaine Campuses Fall, 2004 L. Miller None None MMA 366 Local Test 550 USM 81(plus 38 in reading) Accuplacer for reading;writing sample 500 UMPI 48 In-class diagnosis NA UMAINE 25 Accuplacer 480 UMM 24 (plus 36 in reading) Accuplacer 500 UMFK 84 Local Test 490 UMF 188 (plus 157 in reading) Accuplacer 530 UMA Development Course Enrollments Placement Test SAT Cut-off Campus

33. Developmental Courses in Math at UMaine Campuses Fall, 2004 L. Miller None None NA MMA 545 Local Test 480 USM 152 Accuplacer 490 UMPI 58 Local test for everyone NA UMAINE 74 Accuplacer 470 UMM 0 Accuplacer 500 UMFK 25 Local Test 450 UMF 661 Accuplacer 500 UMA Development Course Enrollments Placement Test SAT Cut-off Campus

41. College Readiness in Writing: Report to the Field Chancellor’s Committee Report on College Readiness in Writing Presented to the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System (June 2005) .

50. COLLEGE READINESS in Math Chancellor’s Committee Report on College Readiness in Math Presented to the Board of Trustees of the University of Maine System (January,2006 Revised March 2006) .

51. Mathematics is the language of science “ The world demands advanced quantitative literacy, and no matter what a student's postsecondary field of study ... more than a ceremonial visit to college-level mathematics is called for."