NILES WEST HIGH SCHOOL (9 - 12)

Remediation, sometimes called developmental education, is designed to help students achieve a level of college and career readiness that will enable them to succeed in core academic subjects such as reading, math, and science. Community colleges require students to take remedial courses if they are judged to need additional preparation in order to earn credit from college-level studies. Almost 50% of the class of 2013 entering community colleges in Illinois were placed in developmental education in at least one subject. These courses incur tuition costs, but do not earn college credit. Students may be identified as needing remedial courses during high school or through college placement tests. Working with their local community colleges, some Illinois high schools are teaching college-level remedial courses to high school seniors and are seeing dramatic reductions in numbers of students needing remediation at the college level.

• 5 Myths of Remedial Education (Inside Higher Ed)

• How to Fix America's College Remediation Issue (U. S. News & World Report)

• Reforming Remedial Education (National Conference of State Legislatures)

• Complete College America