The Regional P-16 Council, led by Education to Employment Partners, continues to research, revise, and support the implementation of college readiness and preparatory courses throughout school districts in the Coastal Bend through the Academic Vertical Alignment Training and Renewal (AVATAR) regional committee.
Background Information
In Texas, students are College Ready and/or Career Ready if they meet certain academic indicators or standardized testing benchmarks set by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) and the Texas Education Agency (TEA). In general, College- and Career- Ready graduates should be able to enter and succeed in entry-level post-secondary courses with no need for remediation.
In the City of Corpus Christi, 30% of recent high school graduates were College-Ready in both English and Math. In order to increase this rate, College Preparation Courses were developed for students to take during high school so that they can enroll college without the need for remediation.
College Preparatory Courses (CPC) in English and Mathematics were developed in partnership with Coastal Bend College, Del Mar College, Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi, and Texas A&M University – Kingsville and are valid in participating school districts in the Coastal Bend.
Upon successful completion of these courses, students are not required to take remedial or developmental education when they enroll in college.
For more information on the CPC and AVATAR, contact Jeff West at (361) 563-5159 or jwest@e2epartners.org
General Guidelines
(1) For districts that have signed on to the Region 2 College Prep Memorandum of Understanding, it is mandated that the exam count for 15% of the first semester grade.
(2) Data results shall be reported to the Mathematics College Prep Course development team. Please email the report to Jeff West at jwest@e2epartners.org
(3) The MOU that sets course requirements has been updated so that students must have a course average of 70 in order to receive a College Readiness designation and be exempt from the TSIA math requirement.
Course Materials
