Future Ready

Definition of College and Career Readiness in Iowa

Iowa students who are college and career ready have acquired the necessary knowledge, skills and strategies to be successful in post-secondary opportunities as demonstrated through multiple sources of evidence, including those generated by students.

Definition of College and Career Readiness in Iowa

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5 Future Ready Strategies

Data

Ensure school leaders use Future Ready data sources to drive decisions

Transition

Improve postsecondary transition support services

Rigor

Improve instruction based on Iowa’s Academic Standards, competencies and 21st-century skills

Partnerships

Create partnerships to expand authentic, work-based learning opportunities

Relevance

Increase personalized, competency-based pathways to future-readiness