This new report, produced by Education Week and the Editorial Projects in Education Research Center with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, points out, that what it means to be ready to attend college is open to argument, with no firm consensus on how to measure college readiness or ensure that all students clear such a bar. Moreover, high schools aren't equally equipped to help students navigate the college-application and financial-aid system -- a particularly difficult process for low-income youths. And the call for more attnetion to college-going rates comes amid troubling data on the proportion of U.S. students who graduate from high school in the traditional four-year timespan. Read More