Indicators of academic readiness for college: Evaluating an advanced Spanish language program
Jill Landes‐Lee,
Johanna Watzinger‐Tharp
Abstract:Students who participate in advanced coursework in high school are more likely to enroll and persist in college. This study measured college readiness indicators of high school seniors enrolled in the Utah Spanish Bridge Program and analyzed whether performance differed based on race/ethnicity or on parent college completion. Findings show that race/ethnicity played a role in inequitable distribution of college readiness indicators to a larger extent than parent college completion. Hispanic students, although … Show more
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