For college-bound high school seniors, weak test scores in the spring can mean remedial courses on campus in the fall. How big a deal could that be? As it turns out, huge. An academic counselor at Helena College in Montana cites a troubling finding that suggests only three percent of first-year college students needing two or more remedial math or literacy courses will graduate. That stark prediction is just one of the reasons Helena Public School educators in Helena, Montana, prioritize college and career readiness for their K–12 students.
