Achieve's College and Career Readiness Quiz

Correct. In 2005, just five states — California, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, and Wyoming — could verify that their high school English and mathematics standards aligned with the expectations of colleges and employers. Today, all 50 states and the District of Columbia have college- and career-ready standards in place. For more, see our 2014 Closing the Expectations Gap report. 

That’s right. 74% of new college students who feel their high school set high expectations felt extremely or very well prepared for college, compared with only 36% of those who say they experienced low expectations. For more, check out the full set of student survey results.

Wrong – only one out of four recent high school grads reported that they felt their high school set high academic expectations. See everything the students had to say in our full Rising to the Challenge survey results.

You’re right! Six in ten recent high school grads say they would have worked harder in school had they known what colleges and employers expect. Check out our full student survey results here.

That’s right. While most were satisfied with students’ computer and technology skills, more than 75% of college faculty were displeased with their students’ critical thinking, written communication, and work and study habits. Check out faculty and employers’ full impression of recent high school grads here.

Nope. 61% of employers reported that their newly-hired high school grads had to get additional training or education to make up for gaps in their preparation – up from 42% in 2004. See everything employers and college faculty had to say in our 2015 survey results.

Correct. Approximately eight out of ten college faculty members are dissatisfied with their students’ preparation for success in college. For more, see what employers and college faculty had to say in our 2015 survey.

Not quite. A whopping 83% of recent grads who took lower-level mathematics courses than Algebra II had to take remedial mathematics when they got to college. See more of what students had to say in our Rising to the Challenge survey results.