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It includes Smarter Balanced (SBAC) test standards and completion of A–G courses for UC and CSU admission, as well as college credits via dual enrollment, AP, and IB. Career readiness covers CTE pathway success, military leadership courses, apprenticeships, and job programs. 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Students may also be college ready through dual enrollment, AP, IB, or the State Seal of Biliteracy.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"What does the fact sheet report about overall readiness levels in California?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"As measured by the CCI, 52% of California high school graduates are prepared for college or career, while another 14% are “approaching prepared.” About one in five students meet statewide test standards for college readiness.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How do readiness outcomes differ by income and race/ethnicity?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"The fact sheet reports 15% of low-income students are college ready versus 31% of students who are not low income. By race and ethnicity, 51% of Asian and 32% of white students are college ready, compared with 13% of Latino students and 9% of Black students.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},504218,1791275762,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":66,"doc_module":4,"category_id":39,"category_name":40,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":133,"file_id":134,"file_url":135,"file_type":136,"file_size":137,"view_count":29,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":19,"language":138,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":139,"faqs":140,"seo_title":141,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":142,"read_time":52},4398046744996,"FACT SHEET · APRIL 2026  \nCollege Readiness in California  \nIwunze Ugo and Eric Assan  \nCollege and career readiness are defined broadly.  \n California’s College and Career Indicator (CCI) uses a range of metrics to identify graduating students as college and career ready, including test scores on the statewide Smarter Balanced assessments (SBAC) and completion of the set of “A–G” courses required for admission to the UC and CSU.  \n Students who earn college credits through dual enrollment, Advanced Placement (AP), or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses—and those who earn the State Seal of Biliteracy—are also designated as college ready.  \n Metrics for career readiness include success in career technical education (CTE) pathways, military leadership courses, apprenticeships, and other job programs.  \n As measured by these metrics, 52% of California high school graduates are prepared for college or career, while another 14% are “approaching prepared.”  \nAbout one in five students meet statewide test standards for college readiness.  \n Students who score “standard met” in both reading and math on the SBAC grade 11 exams are defined by the CCI as academically prepared for college. In 2025, only 23% of California graduates were rated academically prepared. Proficiency rates in English (56%) were twice as high as rates in math (28%) .  \n Performance on the grade 11 SBAC tests improved each year from 2015 to 2019. But proficiency rates fell sharply during the pandemic and have yet to recover; the 2025 share of college-ready students is 2 percentage points lower than it was in 2019.  \n Readiness varies across student groups. About 15% of low-income students are college ready, compared to 31% of students who are not low income. Looking at race and ethnicity, 51% of Asian and 32% of white students are college ready, while rates are 13% for Latino students and 9% for Black students.  \nAs measured by test scores, college readiness varies widely across income and race  \nSOURCE: California Department of Education: College and Career Indicator.  \nNOTES: “SBAC Prepared” indicates a student scored at least “standard met” on both the English language arts and the math portion of the grade 11 Smarter Balanced (SBAC) assessments.“Approaching Prepared” indicates a student scored “standard nearly met” on both exams.“Not Prepared” indicates a student scored “standard not met” on one or both exams.  \nTrends in college preparatory course-taking show promise.  \n Nearly half (47%) of high school graduates complete the A–G sequence, a specified number of courses across various subjects required for admission to the UC and CSU. Rates have risen every year since 2018, as more districts have increased access to the courses.  \n Asian students have the highest A–G completion rates at 71% . Just over half of white students (52%) complete the A–G courses, as do 41% of Latino students and just over a third of Black students (37%) . About 40% of low-income students complete the sequence. Since 2018, A–G completion rates have increased the most for Black and Latino students.  \n One-third of high school students participate in dual enrollment courses, but only 12% of these students are college ready according to the CCI, which requires a year of coursework.  \n The share of students rated college ready through AP rose from 16% in 2024 to 29% in 2025. This increase, however, is largely due to a change in the CCI criteria: students no longer need to pass two year-end AP exams and can instead earn the distinction with grades of C-or better in any two courses.  \nHigher shares of Black, Latino, and low-income students are completing courses needed for admission to UC and CSU  \nChange in A–G completion  \nSOURCE: California Department of Education: College and Career Indicator.  \nNOTES: The A–G completion rate is the share of students that complete the A–G course sequence—a set of 15 year-long classes across various subjects required for admission to UC or CSU. The g","cbCaipPqgdLXva1D","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipPqgdLXva1D","pdf",141837,"English","# College and career readiness definitions\n## College readiness metrics\n## Career readiness metrics\n# Key outcomes and trends\n## Overall preparedness rates\n## Academic preparedness by subject\n## Trend changes through 2025\n# Differences across student groups\n## Income and race/ethnicity gaps\n## A–G completion patterns\n## Dual enrollment and AP contributions\n# Graduation and preparation context\n## Graduation rates vs college readiness\n## Collaboration and Golden State Pathways Program","[{\"question\":\"How does California define college readiness in the CCI?\",\"answer\":\"CCI designates students as college ready using metrics such as SBAC “standard met” in both reading and math and completion of the A–G course sequence required for UC and CSU admission. Students may also be college ready through dual enrollment, AP, IB, or the State Seal of Biliteracy.\"},{\"question\":\"What does the fact sheet report about overall readiness levels in California?\",\"answer\":\"As measured by the CCI, 52% of California high school graduates are prepared for college or career, while another 14% are “approaching prepared.” About one in five students meet statewide test standards for college readiness.\"},{\"question\":\"How do readiness outcomes differ by income and race/ethnicity?\",\"answer\":\"The fact sheet reports 15% of low-income students are college ready versus 31% of students who are not low income. By race and ethnicity, 51% of Asian and 32% of white students are college ready, compared with 13% of Latino students and 9% of Black students.\"}]","College Readiness in California - Fact Sheet - April 2026 | PDF",1791065201]