Pacific
American Samoa, Federated States of Micronesia, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, Republic of the Marshall Islands, & Republic of Palau
CNMI Alliance for College and Career Readiness, REL Pacific
Alliance Work
Work in Progress: College Readiness Among High School Completers in American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Work in Progress: Exploring Patterns of Success at Northern Marianas College
Research Questions:
- What college and career readiness data are available?
- Based on the Data Quality Campaign's framework, how many of the 10 Essential Elements of high quality data systems are in place?
- How prepared are recent high school graduates for college and careers?
- How prepared are subgroups of recent high school graduates for college and careers?
- What percentage of Northern Mariana Islands public high school graduates who entered Northern Marianas College were college ready?
- How many first-time freshmen students were enrolled in developmental versus credit-bearing English or math courses?
- What were the academic outcomes of first-time freshmen students whose first English or math course was a developmental course versus students whose first English or math course was a credit-bearing course?
- What were the background characteristics of first-time freshmen students who were enrolled in developmental versus credit-bearing courses?
Geographical Areas Served:
The Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Member Organizations:
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Department of Labor
- Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Public School System
- Northern Marianas College
Contact Information:
Dr. Daisy Carreon
dcarreon@mcrel.org
(808) 664-8180