Postsecondary Readiness

INITIATIVE: HOUSTON EDUCATION RESEARCH CONSORTIUM EDUCATION

Postsecondary readiness broadly refers to how well students are prepared for education, employment or other pathways after high school.

Postsecondary readiness broadly refers to how well students are prepared for education, employment or other pathways after high school. Research by the Kinder Institute looks at a variety of factors for postsecondary readiness, including the role of college prep course offerings and course-taking, the availability and access to career and technical education (CTE) programs, school-to-work linkages and the effectiveness of tuition-free programs in increasing college graduation rates.

Research

The Role of College Prep Course Offerings and Course-Taking in Long-Term Educational Outcomes

This study analyzes the distribution of college prep course offerings across Texas high schools and which school characteristics are associated with higher and lower numbers of college prep course offerings

BRIEF: August 19, 2019 EDUCATION

Tracking Eighth-Graders' Postsecondary Outcomes in Harris County

Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC) used the Houston Community Data Connections platform to track hundreds of thousands of Houston-area students' educational and professional careers for 17 years.

DATA DASHBOARD: November 6, 2018 EDUCATION

Transitioning to College and Work: Where are high school seniors from 2006-2008 now? (Part 1)

This research brief describes the college outcomes of three cohorts of 12th grade students in the Houston Independent School District through descriptive statistics of college enrollment, college completion and annual income.