As North Carolina’s high school graduation rate rose by 2.3 percent from 2006 to 2009, the community college remediation rate increased by 7 percent, according to the John Locke Foundation.
Sixty-four percent of high school graduates who go on to community college needed to take remedial courses in English, reading, and/or mathematics before they were ready for college-level work.
“Low academic standards and expectations are one of a number of factors that provide marginal students an easier path to graduation, thereby helping to increase North Carolina’s graduation rate,” concludes Dr. Terry Stoops.
