CCRS

In the adult education world, you hear the term CCRS, but what does that mean?  It stands for College and Career Readiness Standards, but what does that really mean?  The College and Career Readiness Standards are designed to give adult learners a way to measure their learning as compared to other adult learners.

If our goal is simply to get students diplomas, that isn't enough.  Adult learners are already at a disadvantage because they didn't receive their high school credential on a traditional timeline and by lowering the expectations, these adults will not be prepared for jobs that pay a living wage.

The goal of the CCR standards is to prepare adult learners for college without needing remediation. Since the adult education programs in the state of Iowa are free, it makes sense for the learners to attend our programs and brush up on all their academic skills before entering the college atmosphere. This makes the most fiscal sense to adult learners.

To summarize, CCRS literally means College and Career Readiness Standards.  College and Career Readiness means that students can enter a freshman level course and be ready for the rigor that is demanded of them without needing remediation.