Postsecondary Transitions
Iowa Model Core Curriculum Project
Source: Iowa Department of Education Date: 2007
http://www.iowamodelcore.org/index.php
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The Iowa Model Core Curriculum Project is intended to ensure that all Iowa students have access to a rigorous and relevant curriculum that prepares them for success in postsecondary education and the global economy, and that Iowa educators have a tool to use to assure that essential subject matter is being taught and essential knowledge and skills are being learned. Iowa has established a statewide core curriculum completion rate goal and also requires districts to develop a core curriculum plan for each eighth-grader and report progress on the completion of that plan to parents/guardians annually.

Work teams were established for literacy, mathematics, and science to identify the essential content and skills of a world-class core curriculum for Iowa educators to follow. Work teams considered student needs, changing workforce needs, and the need to remain globally competitive when identifying the model curriculum. This information might be helpful for states that want to assess their core curriculum and make sure its preparing all students for success after high school.

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Background and Context
In many states, recent legislation or gubernatorial priorities have focused attention on increasing access for high school students to post-secondary options. Small learning communities, advisory systems, individual learning plans, AP and IB classes, dual enrollment programs, exit exams, and the push to increase rigor of high school classes and graduation requirements are approaches states use to guide students through graduation and help them make successful transitions into college.