ummary
The nationwide emphasis on college and career readiness has led to an increase in dual
credit programs that allow students to take college courses while still in high school.
Following national trends, Kentucky has made college and career readiness the primary
goal of its public education system. Senate Bill 1, passed in 2009, charged the Kentucky
Department of Education and the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education with
developing a unified strategy to reduce the need for college remediation and increase the
rate at which students obtain a postsecondary degree (Kentucky Department of Education
& Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, 2010). A key strategy in the resulting
College and Career Readiness Delivery Plan is to provide opportunities for high school
students to earn college credit (Kentucky Department of Education, 2013).