The Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act (PWR) takes a student-based and competency-based approach to helping students achieve college and career readiness. If you are in Illinois and need help with your implementation, read on for tools you can use. If you are not in Illinois but are interested in the idea of transitional courses, this blog can give you ideas for what this intervention could be like in your state or school.

Transitional math courses provide high school seniors a new experience with math, allowing the student to increase their college readiness in math and gain placement. States and colleges provide placement in a variety of ways. It’s common to still require the use of a placement test or some kind of cumulative, common exit exam for the course.

We’re working through the nitty gritty of implementation, which is messy and hard. I have realized that I want to provide the intensive help I give to my clients to as many schools in the state as I could. But it’s time and budget intensive to hire a consultant to come in and work with your staff and solve your specific problems.

There simply are no one-size-fits-all quick solutions to big problems. Transitional math isn’t a quick or easy fix, and it’s not for every student. But it definitely does solve a problem for many students