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About the Early Assessment Program
The California State University (CSU), which draws its students from the top third
of California’s high school graduates, has long accommodated large numbers of
incoming students who need remedial education in English and mathematics. While
having well over half of incoming students requiring additional preparation is a
common occurrence in all states, the CSU and public school leadership believe that
an early intervention strategy will help increase the college readiness of high
school students.
The CSU has worked with the State Board of Education (SBE) and the California
Department of Education (CDE) to develop the Early Assessment Program (EAP). EAP
incorporates the CSU’s placement standards into existing high school standards
tests in English and mathematics.
The benefits of EAP are many:
- Aligning school and CSU standards so that success in school means readiness
for the CSU
- Giving more meaning and force to the California Standards Tests (CSTs)
- Giving high school students an early signal about their college readiness and
adequate time to prepare before entering CSU
- Making the senior year a time for more direct and specific preparation for college
- Exempting CSU-ready students from taking CSU placement tests or the SAT or
the ACT, thereby reducing testing time for the students
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Last Updated:
November 14, 2012
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