The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education2018-05-172018-05-172008-03-01http://hdl.handle.net/10919/83321Are high school juniors academically prepared to succeed in certificate and degree programs at a community college? Do the high school exams taken by students match the academic rigor of the community college placement exams that determine if students are academically prepared for college level work? This report aims to answer these questions through the findings based on the research, Investigating the Alignment of High School and Community College Assessments in California.application/pdfenCreative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 InternationalCollege preparation programscommunity collegeshigh school--elective systemCaliforniaMixed signals in California a Mismatch Between High Schools and Community CollegesReporthttp://www.highereducation.org/reports/pa_mixed_signals/mis.pdf