Relationship Between Criteria and (CR) Program

Criteria Program Example (GEAR UP)

College Ready
Knowledge
and Skills Provide college knowledge to students.
Embedded in
Curriculum

• It focuses on fostering increased knowledge, expectations, and preparation for postsecondary

Student and education among low-income students and their families
Teacher
• It provides various types of services: Academic assistance, mentoring, information on
Support
Structure postsecondary education options, information on student aid, counseling, programs for families,
curriculum development, professional development, financial aid incentives.

Comprehensiv
e Assessment
System

K-16
Alignment of
Standards
Curriculum
and
Assessment
Longitudinal

K-16 Data
Tracking
System
State College GEAR UP offers state and partnership grants. State grants are competitive six-year matching grants
Readiness that must include both an early intervention component designed to increase college attendance
Budget and success and raise the expectations of low-income students and a scholarship component.
Partnership grants are competitive six-year matching grants that must support an early intervention
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component and may support a scholarship component designed to increase college attendance and
success and raise the expectations of low-income students (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) , 2009).

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