In 2007 the state of Illinois passed the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Act, Public Act 095-0694, to fund pilot projects consisting of a community college and partner high schools and support the alignment of K-12 curriculum with college level coursework. OCCRL was the external evaluator for the CCR program until 2012 when the Illinois General Assembly eliminated funding for the program. This page includes links to several evaluation reports and publications during the duration of the grant period.

Evaluation Reports

• Taylor, J. L., Linick, M. A., Reese, G. C., Baber, L. D., & Bragg, D. D. (2012). Illinois’ College and Career Readiness Implementation Evaluation: Year-Five (2011-2012) Results. Office of Community College Research and Leadership: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/FINAL CCR Report 2012.pdf
• Linick, M. A., Taylor, J. L., Reese, G. C., Bragg, D. D., & Baber, L. D. (2012). Illinois’ College and Career Readiness Academic Intervention Results for 2011-2012. Office of Community College Research and Leadership: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/IL_CCR_AcademicInterventions_2012.pdf
• Linick, M. A., Reese, G., Taylor, J. L., Bragg, D. D., & Baber, L. D. (2012). Results for Illinois’ College and Career Readiness (CCR) Academic Interventions (2010-11). Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/CCR Report Quant 2012.pdf
• Bragg, D. D., Baber, L. D., Cullen, D. P., Reese, G., & Linick, M. (2011). Evaluation of Illinois College and Career Readiness (CCR) Act Pilot Projects Year Four (2010-11): Summary Report. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/CCR_Year_Four_Report.pdf
• Khan, S., Baber, L. D., Castro, E. L., Sanders, C., Bragg, D. D., & Common, B. (2009). Year-Two Evaluation of the Illinois College and Career Readiness Act Pilot Sites. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/FinalCCRReport.pdf
• Baber, L. D., Barrientos, J. I., Bragg, D. D., Castro, E. L., & Khan, S. (2009). The Illinois College and Career Readiness Act: Year-One Evaluation Results. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/CCRYear_One_Report.pdf

Articles

• Bragg, D. D., Baber, L. D., & Castro, E. L. (2011). Illinois’ College and Career Readiness Pilot Initiative: Progress on Implementation of Conley’s Comprehensive Model. Retrieved from http://igpa.uillinois.edu/system/files/IR11/p94-102_CollegeReadiness.pdf
• Baber, L. D., Castro, E. L., & Bragg, D. D. (2010). Measuring Success: David Conley’s College Readiness Framework and the Illinois College and Career Readiness Act. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/InBrief/Brief-08-10.pdf -
• Castro, E. L., Bragg, D. D., Khan, S., Baber, L. D., & Common, B. (2010). How Illinois’ College and Career Readiness (CCR) Pilot Sites Address Five Key Goals. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/InBrief/Brief-CCR-2010.pdf
• Baber, L. D., & Common, B. (2010). Keep seeing the options…Don’t give up”: How males of color in a college and career readiness intervention portray their high school-to-college transition experiences. Retrieved from http://occrl.illinois.edu/files/Projects/ccr/Report/Keep%%20Seeing%%20the%%20Options.pdf