From benchmarks to best practices brief: Cross-Metro Insights for Advancing Community College Success in Greater Houston

Houston Endowment has set an ambitious goal: to make Greater Houston the leading metropolitan statistical area (metro) in the nation for community college credential attainment and postsecondary success. To understand what drives strong outcomes, Marzano Research profiled five high-performing metros to examine the policies and practices behind their results: San Diego, San Antonio, Denver, Chicago, and Tampa.

Across the board, five strategies were identified as drivers for student success: proactive advising and wraparound support; structured, credit-protecting transfer pathwa