As used in this part:

1. (1) “ACT benchmarks” means college readiness benchmarks adopted by ACT based on students’ likelihood of success in credit-bearing first year college courses;

2. (2)

   1. (A) “ACT equivalent” means tests or other measures that can be used to approximate college readiness benchmarks.
   2. (B) These criteria should be based on national-, state-, or institutional-level data analytics establishing the likelihood of student success;

3. (3)

   1. (A) “Corequisite remediation” means credit-bearing college courses with embedded remedial assistance.
   2. (B) Under this model, remediation occurs simultaneously with credit-bearing course enrollment;
4. (4) “Credit-bearing courses” means courses offered for college credit;
5. (5) “Fast-track remediation” means remedial courses offered to students in a compressed format, the objective of which is to shorten the time necessary to prepare a student for credit-bearing courses; and

6. (6)

   1. (A) “Remediation” means courses or other interventions offered to prepare students for credit-bearing college courses.
   2. (B) Traditionally, remedial courses have been offered in a semester-long format and bear no college credit.