College & career readiness in Missouri
Missouri expects every student in grades 8–12 to build and maintain an ICAP; DESE's model ties career interest, course planning, and postsecondary goals together with annual reviews.
ICAP — Individual Career and Academic Plan
Work-based learning & financial aid in Missouri
Work-based learning
Missouri's WBL continuum and market-value-asset push (credentials, apprenticeships, dual credit) mirror Kansas City-region Real World Learning momentum.
FAFSA & financial aid
No FAFSA graduation mandate; A+ Scholarship (free community college for eligible grads) anchors planning talks.
Atlara ↔ ICAP
Plans that track themselves
Readiness Plans auto-complete requirements from real activity — course plans, assessments, applications, FAFSA — so compliance reporting is a byproduct, not a project.
Career + college exploration built in
Interest inventories, a 900+ career library with real O*NET and BLS wage/outlook data, 3,200+ colleges with U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard data, and majors exploration cover the exploration expectations most state frameworks start with.
Work-based learning tracking
Employer partners, placements, hour logs, and competencies — with student portfolios and resumes that assemble themselves.
Counselor + family visibility
Caseload dashboards with early-warning flags, printable conference one-pagers, and a family portal with its own logins and approvals.
Policy details above are a planning summary, not legal guidance — confirm current requirements with the Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education.