Jobs for the Future (JFF); author: Elisabeth Barnett This report is one in a series of five reports that encourages K-12 and higher education systems to take joint responsibility for student success in the "shared transition zone" of 12th grade and their first year of college. Specifically, this report proposes a new dimension of how best to prepare high school students for higher education. This new dimension focuses on an accumulation of momentum points -- specific college preparatory experiences and markers of educational attainment in high school -- that improves the likelihood that high school graduates will incur college success. These momentum points would enable a "momentum chain" - a path that students can move towards for college readiness.