High School Graduation Requirements in a Time of College and Career Readiness. CSAI Report

Download or read book High School Graduation Requirements in a Time of College and Career Readiness. CSAI Report written by Center on Standards and Assessments Implementation (CSAI) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensuring that students graduate high school prepared for college and careers has become a national priority in the last decade. To support this goal, states have adopted rigorous college and career readiness (CCR) standards in English language arts (ELA) and mathematics. Additionally, states have begun to require students to pass assessments, in addition to specific coursework, in order to earn a high school diploma. This report aims to explore the definition(s) of college and career readiness across states and the efforts that states are currently engaging in to ensure that students graduate from high school ready for college and careers. The following are appended: (1) States' College and/or Career Readiness Definitions; (2) States' High School Graduation Requirements--Coursework; (3) Course Requirements for College Admission in Selected States (n = 10); and (4) States' High School Graduation Requirements--Assessments.