Sentences with phrase «between high school graduation requirements»

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One education issue — high school graduation requirements — may best illustrate the successes of Arizona's P - 20 council and the obstacles that this high - powered panel faces in trying to bridge the gap between the state's precollegiate and higher education systems.

As states implemented increased course requirements for high school graduation, especially in math and science, the number of students taking classes in these subjects went up by 69 percent and 60 percent, respectively, between 1987 — 88 and 2007 — 08.

There, facing a school funding lawsuit, the legislature passed a sweeping act in 1993 that evened out school funding between rich and poor districts, but also set high standards for achievement and created a high - school graduation test requirement.