Sentences with phrase «high school graduation requirements now»

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Currently, those who scored a 2 or lower were judged to be not meeting the required standards, now children who receive a score of 2 or higher will be considered on track for meeting the new Regents requirements for high school graduation.

Now children who receive a score of two or higher will be considered on track for meeting the new Regents requirements for high school graduation.

«They are now dropping out or at risk of dropping out because they have little or no chance of meeting tougher high school graduation requirements,» Feldman said.

So thoroughly has the ged entered the educational mainstream that the test has been revised to reflect changes in high - school graduation requirements and emphasis on problem - solving skills, and scholarship programs that once would have been available only to high - school graduates are now open to recipients of equivalency diplomas.

Under this program, the state now recognizes a computer science course as a science course in high school graduation requirements.

To help students meet graduation requirements by passing their high school exit exams, Maryland is now offering Web - based remedial courses for students who have failed the exams or feel they need help to pass them.

In 2015, the Los Angeles school board decided to roll back graduation requirements by allowing students to pass classes required for college entrance with a grade of a «D» instead of a «C.» And in Los Angeles and elsewhere, students who are not on track to graduate from high school can now take «credit recovery» classes — many of which are devoid of any meaningful content.

The survey updates the efforts of all 50 states to align their high school standards, graduation requirements, assessments, and accountability systems with the demands of college and work, and finds that at least 48 states are now actively engaged in reform efforts of some kind.

Some of the most dramatic progress has been made in the area of graduation requirements, where 13 states, up from just two in 2004, now require high school students to complete a college - and work - ready curriculum in order to earn a diploma.

Although all 50 states now report graduation rates based upon a uniform formula, states award different types of high school diplomas to students and graduation requirements can vary considerably from state to state.