Sentences with phrase «rigor of the high school diploma»
One approach to improve the college and career readiness of American students is to increase the rigor of the high school diploma requirements so that they align with the knowledge and skills...
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From exit exams to workplace - readiness standards, lawmakers and education officials are gradually adding rigor to the task of earning a high school diploma.
When Texas put into place the most rigorous education accountability system in the country in 2009, we thought we were at the culmination of a journey of over 20 years toward a Texas high school diploma that truly represents post-secondary readiness, but somehow we lost our courage and the pushback to that enhanced rigor has been relentless, resulting in a lowering of expectations and a gutting of the standards.
It's pretty easy to dismiss recent editorials from The New York Times and The Washington Post about this legislative threat to the rigor of the Texas high school diploma and to demonize and demagogue on the state testing vendor and «powerful political interests».
• Large numbers of students with high school diplomas admitted to county and community colleges require remediation to pursue college - level courses, especially those requiring academic rigor, including math and science.