With roughly a third of all high school graduates in the U.S. stymied from enrolling in college, educators nationwide continue to grapple with how to better align secondary academics with
university entrance requirements with some states experimenting with alternatives to coursework and seat time.
(Note: Upon graduation, students wanting to enter a four - year university will first need to attend a two - year or community college to meet
university entrance requirements.)
The anchoring of this problem comes from
university entrance requirements (in the US, AP classes, etc.) and their associated assessments (SAT / ACT scores).
Not exact matches
universities that broaden their
entrance requirements to reflect the capabilities that matter to future success; and,
«In the required subjects, Chinese schools follow a high standard of uniform
requirements because most of the Chinese students need to participate in the
university entrance examination, so mathematics will be too difficult [for the British].»
Nationwide, in order for graduates of teacher education programs based in colleges and
universities to gain state certification as a teacher, the programs must follow state
requirements such as required
entrance and exit exams and the number of credit hours in specific subjects such as reading, math and special education.
They launched a campaign to hold schools accountable for A-G course
requirements (the course sequence required for
entrance into the
University of California).
Statewide in California, 38 % of students take the A-G curriculum, the minimum
entrance requirements for the
University of California and Califorinia State
University systems a tth etime of graduation, whereas 100 % of High Tech High students complete the college - ready curriculum.
- The percentage of pupils who have successfully completed courses that satisfy the
requirements for
entrance to the
University of California and the California State
University (the «A-G»
requirements), or career technical education (CTE) sequences or clusters of courses that satisfy the
requirements for ROC / Ps, Linked Learning programs, or Partnership Academies, and align with SBE - approved CTE standards and frameworks.
In April 2015, San Diego Unified hired Edgenuity to develop credit recovery courses aligned with
entrance requirements to the
University of California.
In two years, all students will need to pass a series of courses aligned with
entrance requirements for
University of California and California State schools.
Odysseyware courses are submitted regularly for review and approval in meeting rigorous criteria, such as those
requirements addressed as part of the
University of California «a-g» course approval process for meeting college
entrance requirements.
The early indication, for example, is that the grade 11 math test will be an Algebra II level test — essentially the minimal math
requirement for
entrance purposes for a pretty competitive
university.
Percentage of students meeting
University System of Maryland
entrance requirements, and grade 12 graduation documented decisions.
Further the courses taken to meet the
entrance requirements for the
University of North Carolina and many other Institutions of Higher Education must be laboratory based.
The report examines coursework
requirements in math, English, science, social studies, foreign languages, art, physical education, and electives for both graduation from a public high school and
entrance to a public
university in every state, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia.