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Download full textDouglas N. Harris; Lihan Liu; Nathan Barrett; Ruoxi Li – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2020
High school graduation rates have increased dramatically in the past two decades. Some skepticism has arisen, however, because of the confluence of the graduation rise and the starts of high-stakes accountability for graduation rates with "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB). In this study we provide some of the first evidence about the role of…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, High Schools, Accountability, High Stakes Tests
Macdonald, Heidi; Zinth, Jennifer Dounay; Pompelia, Sarah – Education Commission of the States, 2019
Nearly all states require students to complete a certain number of units per course to earn a standard diploma in the state; but courses, units and assessments outside of exit exams and diploma options vary. This interactive resource provides an overview of state high school graduation requirements. To see how all states approach specific…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Requirements, Comparative Analysis, State Policy
Direct linkHammer, Joyce D. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
In 2004, the Transition Mathematics Project (TMP), funded by the state of Washington and The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, was established to create projects to help high school students gain the necessary skills to become college and work-ready. Aligned to TMP's College Readiness Mathematics Standards, a fourth-year capstone mathematics…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Thinking Skills, Logical Thinking, Correlation
National Council on Economic Education (NJ1), 2007
This is the fifth survey since 1998 on the state of economic and personal finance education in the fifty states conducted by National Council on Economic Education (NCEE). A leader in promoting economic and personal finance education, NCEE conducts these surveys to gauge how the state standards, their implementation, course requirements, and state…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Economics Education, State Standards, Testing
John, Walton C. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1920
The study presented in this bulletin is based on the analysis of the requirements for the bachelor's degree of 101 universities and colleges in the United States, including Hawaii and Puerto Rico. The first chapter contains a brief summary of the history of entrance and college graduation requirements for the bachelor's degree with special…
Descriptors: Graduation Requirements, College Credits, Foreign Countries, Graphs
Peer reviewedSebring, Penny A. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
Course-taking patterns and achievement were studied among high school seniors in six states (1980) and two states (1982), using High School and Beyond and College Entrance Examination Board data. The more time spent in academic courses, the higher the academic achievement. Disparities among states have consequences for achievement. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)
Achieve, Inc., 2005
Delaware's secretary of education and the president of the State Board of Education asked Achieve to provide an analysis of the quality of Delaware's high school content standards and its course-taking requirements. In assisting Delaware in its commitment to raising the quality of its expectations for high school graduates, Achieve examined the…
Descriptors: Language Arts, State Standards, High School Graduates, Comparative Analysis
Tuma, John E.; Gifford, Antoinette – 1990
The effects of higher requirements for high school graduation on patterns of participation in secondary education among high school graduates and different patterns of course-taking among college-bound and non-college-bound students from 1969 to 1987 were studied. Data sets were from four national studies on high school students: (1) the…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)
Requirements for High School Graduation in States and Large Cities. Bulletin, 1961, No. 12. OE-34003
Wright, Grace S. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1961
High school graduation requirements, representing as they do the general education area of a high school's offerings, are of significance in reflecting our educational objectives. The general education area of the curriculum is designed to provide for the common needs of all boys and girls in our society, in contrast to the special interests area…
Descriptors: Educational History, Graduation Requirements, High School Graduates, Urban Schools
Karp, Melinda Mechur; Jacobs, James; Hughes, Katherine L. – 2002
The question of how to best prepare nurses for practice continues to be debated extensively. The crux of the debate is whether a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) should be required of all registered nurses in the United States or whether an associate degree in nursing (ADN) and diploma programs adequately prepare novice nurses for practice.…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accreditation (Institutions), Associate Degrees
