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WorkAmerica, 1999
New studies dispel the fear that high academic standards set up some students to fail or drop out. This research finds that raising academic standards has a positive impact for all students in the following ways: (1) students take more demanding courses, learn more, and score higher on tests; (2) nationwide, dropout rates are falling and high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Download full textFerqueron, Margaret – 1984
Many states have mandated two possibly far-reaching legislative reforms within secondary vocational education: minimum competency requirements and increased course requirements for graduation. Most legislated educational reforms include only selected aspects of competency-based systems, primarily the specification of and testing for minimum…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Educational Legislation, Employer Attitudes
