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Download full textNatriello, Gary; Pallas, Aaron M. – 1999
This paper reviews recent developments in the growth of testing as a requirement for high school graduation for K-12 public school systems throughout the United States. It then examines performance patterns on such tests by focusing on results for students indifferent racial and ethnic groups in several states. The multiple meanings of the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Equal Education, Ethnicity, Graduation Requirements
Thurlow, Martha; Liu, Kristin; Weiser, Sarah; El Sawaf, Hamdy – 1997
This report discusses the findings of a survey of the 50 states that investigated how state graduation requirements apply to students with limited English proficiency (LEP) and whether students with LEP receive a standard diploma upon completion of their studies or some type of modified exit document. Results found a minimum graduation requirement…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Park, Rosemarie J.; Olson, Rebecca – 1989
This monograph examines adult education issues in Minnesota, such as the proper role of the Federal Government, institutions of higher education, the business sector, the non-profit sector, labor unions, the public schools and community education, teachers, public school administrators, and learners in the fight against adult illiteracy in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Business Responsibility
