Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Texas named #1 in Closing the Expectations Gap

Texas was recently praised in Education Week magazine for its adoption of college- and career-ready standards, and for holding schools accountable for ensuring students are college-ready.

Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve (www.Achieve.org) releases a 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap, 2010 is the fifth annual report in this series. The report details state progress implementing the American Diploma Project policy agenda. Download the PDF. (March 2010

Only Texas met all of the American Diploma Project standards: http://www.achieve.org/files/KeyResults2010.pdf

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