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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2009
In response to the demands of the changing economy and the business community's need for better-educated, more highly skilled workers, the U.S. Department of Education, through the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), developed the State Scholars Initiative (SSI), which encourages students to take a rigorous course of study in high…
Descriptors: High Schools, Grade 8, Secondary School Curriculum, Educational Attainment
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2004
A national commission formed to review the future of the 12th grade National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has recommended that the nation's primary barometer of student performance should expand dramatically to provide mandatory state results on the achievement of 12th graders and to measure their readiness for college, employment,…
Descriptors: Grade 4, Grade 8, Grade 12, National Competency Tests