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Passing through Science: The Effects of Raising Graduation Requirements in Science on Course-Taking and Academic Achievement in Chicago. Research Report

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Montgomery, Nicholas; Allensworth, Elaine M. – Consortium on Chicago School Research, 2010

This report examines the effects of increasing science course-taking requirements in the Chicago Public Schools. CPS has been at the forefront of the national movement to require a college-preparatory curriculum for all high school students. In 1997, CPS mandated that all entering ninth-graders take a college-preparatory curriculum in high school,…

Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Graduation Requirements, Science Curriculum, Science Education