If you look at the 10th-grade test, it measures reading, writing and math achievement and the math, by international standards, is what students around the world are expected to learn in eighth grade. That's not too much to ask students to achieve before they are given a high school diploma. |
Our primary interest has been that we have reliable and valid measures of learning comparable in rigor. This legislation accomplishes that. |
The Legislature showed a clear commitment to helping students learn -- and having a diploma that means something. |