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Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Study Says U.S. Should Replace States' High School Standards - KAREN W. ARENSON, New York Times
A patchwork of state standards is failing to produce high school graduates who are prepared either for college or for work, three education policy organizations say in a new report. The solution, they say, is to adopt rigorous national standards that will turn the high school diploma into a "common national currency." "For too many graduates, the American high school diploma signifies only a broken promise," the groups, which favor standardized testing to improve education, say.
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