By Rebecca Daugherty Kaye, Joan Lord and Gene Bottoms

As a companion to Getting Serious About High School Graduation, this report asserts that SREB states need to ensure that all graduates are ready for further education and the workplace. A part of the Challenge to Lead education goals series, it concludes that all students should take an essential core of courses traditionally prescribed only for college-bound students, including four years of mathematics including Algebra II. The report describes where SREB states stand on graduation requirements, college admission exams, achievement gaps and advanced course-taking, and it offers strategies to help states improve readiness rates and reduce the need for remediation in college.

Goal that it reflects: All recent high school graduates have solid academic preparation and are ready for postsecondary education and a career.

(06E04); 33 pages; 2006; $5 each

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