1. Graduation and Completion Requirements
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Graduation and Completion Requirements

Resources on topics such as competency-based education, multiple pathways, diplomas and endorsements and postsecondary admissions requirements

Ready for What? How Multiple Graduation Pathways Do—and Do Not—Signal Readiness for College and Careers

  • Research/ Report
February 2021 —

This Alliance for Excellent Education (All4Ed) report provides state policymakers and advocates with an analysis of the various graduation pathways currently in effect. It also offers recommendations to help lawmakers and others focus graduation pathway policies on equity and excellence.

Designing Equitable Promise Programs

  • Guide/Tool
March 2020 —

This resource spotlights equity concerns for statewide college Promise programs and provides considerations for state policymakers as they design and implement Promise programs that advance equity. Specifically, the guide addresses affordability, access, and success for special populations

Career and Technical Education Coursetaking in 2013 by Locale

  • Research/ Report
September 2019 —

This report examines the Career Technical Education coursetaking of high school graduates from different locales — city, suburb, town and rural — using data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009.

Connecting AP Seminar and CTE Programs of Study

  • Guide/Tool
February 2019 —

This guide from the College Board describes AP Seminar’s course contents and provides state, district, and student examples of how AP Seminar could be potentially embedded into a CTE program of study.

Expanding Middle School CTE to Promote Lifelong Learner Success

  • Case Study
  • Research/ Report
October 2018 —

This report from Advance CTE explores state approaches to middle school CTE and career exploration and provides considerations for states when implementing or expanding middle school CTE.

Washington: Direct Transfer Agreements

  • Policy
August 2018 —

Washington State created Direct Transfers Agreements (DTA) across all public colleges. This guarantees that a student who obtains a DTA associate degree from a public community or technical college will have completed the core requirements of a public four-year institution.

Are High School Diplomas Really a Ticket to College and Work? An Audit of High School Graduation Requirements

  • Research/ Report
April 2018 —

This report from the Center for American Progress analyzes state high school graduation requirements for a basic, nonadvanced high school diploma to understand the extent to which diploma requirements align with eligibility requirements for a student's chosen postsecondary pathway of choice.

Designing for Equity: Leveraging Competency-Based Education to Ensure All Students Succeed

  • Guide/Tool
April 2018 —

This report from iNACOL provides a vision and definition of educational equity and framework for personalized, competency-based education.