New Jersey leaders have launched a campaign to build support for boosting high school rigor, but some are worried that the effort could produce a higher dropout rate as the state phases out an alternative exam used by nearly 15 percent of its students. Part of the state's bid to raise expectations involves scrapping the Special Review Assessment, or SRA, which provides another route to a diploma for students who fail the regular state assessment. According to Michael Cohen, president of Achieve Inc., this alternative assessment "offers a loophole one can drive a truck through to earn a high school diploma," with "lots of latitude for almost anything to qualify as meeting that standard". Furthermore, the decisions to phase out the alternative assessment and to join Achieve's project were driven by rising concern among business and education leaders that a New Jersey diploma doesn't ensure readiness for college or employment.