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Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
Since the 1983 publication of "A Nation at Risk," most states have responded to public demand for educational improvement by enacting legislation increasing the number of units in academic subjects required for high school graduation. Required courses now consume three-quarters of the high school years, countering the former trend to large…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, College Bound Students, Dropouts, Educational Change