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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]

Here you go:

https://www.educationnext.org/the-politics-of-common-core-assessments-parcc-smarter-balanced/

https://parcc-assessment.org/content/uploads/2017/11/PARCCCCRDPolicyandPLDsFINAL.pdf[/quote]

A student who is determined to be College- and Career-Ready through performance on the PARCC high school
assessments is one who has demonstrated the academic knowledge, skills, and practices in ELA/literacy or
mathematics necessary to enter directly into and succeed in entry-level, credit-bearing courses in those content
areas in programs leading to a credential or degree1
from two- and four-year public2
institutions of higher
education.

That's "everyone should graduate from high school with the skills to enter and succeed in a two-year or four-year post-high-school program", not "everyone should and could go to college". What's more, I think that everyone should graduate from high school with the skills to enter and succeed in a two-year or four-year post-high-school program. There's not much you can do in this economy with nothing but a high school degree. When students graduate from high school without the skills to enter and succeed not ready for a two-year community college program or an apprenticeship in a technical and vocational trade - we've failed them.[/quote]

This just means could attend a community college without a deficiency.  That is what a high school diploma should mean.  If someone has a high school diploma but they would be placed in remedial classes at a community college, something is wrong.  That is someone who is also not ready to learn to be an electrician or a plumber or a medical assistant.  That in no way implies everyone with a high school diploma will go on to college.  It's just a benchmark of a quality high school education.[/quote]

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