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Author(s):Act. Inc
Title:Benefits of a high school core curriculum
Source:http://www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/core_curricu...
Date:2006
Organization:Act, Inc
Short Description:The purpose of this brief is to summarize ACT’s research on the core curriculum. In the following sections the relative benefits of taking the ACT-recommended core curriculum, and of taking specific high school courses are described.
Annotation:The purpose of this brief is to summarize ACT’s research on the core curriculum. In the following sections the relative benefits of taking the ACT-recommended core curriculum, and of taking specific high school courses are described. The brief is divided into two parts: benefits for academic achievement and college and workforce training readiness, and benefits for college success. Unless otherwise specified, the results reported below are based on the 2005 ACT-tested high school graduating class, totaling about 1.2 million students. Of these students, 56 percent took the core curriculum and 34 percent took less than the core curriculum.
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