The Connecticut State Department of Education is developing a plan to institute new standards for preschool and high school education. The plan, available at http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/commish/comp_plan06-11.pdf, emphasizes new requirements for students in reading, writing, mathematics, and science. Its rationale is to reduce the "achievement gap" between low- and high-income students, cut down on the number of high school dropouts, and prepare Connecticut students "for lifelong learning and careers in a competitive, global economy."
Among other things, it recommends an increase in graduation credit requirements for mathematics and science, and adds a two-credit world language or career tech requirement. The Department of Education has already begun to implement the plan, which it expects to complete in 2011.
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