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ACT introduces the QualityCore® instructional improvement program, designed to help ensure that the outcomes of high school preparatory courses are aligned with essential postsecondary skills.
QualityCore provides research-based educator resources to shape rigorous course content and improve outcomes.
- A recently released report from ACT, Rigor at Risk, shows that U.S. high school core courses too often lack the rigor they need to adequately prepare students for college and workforce training.
- ACT research shows that high school courses can be made rigorous, and rigorous content can be effectively taught and learned.
ACT identified nearly 400 high schools across the U.S. whose students have shown greater-than-average increases in scores on the ACT Mathematics or Science Test.
The score increases suggest that students at these schools benefit more from taking core courses such as Algebra II and Chemistry than do students who take these courses at other schools.
QualityCore is the only program today that is research based.
QualityCore because . . .
- America has a college readiness gap
- Not every "Algebra II" course teaches Algebra II
- The quality of all high school core courses matters
- High grades may not mean a student is college ready
- All students should have the opportunity to be college ready
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