Common Core Goes to College : Building Better Connections between High School and Higher Education. Policy Brief / Lindsey Tepe.

Less than 100 years ago, only 16.8 percent of all 17-year olds in the U.S. had graduated from high school. At the same time, less than 5 percent of those 18-24 years old was enrolled in higher education. The K-12 and higher education systems rapidly expanded over the next century to accommodate larg...

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