Summary Of Marc Tucker's Making Graduation Meaningful

The overall argument presented by Marc Tucker in “Making Graduation Meaningful: A Real Qualifications System for U.S. Students” is that America’s Educational standards and expectations are inferior to that of foreign countries. To Clarify, He suggests that America should raise its academic expectations to enforce the achievement of more successful and honorable diplomas instead of the pointless “Time in the seat” diploma. In the article it writes, “The reason the top performers get higher average performance and better equity is that they have higher expectations for all their students and they do what is necessary to get their students to those standards.” This Statement suggests that America’s methods of low expectations and giving second