Colleges and employers are growing increasingly concerned that high school students lack the knowledge and skills needed for success after graduation. To find out whether the expectations of the Central Region states match the expectations of colleges and the workplace, state standards for what students should know and be able to do in English…

This study provides an organized list of core mathematics standards and benchmarks that are recognized by most or all of the states in the central region which includes Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. State standards were reviewed against the reference set of standards and benchmarks to determine what…