With global competition for jobs, there's a strong need to improve high school students' preparation for college or the job market. Thirty states have joined the American Diploma Project Network, organized by Achieve, Inc. Achieve president Michael Cohen says that in Ohio, Arizona, Delaware, and several other states, "governors and chief state school officers ... basically have said, 'Well, it's great that you want us to align our expectations with the real world kids will face domestically ... but that's not enough; we need to know what our expectations ought to be in order for our kids to succeed [globally].' "
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