Purpose and Goal
The Office of the State Superintendent of Education’s (OSSE) Postsecondary and Career Education Division is entering the first year of OSSE’s Reimagining High School Graduation Requirements initiative. The Reimagining High School Graduation Requirements initiative is highlighted in OSSE’s Recovery to Restoration: 2023-2025 Strategic Plan as a component of the “Build Futures” strategic priority. The aim of this initiative is to identify and implement new high school graduation requirements that incorporate outcome measures and support innovative approaches to preparing young people for life after graduation. This work is also inclusive of the development of a DC-Wide Graduate Profile to establish comprehensive academic, personal, and interpersonal characteristics/competencies for high school students.