The Arizona we want…requires a strong and expanding middle class with the education and skills to drive economic development. As more and more boomers retire, we need an education system that prepares all children to take their place in the society and the global economy we are building.

To dramatically improve “achievement per student” in Arizona, the Center for the Future of Arizona and the Beat the Odds Institute are committed to actively supporting the following state goals:

1	Raise Arizona’s high school graduation rate 12% by the state’s Centennial in 2012.
2	Place Arizona’s high school graduation rate in the top 10 states by 2020.
3	Reconfigure student options beyond the 10th grade to enable students to blend high school completion with post-secondary education via multiple pathways ranging from early college admission to industry-certified career education.
4	Adopt P-20 Council recommendation of 4 years of math for Arizona’s high school graduates and for efforts to significantly increase the number of math and science teachers in Arizona.

To align Arizona student performance goals with national and global standards:

1	Achieve the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) standard of “proficient” in all fields by 2020 and the NAEP standard of “advanced” by 2030.
2	Achieve international TIMMS standards in science and math that are comparable to the Top 5 Nations by 2020.