Dive Summary:

• Seventh- and eighth-grade students in Wisconsin could be earning high school credit starting in 2014-15 if a proposal there becomes law.
• The bill would let a school board grant credit if students take courses with a high school equivalent curriculum under teachers licensed to teach the classes at the high school level.
• The idea came to a lawmaker from Ted Neitzke, a school administrator who said that 20% of his eighth-graders could pass a ninth-grade English class.

From the article:

... Neitzke said the bill would allow students to take classes that focus on college and career readiness while also making up for budgetary constraints that caused career exploration classes to be cut. ...