Provides that, to meet the state academic requirements and earn a certificate of academic achievement, students must achieve the following performance on the high school Washington assessment of student learning or an approved alternative assessment: (1) A student in the graduating class of 2008, 2009, or 2010 must meet or exceed the proficient level in one out of three and meet or exceed the basic level in two out of three of the reading, writing, and mathematics content areas;

(2) A student in the graduating class of 2011, 2012, 2013, or 2014 must meet or exceed the proficient level in two out of four and meet or exceed the basic level in two out of four of the reading, writing, mathematics, and science content areas;

(3) A student in the graduating class of 2015, 2016, or 2017 must meet or exceed the proficient level in three out of four of the reading, writing, mathematics, and science content areas; and

(4) A student in the graduating class of 2018 or any graduating class thereafter must meet or exceed the proficient level in all four content areas of reading, writing, mathematics, and science.