Bellevue School District has been working to create a coherent mathematics program through mathematics curriculum alignment and teacher professional development, with the goal of having all students take and pass Precalculus (the course and the exam) before graduating. Bellevue has partnered with higher education institutions and education consultants for advice on how to create such a curriculum. Need. Although Bellevue is a largely affluent, suburban community with a high number of academically successful students, the district realized that not all students were receiving the same rigorous education. Bellevue identified the need to provide a high-quality education to all students in the district. Table 2 shows the percentage of students enrolled since 2002–2003 by race/ethnicity, limited English proficiency, and economic disadvantage. The majority of students in Bellevue are white (declining from 68.4% to 57.7% over the four-year period documented here), followed by Asian American (23.6% and growing), Hispanic (8%), and then black (2.6%) students. About 9% of Bellevue students are classified as having limited English proficiency, and about 20% of students are classified as economically disadvantaged, a statistic that continues to increase.