Accountability

Closing the Expectations Gap 2009

Each year, on the anniversary of the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools, Achieve releases an annual 50-state progress report on the alignment of high school policies with the demands of college and careers. Closing the Expectations Gap,...

Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-class Education

This report, released by the International Benchmarking Advisory Group , provides states a roadmap for benchmarking their K-12 education systems against those of top-performing nations. It explains the urgent need for action and outlines what states...

CCSS Implementation Rubric and Self-Assessment Tool

To assist states in gauging the strength of their implementation plans and to illustrate how to improve them, Education First and Achieve partnered on the development of a new “Common Core State Standards Implementation Rubric and Self-Assessment...

Common Core Implementation Workbook

Achieve and the U.S. Education Delivery Institute have developed a practical Common Core Implementation Workbook for all states. The workbook uses a proven performance management methodology known as “delivery” to lay out clear action steps for...

Measures that Matter Executive Summary

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

Making College and Career Readiness the Mission for High School: A Guide for State Policymakers

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

Next Generation State High School Assessment and Accountability: English Language Learners

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

Next Generation State High School Assessment and Accountability: Students with Disabilities

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

Next Generation State Data System: What is Needed to Support the Next Generation Assessment and Accountability Systems

Measures that Matter was a joint effort by Achieve and The Education Trust to provide strategic and technical assistance to states in creating college- and career-ready assessment and accountability systems that ensure that all students graduate...

Race to the Top: Accelerating College and Career Readiness in States - Postsecondary

Achieve developed this guide to suggest ways that postsecondary systems, institutions and others can support states as they develop plans for the federal Race to the Top (RTTT) competition that will drive significant reforms in K-12 education. It...

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